Despite being a bonafide Christmas classic, the BBC Radio 1 nearly censored The Pogues classic song, "Fairy Tale of New York" to remove the word "faggot" from broadcast. The word, sung by the late ...

Christie Goodwin/Redferns via Getty The cause of death for The Pogues' bandleader Shane MacGowan has been revealed. The “Fairytale of New York ... have turned 66 on Christmas Day, was ...

The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a modern-classic Christmas song, a bittersweet ode to a bright-eyed couples' love turned sour made brighter by a gorgeous arrangement that starts as a ballad ...

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 post The Pogues Announce First North American ... Jonah Krueger’s essay about how “Fairytale of New York” might just be the best Christmas song of all time.

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 ...

Hozier's second Saturday Night Live musical guest appearance saw performances of "Too Sweet," his 2024 standout, and of the ...

The Pogues Make Their Masterpiece with ‘If I Should Fall...' The Pogues Make Their Masterpiece with ‘If I Should Fall...' After a longer-than-expected delay, the Pogues recorded a rollicking ...

Such is the song’s enduring power that it has entered into the folk canon, and will probably be getting sung in pubs long after memories of its defeat by the Pet Shop Boys in the Christmas ...