Interestingly, for his own pick in the HMV My Inspiration series, Shane MacGowan picked a verse from Nick Cave’s 2005 song ‘Lucy’, citing the following as his favourite: Much like the motif that moves ...

SHE once confessed to rarely turning up to present her Radio 1 afternoon show without a hangover. And Edith Bowman admits she’s relieved her wild days partying in the late Nineties and Noughties ...

Though she had few big commercial successes - the nearest thing was her duet with Shane MacGowan on the Christmas classic Fairytale Of New York - she was hugely and rightly respected, and she ...

After performing his hit "Too Sweet," the Irish singer-songwriter treated the audience with a rendition of a classic holiday tune called "Fairytale of New York," which was originally by another ...

The same year, Dillon appeared briefly as a policeman in the music video for the song Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, a major hit in Ireland and the United Kingdom.