The Controversy Of The Pogues’ “Fairytale Of New York” The Pogues’ 1987 track ... Others argue the lyrics are inappropriate and offensive. Arguing over whether the song is naughty ...

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?" ...

He performed his No. 1 hit “Too Sweet,” and — because he’s Irish and in New York and it was the Christmas episode — he did a cover of the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl’s “Fairytale Of ...

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 ...

Returning to SNL after a decade, Hozier treated viewers to a performance of his number one single, "Too Sweet", as well as a special festive number, "Fairytale Of New York", by the Pogues and Kirsty ...

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 ...