The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” went on to become the most-played Christmas song of the 21st century in the UK. “The song itself is quite depressing in the end,” he told Melody Maker.

The Pogues released “Fairytale Of New York” featuring the late Kirsty MacColl in 1987. To celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2012 , the song was re-released on iTunes (what a relic) and on ...

The competition to have the No. 1 chart single on Christmas Day in the United Kingdom is rabid; victory is sweet. Since November 1987, when the Pogues released “Fairytale of New York,” it’s ...

But in the 3½ decades since the Pogues released “Fairytale of New York” in 1987, no one has come close to equaling what MacGowan, who died Thursday at age 65, captured in the original, which ...

Fans of The Pogues had hoped Shane MacGowan’s festive hit “Fairytale of New York” will become a No.1 in time for Christmas, following the musician’s death on 30 November. However, the UK ...

In the 36 years since The Pogues released the band’s now-seminal “Fairytale of New York,” the acerbic holiday classic has occupied every single position on the Official U.K. Singles Chart ...

The Pogues’ 1987 track “Fairytale of New York” is an Irish ballad duet that devolves from nostalgic and wistful to bitter and hateful in a matter of a few verses.

Irish musician Shane MacGowan, who formed the influential punk band The Pogues, best known for '80s hit "Fairytale of New York," has died.He was 65. MacGowan died in the early hours of Thursday ...

The Pogues are reissuing their drunk tank Christmas classic, “Fairytale of New York,” on seven-inch vinyl with proceeds benefiting a charity long supported by late frontman Shane MacGowan ...

The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has died aged 65. He was known the world over for the 1987 hit, Fairytale Of New York, has died.

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 ...

The cause of death for The Pogues frontman and "Fairytale of New York" singer Shane MacGowan has been revealed as pneumonia after the 65-year-old musician died on Nov. 30.