Fairytale of New York may finally reach No 1 after Shane MacGowan’s death
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoShane MacGowan and his wife Victoria Clarke It is the most played Christmas song in the UK this...
You cheap, lousy maggot: how Fairytale of New York started a Christmas culture war
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoIt’s a song about alcoholism and a darkly dysfunctional marriage, it’s replete with crude swear...
A life too interesting: Shane MacGowan
BBC via Yahoo News· 33 minutes agoIt happened, he said, only because his mother had gone into labour on Christmas Day while visiting family. He was a proud Irishman. Nevertheless...and...
Shane MacGowan: The Drunk Poet Who Saved Christmas
Consequence of Sound via Yahoo News· 2 hours ago"Fairytale of New York" is a boozy holiday staple that might just be the best Christmas song of all time. Shane MacGowan: The Drunk Poet Who Saved ...
Cher performed new Christmas song at the Thanksgiving parade
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe star performed her new single, “DJ Play a Christmas Song.” At one point, she appeared to...
How Shane MacGowan and the Pogues' controversial 'Fairytale of New York' became an unlikely,...
Yahoo Music via AOL· 2 hours agoThe song at first seems dark, even nasty. But it's the U.K.’s most-played holiday song of the 21st...
Every Pogues Album, Ranked
SPIN via AOL· 2 hours ago“Fairytale of New York,” MacGowan’s duet with the late Kirsty MacColl, stands as the band’s crowning achievement as well as the most profane, hilarious,...
Flashback: See Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl Sing ‘Fairytale of New York’ With the Pogues in...
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoBy the end of the song, MacGowan and MacColl are spinning circles in an Irish dosido. They first...
Fairytale of New York: Shane MacGowan, music and excess’
BBC via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoAround the same time, a late decision was made to subtitle the star's voice for the UK release of a...
How Shane MacGowan and the Pogues turned ‘Fairytale of New York’ into a holiday classic
New York Post· 1 hour agoBut MacGowan and Pogues banjo player Jem Finer would prove Costello wrong after writing “Fairytale...