Nobody in the history of music ever sounded quite as decadently downtrodden (or whiskey-drowned, -sodden) as Shane MacGowan on “Fairytale of New York,” the soppy Christmas carol the Pogues’ first ...

According to Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan — the Irish icon who died at 65 early Thursday — the story behind his band’s Christmas-in-the-drunk-tank classic “Fairytale of New York” began with Elvis ...

Regarded for his wrenching, joyful lyricism as a bard of all things Irish, Shane MacGowan – the singer-songwriter known mostly for his work as frontman of the Celtic punk phenomenon the Pogues – was ...

Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan was born on Christmas day in 1957 in Kent, England, and on his 30th birthday, he narrowly missed landing the Christmas No. 1 on the UK charts with “Fairytale of New York ...

December 19 -- British singer Kirsty MacColl died Monday in Cozumel, Mexico, apparently struck by a speedboat in an area reserved for swimmers. She was 41. Her management released a statement this ...

A radio station will play the Pogue’s Christmas hit Fairytale of New York in its full unexpurgated version after most of its listeners said they would not be offended by its controversial lyrics. The ...

Shane MacGowan, singer of iconic punk group The Pogues, has died aged 65. His wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, confirmed the news via a post on her Instagram page. "I don’t know how to say this so I am ...