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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Her work has previously appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue and more. Christie Goodwin/Redferns via Getty The cause of death for The Pogues' bandleader Shane ...

The Controversy Of The Pogues’ “Fairytale Of New York” The Pogues’ 1987 track “Fairytale of New York” is an Irish ballad duet that devolves from nostalgic and wistful to bitter and ...

“Fairytale of New York” singer Shane MacGowan is hospitalized and intubated, according to his wife Victoria Mary Clarke, who posted an alarming photo of the former Pogues frontman on social medi ...

The Pogues’ biggest album, If I Should Fall From Grace With God, which hit No. 3 on the UK Albums chart, was the vessel for the band’s biggest hit “Fairytale of New York,” while embracing ...

Shane MacGowan, the lead singer of Celtic punk band The Pogues and known the world over for the 1987 hit "Fairytale Of New York," has died aged 65. MacGowan’s wife, Victoria Mary Clarke ...

In 1988, MacGowan’s Pogues and singer MacColl released “Fairytale of New York,” which went on to be a huge hit in the UK and is still played at Christmas there every year. Opening with the ...

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.