The Pogues "weren't bothered" about 'Fairytale Of New York' topping the Christmas charts. Fans launched a campaign for the band's 1987 festive classic with Kirsty MacColl to reach the festive ...

"Fairytale of New York" by the Pogues, featuring Kirsty MacColl, is "one of the most popular and enduring Christmas songs" said GQ. But it was held at the No. 2 spot on its release in 1987 by the ...

The Pogues, formed in London in 1982 ... it has become a perennial yet unconventional Christmas classic and is widely hailed as one of the greatest holiday songs ever written (though its lyrics ...

(The most overrated Christmas pop song is the Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York,” but then, even the angelic Kirsty McColl can’t save Shane McGowan’s voice.) Of course, almost anything can ...

Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You has climbed from sixth to second. But The Pogues' rise to third spot puts them in the running for Christmas. The rise of 15 places in seven days puts them ...

The period also marked The Pogues' commercial peak: Fairytale Of New York, featuring Shane duetting with Kirsty MacColl, was only kept off the 1987 Christmas No.1 slot by the Pet Shop Boys' It's A ...

"The Ireland Podcast", hosted by Fender Jackson, delves into the Pogues' accordionist's musical journey and memoir.

Along with John Francis Flynn and Iona Zajac, the trio will be joining Pogues members Spider Stacv, James Fearnley and and Jem Finer for the six-date tour celebrating 40 years of the London-Irish ...

Irish folk band The Pogues joined forces with pop singer Kirsty Maccoll in 1987 for Fairytale of New York, one of the most well-known and beloved modern Christmas standards in the UK. Denied ...

Shane MacGowan, who rose to national fame after co-founding The Pogues in 1982, was also born on Christmas Day in 1957, to Irish parents who raised him in Kent, England. He died on 30 November last ...