Controversy has surrounded the Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" for decades, and songwriter Shane MacGowan said that was the ...

The Irish musician also performed one of former President Barack Obama’s favorite songs, “Too Sweet,” in his return to the ...

‘Fairytale Of New York’ was released as a single on November 23, 1987. It reached the top of the Irish charts on December 13 ...

A special performance from Saturday Night Live's Christmas episode. Hozier Covers The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” on SNL: ...

By Ashley Iasimone SNL musical guest Hozier closed the season with his hit “Too Sweet” and a cover of The Pogues‘ “Fairytale of New York” on the Martin Short-hosted episode Saturday ...

Back in 2011, I was interviewed by BBC radio as part of a retrospective on the Pogues tune “Fairytale of New York” that would include musings from band members, producers, and industry types ...

She had another top ... Fairytale Of New York. Strangely, when first released the hit song didn’t even make it to the Christmas number one slot, peaking at No2. Recorded with The Pogues ...

HOZIER’S fans have all praised his “fabulous” performance paying tribute to the late Shane MacGowan. The Wicklow native ...

Hozier returned to the stage later with a cover of the Irish folk ballad that appeared on the Pogues’ 1988 album ... up his Unreal Unearth tour in New Zealand last month, and his most recent ...

Hozier was the musical guest for the second time on Saturday Night Live this weekend, 10 years after he first took Studio 8H to church. He performed his No. 1 hit “Too Sweet,” and — because he’s Irish ...

Hozier’s second Saturday Night Live musical guest appearance saw performances of “Too Sweet,” his 2024 standout, and of the Pogues’ 1987 song “Fairytale of New York.” “Maybe it’s ...

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 ...