“In operas, if you have a double aria, it's what the woman does that really matters. The man lies, the woman tells the truth": The story of Fairytale Of New York

Whatever the reality, the song was conceived in 1985 by The Pogues banjo player Jem Finer and MacGowan. Finer came up with ...

The Pogues' Shane MacGowan's Sister Says It's Still Too 'Painful' to Listen to 'Fairytale of New York' 2 Years After He Died

Shane was 65 when he died of pneumonia in November 2023. He and the Pogues released “Fairytale of New York” in 1987, with ...

The Pogues’ ‘Fairy Tale of New York’ is the only Christmas song that matters

The classic Pogues song, free of treacle but full of spirit, has become a favorite for listeners who prefer their holiday ...
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LISTEN: The Pogues release version of first time they played "Fairytale Of New York" live

The recording of The Pogues' first-ever live performance of "Fairytale of New York" in 1987 has "even more spirit and spunk" ...
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EXCLUSIVE: 'Fairytale of New York' Royalties Secrets Laid Bare — Including the Massive Amount Earned Every Year by The Pogues

The Pogues remain one of the most lucrative fixtures of the modern Christmas season, with their 1987 single Fairytale of New ...
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‘Cheap lousy f*ggot’: The eye-roll reason singer used homophobic slur in Fairytale of New York

For literally decades, The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York has been embroiled in a fierce debate surrounding one particular ...

Astonishing amount The Pogues make every year from their iconic Christmas hit Fairytale of New York

NEARLY 40 years after it first stormed the charts, The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York remains one of the most popular ...

Fairytale of New York star Kirsty MacColl's tragic death and who gets her royalties

Fairytale of New York singer Kirsty MacColl tragically died in a diving accident in Mexico in 2000, but three years before ...
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“Beauty and the beast”: The making of The Pogues’ “Fairytale Of New York”

The inside story of an evergreen Christmas classic, The Pogues' "Fairytale Of New York", told by the band themselves ...

Brunson’s Knicks crush Wembanyama’s fairy tale to lift the NBA Cup

The New York Knicks, led by the elusive and inventive Jalen Brunson, shattered the fairy tale of the unicorn Victor ...

EXCLUSIVE: Kirsty MacColl's brutal death, wealth and who gets Fairytale of New York royalties

Kirsty MacColl continues to dominate the music industry around Christmas, with her smash hit Fairytale of New York alongside ...
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‘Driver’ of speedboat that killed Fairytale of New York singer Kirsty MacColl opens up about singer's death

The singer, who died a week before Christmas in 2000, was surfacing from a scuba dive off the coast of Mexico when she was run over by a speedboat ...