Shane MacGowan
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Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan was an English-born Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and poet. Best known as the original lead vocalist and primary lyricist of Celtic punk band the Pogues, MacGowan w
MacGowan at the WOMAD festival, Yokohama, 1991
'Shane MacGown - Boy From the County Hell' painting acquired by National Portrait Gallery, London in 2026 by Brian Whelan
MacGowan in 2008
MacGowan performing in 2010 at the Milk Club, Moscow
Fairytale of New York
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"Fairytale of New York" is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their London-based band the Pogues, featuring English singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals. The song is
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…the critically acclaimed and commercially successful If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988). MacGowan and Finer co-wrote the Christmas hit single "Fairytale of New York" (1987), which MacGowan recorded as a duet with Kirsty MacColl; the song remains a Christmas favourite in Ireland and Britain and was certified sextuple…
Fairytale Of New York
The finished track was recorded at RAK Studios in Regent's Park, London.
The music video sees Kirsty MacColl walking through Manhattan's West 33rd Street (pictured in 2009) in November 1987.