Despite being a bonafide Christmas classic, the BBC Radio 1 nearly censored The Pogues classic song, "Fairy Tale of New York" to remove the word "faggot" from broadcast. The word, sung by the late ...

The Irish musician then did the Pogues’ holiday classic “Fairytale of New York.” Watch Hozier’s SNL performances below. Hozier made his Saturday Night Live debut in 2014, playing his ...

The Pogues "weren't bothered" about 'Fairytale Of New York' topping the Christmas charts. Fans launched a campaign for the band's 1987 festive classic with Kirsty MacColl to reach the festive ...

Hozier returned to Saturday Night Live for the show’s final episode of 2024, where he performed a cover of The Pogues’ classic Christmas song, “Fairytale of New York”. Fans praised the ...

(The most overrated Christmas pop song is the Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York,” but then, even the angelic Kirsty McColl can’t save Shane McGowan’s voice.) Of course, almost anything can ...

They were joined by the likes of The Stamp, Banners and Ellis Murphy for renditions of Christmas hits from Shakin' Stevens, The Pogues' Fairytale of New York as well as Does This Train Stop on ...

With all this in mind, the Fairytale of New York controversy could be resolved with one thing: context. As a gay man, the inclusion of the slur in Fairytale of New York is, in Shane's own words ...