Wham! has made Official Charts history by landing the Christmas No. 1 spot twice in a row. "Last Christmas" was blocked from ...

Victoria Mary Clarke was married to The Pogues frontman for more than 30 years. Despite Shane MacGowan's death last year, she ...

This Anglo-Irish group brought a visceral energy to the punk rock scene, fusing it seamlessly with traditional Irish folk ...

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?" ...

“It was Christmas Eve, babe …” You know the rest. The unmistakable voice of Shane MacGowan singing the opening lyrics of Fairytale of New York accompanied by a lone piano, The Pogues’ song ...

A lot of indie bands have attempted to make good Christmas music, and some have certainly succeeded, but others... not so ...

Pogues founding members Jem Finer and James ... The singer would have turned 66 on Christmas Day 2023 but had been battling viral encephalitis, which causes inflammation of the brain.

MacGowan, who rose to national fame after co-founding The Pogues in 1982, was also born on Christmas Day in 1957, to Irish parents who raised him in Kent, England. He died on 30 November last year ...