Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Fairytale of New York' EP artwork. (Warner Music UK Limited) The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" remains a holiday staple nearly ...

I remember being at Barrowlands when I proposed to Kirsty MacColl on New Year’s Eve, in 1983. I was in Glasgow recording Scottish rock band Big Country for this BBC Two show, and Kirsty came in to ...

Certain moments of art are guaranteed to tear down any critical detachment I have and make me blubber like a baby. The rush of joy and gratitude at the end of “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The third act of ...

The holiday music season has begun in stores, on radio stations and on the speakers in our living room, and I have come back to a holiday favorite: "Fairytale of New York," by The Pogues. It's not ...

Record producer Steve Lillywhite has gone back to an archive recording of Fairytale of New York at the Glasgow Barrowland and restored the live version, which will be released for the first time next ...

The Pogues remain one of the most lucrative fixtures of the modern Christmas season, with their 1987 single Fairytale of New York continuing to generate vast annual royalties nearly four decades after ...

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