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Jo Brand and Tom Allen to perform Fairytale Of New York in The Piano special
- The song by The Pogues was originally sung by the late Kirsty MacColl and Shane MacGowan, who died aged 65 earlier this month.
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Pogues’ singer Shane MacGowan dies at 65
Shane MacGowan, lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band The Pogues, has died at the age of 65. He was perhaps best-known for his duet with Kirsty MacColl in The Pogues' Christmas single ‘Fairytale of New York’. In 2022, the Irish singer revealed he had been diagnosed with encephalitis, and he subsequently spent many months in intensive care.
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