The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" remains a holiday staple nearly 40 years after its release. All these years later, Pogues ...

In 2016, George Michael died on Christmas Day, just as Wham!’s wistful “Last Christmas” was chiming on seemingly every radio station and at every holiday party. Now the voice of another beloved — if ...

This morning, November 30, news broke that The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has died at 65 years old. The iconic Irish rocker’s wife, Victoria Clarke, confirmed his passing on Instagram, and The ...

New polling from YouGov has unwrapped Britain's definitive list of festive favourites, revealing that The Pogues' 'Fairytale ...

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According to Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan — the Irish icon who died at 65 early Thursday — the story behind his band’s Christmas-in-the-drunk-tank classic “Fairytale of New York” began with Elvis ...

“Fairytale of New York,” the classic Christmas song from The Pogues, has returned to the top of the Spotify charts in Ireland in the wake of Shane MacGowan’s death on November 30. “Fairytale” jumped ...

Mr. Anderson is the author, most recently, of “Inventory: A Family Portrait of Derry’s Troubled Past.” He wrote from London. I fell in love with “Fairytale of New York,” the indelible Christmas song ...

LONDON — Shane Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of “Celtic Punk” band The Pogues, best known for the Christmas ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died Thursday, his family said. He was 65.

The Pogues are set to release a version of Fairytale of New York on vinyl, produced by Steve Lillywhite - a recording of the ...

NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and ...

London • I fell in love with “Fairytale of New York,” the indelible Christmas song by the Pogues, before I’d heard a note. I grew up in the boarded-up, bombed-out Northern Ireland of the Troubles.