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 ...

Hollywood star Jason Momoa has said he could listen to The Pogues hit Fairytale of New York for the rest of his life. The ...

Shane MacGowan’s wife, Victoria May Clarke, has revealed how the late Pogues frontman felt about the success of his biggest hit, “Fairytale of New York”, as she reflected on their ...

AS modern pop stars such as Sabrina Carpenter perform on stage in what looks a lot like their freshly laundered underwear, the Spice Girls increasingly seem like they hail from some lost age of ...

Despite her struggles since, Raducanu’s very own ‘Fairytale of New York’ remains an iconic achievement, the Brit becoming the first player in history to win a Grand Slam tournament.

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 ...

“I'm a New York girl, I'm a career girl and I'm focused ... “She wants that classic fairytale dream.” Related: When Grooms Were Denied Wedding Services for Being Gay, This 90-Year-Old ...

in New York, or the nuptials of ­Sunny Blandford (later the 10th Duke) and Aristotle Onassis’ ex-wife Tina in 1961, when vast crowds gathered outside the church to congratulate the newly married ...