Hozier performed on "SNL's" Christmas edition, and for his second song, the Irish artist paid tribute to the Pogues' classic "Fairytale of New York." ...

Shane MacGowan, frontman of The Pogues, died at the age of 65. Fairytale of New York, his most famous song, is a Christmas ...

The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a Christmas classic ... MacGowan says the inspiration for much of the haunting lyrics came from a period when he was delirious, recovering from pneumonia ...

As soon as it's time for an Irish Christmas song, we're heading to YouTube for the lyrics but would we have done so if the Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" was "Fairytale of County Clare?" ...

BBC Radio 1 will not play the original version of Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl this Christmas, because its audience may be offended by some of the lyrics. The station ...

The unmistakable voice of Shane MacGowan singing the opening lyrics of Fairytale of New York accompanied by a lone piano, The Pogues’ song long embedded in our consciousness as heralding the ...

He went on to say: “When the BBC announced they were censoring that lyric, I was looking at Twitter where a guy said that he loved The Pogues ... along to ‘Fairytale of New York’ – he ...

There is no Christmas song more controversial than The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York.” It’s all because ... they wouldn’t have sanitized the lyrics. Shane deserves better,” wrote ...

the Irish artist paid tribute to the Pogues’ classic “Fairytale of New York.” On social media, viewers praised Hozier’s emotional cover of the song that has become a Christmas standard ...