How Shane MacGowan, the Pogues turned ‘Fairytale of New York’ into holiday classic

How Shane MacGowan, the Pogues turned 'Fairytale of New York' into holiday classic

According to Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan — the Irish icon who died at 65 early Thursday — the story behind his band’s Christmas-in-the-drunk-tank classic “Fairytale of New York” began with Elvis Costello. The “Alison” singer […]