Former US President Barack Obama listed two Irish artists among his 25 favourite songs of 2024. Obama, who visited Ireland in ...

Sorry, Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers – a familiar song has topped the festive charts. And algorithms – plus nostalgia – ...

The book told tha story of a bereaved Irish ... "One person I certainly hadn't thought of was Kirsty [MacColl] and I don't think anyone else had. After hearing Kirsty's vocals, MacGowan was ...

Take a break from the books and check out each of our picks—they’re sure ... Milo’s Picks: “Fairytale of New York” – The Pogues, Kirsty MacColl “Fairytale of New York” by The Pogues is one of the few ...

Michael Mulligan is author of The Official Christmas No.1 Singles Book, a bible for music geeks ... Fairytale of New York stars Kirsty MacColl and Shane MacGowan, in 1987 - Getty But being number ...

Scarlett Johansson asks Hanks whether his gift this year is another book on World War II ... which was originally a Pogues ...

This year got better and better, confounding those doomsayers who could only see a calamitous ­future as TV recovered from ...

Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale Of New York (1987 ... but sadly there's only room in the history books for one festive Number 1. But camp did win through – the prize went to Boney M's Mary's ...

I thought that the appeal of it was entirely down to the voices of Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl, but when I listened to Robert ... Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on ...

Hozier was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live's final pre-Christmas episode of 2024, which was hosted by Martin Short.