Pogues singer Shane MacGowan has told how it p***** him off when people always talk about the band’s hit song, Fairytale of New York.
The festive tune was voted the UK’s most popular Christmas song in 2019.
But hellraiser frontman MacGowan said he hates when people always talk about it.
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He revealed: “It p****s me off when people always talk about it.”
When asked why, the 64-year-old said: “Cos. Cos it just p****s me off, all right?”
Asked if he had a favourite song, MacGowan said he had a few – but Fairytale of New York was not one of them.
“I’ve got a few, but that’s not one of them,” he told the Guardian.
In 1991, the Pogues sacked MacGowan from the band before they split up in 1996. The band reformed in 2001 with MacGowan and finally split up again in 2014. They didn’t record any new music second time round.
MacGowan, now wheelchair bound, told how he doesn’t miss the road – but misses the early days of the Pogues.
“Not really, no. I miss the early days of the Pogues. That was a lot of fun,” he said.
In the 2020 Julien Temple documentary Crock of Gold, the former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams visits MacGowan and they reminisce (well, Adams does) about their long friendship.
On the eve of peace talks with then prime minister Tony Blair, MacGowan asked him to pass on the message: “Tiocfaidh ár lá” (“Our day will come”).
Asked if Adams still stays in touch with MacGowan, Shane revealed: “No. He’s been here a few times. He’s a very easy person to talk to.
“The priest comes round,” his wife Victoria added. “That happens regularly. He talks a lot.”
“Yeah, he talks a hell of a lot,” added MacGowan.
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