and features Kirsty MacColl as the female character on vocals and MacGowan in the role as the male character. The four-and-a-half-minute-long song chronicles the night of a drunk Irish immigrant ...

A s befits an artist who single-handedly revived the pork-pie hat as fashion accessory, Pete Doherty has a unique talent for ...

Carey reached the top of the charts with the song in 2020, but was beaten to ... festive favourites including The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl’s Fairytale Of New York (six), Kelly Clarkson ...

One called it a “moving performance” and suggested it was a fitting tribute to MacGowan and the late Kirsty MacColl ... “Too Sweet”, a song from his surprise deluxe version of his third ...

The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl’s more debauched 1987 holiday song “Fairytale of New York” was cut from getting any airtime for years by MTV, BBC, and more for its homophobic and other ...

An impressed MacGowan re-recorded his vocals alongside MacColl’s, but the duo never recorded the song together in the studio. MacGowan later told Mojo: “Kirsty knew exactly the right measure ...

Christmas songs are like Brussels sprouts ... and Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl with 316m plays. All three are usually the first to return to the Official Chart each ...

The ballad, originally written and recorded by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, is a beloved Irish Christmas song. Hozier's performance of "Fairytale of New York" was loaded with poignancy - it was ...

On social media, viewers praised Hozier’s emotional cover of the song that has become a Christmas ... singers that did Shane MacGowan & Kirsty MacColl proud,” wrote Sinead O’Brien on X.

Trending on Billboard Later in the show, the Irish singer-songwriter, his accompanying vocalists and his band performed a spirited take on “Fairytale of New York” — the 1987 song recorded by ...

Kirsty MacColl tragically lost her life while heroically ... post provisions for her mum and brother - this included song royalties. £1,000 apiece was still destined for Annie, Fuz, Kieran ...