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"Fairytale of New York" is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their London-based band the Pogues, featuring English singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals. The song is an Irish folk -style ballad and was written as a duet, with the Pogues' singer MacGowan taking the role of the male character and MacColl playing ...
“Fairytale of New York” is now the odds-on favorite to be this year’s U.K. “Christmas No. 1” — an annual, much-hyped chart coup across the pond — in the wake of MacGowan’s death.
Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan was born on Christmas day in 1957 in Kent, England, and on his 30th birthday, he narrowly missed landing the Christmas No. 1 on the UK charts with “Fairytale of ...
The Very Best of the Pogues is a greatest hits album by The Pogues, released in April 2001. ... "Fairytale of New York" (featuring Kirsty MacColl) (MacGowan, Finer)
After Shane MacGowan was fired from the Pogues in 1991, Joe Strummer filled in for him for a short period, after which Stacy assumed the role of lead vocalist. The Pogues recorded two albums with Stacy on lead vocals: Waiting for Herb and Pogue Mahone. [6] Stacy resumed his original role in the band when they held reunion shows in 2001. [5]
Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter best known as the frontman of Celtic punk band the Pogues who found success with the 1987 song “Fairytale of New York,” died on Thursday. He was 65.
The Pogues performing in Munich in 2011. From left to right: Philip Chevron, James Fearnley, Andrew Ranken, Shane MacGowan, Darryl Hunt, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer. The Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band the Pogues have recorded songs for seven studio albums as well as one extended play (EP), twenty singles, and various other projects.
Shane MacGowan, frontman of the Celtic punk band The Pogues, has died. He was 65.The singer's wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, announced the tragic news Thursday on Instagram with a touching tribute in ...