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The Pogues producer Steve Lillywhite: ‘Fairytale of New York is like a fine wine, it grows on you!’

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 ...
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The Pogues' Shane MacGowan's Sister Says It's Still Too 'Painful' to Listen to 'Fairytale of New York' 2 Years After He Died

For most people, the Pogues’ Christmas classic “Fairytale of New York” brings holiday cheer. But for the sister of late Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, it’s the opposite. Siobhan MacGowan spoke to Sky ...
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Live Glasgow Barrowland version of The Pogues' Fairytale of New York to be released for the first time

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 ...
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The Pogues’ ‘Fairy Tale of New York’ is the only Christmas song that matters

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 ...
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The Pogues' Shane MacGowan's Sister Says It's Still Too 'Painful' to Listen to 'Fairytale of New York' 2 Years After He Died

Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has previously appeared in Entertainment Weekly and the New York Daily News.