“One day I’ll be waiting there, no empty bench in Soho Square.” Fans are sharing tributes to Kirsty MacColl on the 23rd anniversary of her death. The ‘Fairytale of New York’ singer, who sang alongside the recently passed Shane MacGowan on the number one Christmas hit, died in 2000, aged 41, after a shocking accident […]

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“This will put a smile on your face, well done to everyone involved!” A school in Northern Ireland has gone viral for its “brilliant” cover of the Pogues’ classic Christmas single ‘Fairytale of New York’. Holy Trinity College in Cookstown released its students’ rendition of the song last Wednesday (6 December), the same week as […]

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“Among his finest work, this. RIP Shane.” Earlier today, it was announced that Irish music legend Shane MacGowan has passed away at the age of 65. The news of the singer-songwriter’s death has sparked an outpouring of tributes, with many taking to social media to remember the Pogues’ frontman. One particular moment involving MacGowan that […]

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It could have been a very different song. In wake of the passing of legendary Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, there is already a large push to make the iconic ‘Fairytale of New York’ a Christmas number 1 once again. The song is, of course, the very distilled essence of MacGowan’s career – a heartfelt, heartbreaking, […]

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“You will live in my heart forever.” Shane MacGowan has passed away at the age of 65. The Pogues legend’s wife shared a heartbreaking statement announcing his death on Instagram. “I don’t know how to say this so I am just going to say it,” she began. “Shane who will always be the light that I […]

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There was never was an NYPD Choir and they never sang ‘Galway Bay’. That is until now. EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum has orchestrated a one-of-a-kind celebration of Irish heritage this Christmas by getting the boys of the NYPD Choir to sing ‘Galway Bay’. Unless you have been living under a rock, you should know […]

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