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 ...

As soon as it's time for Irish Christmas songs, we're queuing up The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" It is the most famous Irish Christmas song ever written, arguably the greatest Christmas song ...

He performed his No. 1 hit “Too Sweet,” and — because he’s Irish and in New York and it was the Christmas episode — he did a cover of the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl’s “Fairytale Of ...

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 ...

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?" ...

The Pogues lead singer Shane MacGowan reportedly ... substantial royalties from the perennial favourite 'Fairytale of New York', making an impressive £216,000 to £260,000 annually from the ...

IRELAND’S TOP TEN SINGLES, DECEMBER 25, 1987 1 Fairytale Of New York The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl 2 Always On My Mind Pet Shop Boys 3 Let’s Wash Our Socks For Christmas Junkbox Band 9 Heaven ...

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 ...