The music world said goodbye to one of its stars today with a memorial service for singer songwriter Kirsty MacColl, who died last month. Friends and fans packed the church of St Martin-in-the ...

11."I just learned of Kirsty MacColl's freak accident death while diving in Mexico with her kids, and it's also horrifying, from the accident itself to the way the Mexican government handled it.

Interestingly, for his own pick in the HMV My Inspiration series, Shane MacGowan picked a verse from Nick Cave’s 2005 song ‘Lucy’, citing the following as his favourite: Much like the motif that moves ...

His novel “A Fairy Tale of New York” (1973) inspired the title of the song by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl that helps ... taken care of for you”) and death in general.

Kirsty MacColl, the singer and song-writer, died in December last year in a tragic accident, while on holiday with her family in Mexico. Though she had few big commercial successes - the nearest ...

He died on 30 November last year ... of New York” – The Pogues’ duet with the late singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl, which typically re-enters the charts in the UK each December.

“(Nothing But) Flowers” is a witty, satirical song about the blessings of nature, one that benefits from the backing vocals of Kirsty MacColl and ... penned before his death in 1997 was ...

“They Don’t Know” by Tracey Ullman from ‘You Broke My Heart In 17 Places’ (1983) Originally a track by Kirsty MacColl released in 1979, comedian Tracey Ullman covered it in 1983 and ...