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  Radio 2 Explains Why They'll Be Airing A Censored Version Of Fairytale Of New York This Year

  "We are reflecting what we are hearing back from many of our listeners."

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  The Independent

  Voices: I’m gay and I love ‘Fairytale of New York’. Here’s why it’s so complicated

  The sometimes-brutal tale of an immigrant couple’s love, hopes and dreams shattered against hard times, addiction and old age was probably never meant to be played in Macy’s between Rudolph and Frosty

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  The Telegraph

  Peggy Seeger, Cecil Sharp House, review: a masterclass from a folk veteran

  Peggy Seeger is steeped in the folk tradition. Over a 65-year career, she has released over 70 albums, over half of which were recorded with her late husband, the singer Ewan MacColl. Her father was renowned folklorist Charles Seeger and her mother was composer Ruth Crawford Seeger, her brother was Mike Seeger and her half-brother was If I Had A Hammer icon Pete Seeger. And MacColl’s daughter from a previous marriage was the singer Kirsty MacColl, who died in 2000. So I slightly feared that this

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  PA Media: Entertainment

  Fairytale Of New York tops chart of most-played Christmas songs

  The Pogues' classic defeated tracks by Mariah Cary and Wham!

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  The Independent

  Gavin & Stacey removes offensive ‘Fairytale of New York’ slur from Christmas Eve re-run

  BBC said it respected the decision to re-edit last year’s festive episode

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  The Independent

  Fairytale of New York: How The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl made a classic Christmas song

  A drunken hymn for those with broken dreams and abandoned hope

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  The Independent

  Fairytale of New York: How The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl made a classic Christmas song OLD

  A drunken hymn for those with broken dreams and abandoned hope

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  The Independent

  Fairytale of New York: How The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl made one of Britain’s favourite Christmas songs [old]

  A drunken hymn for those with broken dreams and abandoned hope

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  The Guardian

  Nick Cave accuses BBC of 'mutilating' Fairytale of New York

  Nick Cave accuses BBC of 'mutilating' Fairytale of New York. The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl song, to be played in a censored version on some BBC radio stations, will be ‘stripped of its value’, says Cave

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  The Independent

  Fairytale of New York: BBC defends decision to air censored version of The Pogues song on Radio 1

  Broadcaster says Radio 1’s younger audience are ‘particularly sensitive to derogatory terms for gender and sexuality’

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