The Irish musician also performed one of former President Barack Obama’s favorite songs, “Too Sweet,” in his return to the NBC program ...

A special performance from Saturday Night Live's Christmas episode. Hozier Covers The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” on SNL: Watch ...

SNL musical guest Hozier closed the season with his hit "Too Sweet" and a cover of The Pogues‘ "Fairytale of New York" on the Martin Short-hosted episode Saturday night (Dec. 21). Introduced by Short, ...

Kirsty MacColl continues to dominate the music industry around Christmas with her smash hit Fairytale of New York alongside the late Shane MacGowan of The Pogues – but who receives her royalties?

Fairytale of New York was originally penned in 1985, though there is a huge debate about how it came to be. The Pogues frontman Shane maintained the song started out as a bet when the Irish band's ...

Fairytale Of New York. Strangely, when first released the hit song didn’t even make it to the Christmas number one slot, peaking at No2. Recorded with The Pogues' original bassist Cait O ...

Hozier returned to the stage later with a cover of the Irish folk ballad that appeared on the Pogues’ 1988 album ... up his Unreal Unearth tour in New Zealand last month, and his most recent ...

the Irish artist paid tribute to the Pogues’ classic “Fairytale of New York.” On social media, viewers praised Hozier’s emotional cover of the song that has become a Christmas standard ...

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Hozier was the musical guest for the second time on Saturday Night Live this weekend, 10 years after he first took Studio 8H to church. He performed his No. 1 hit “Too Sweet,” and — because he’s Irish ...

Hozier starred as the musical guest for one of the final shows of the year on Saturday Night Live. Returning to SNL after a decade, Hozier treated viewers to a performance of his number one single, ...