Kirsty MacColl, the singer and song-writer, died in December last year ... the nearest thing was her duet with Shane MacGowan on the Christmas classic Fairytale Of New York - she was hugely ...

meaning both singers of the song have now passed – distinctive singer Kirsty MacColl died in 2000. The perennial 'cool kids' Christmas song is a bittersweet masterpiece with an iconic music ...

Kirsty MacColl also secured a festive legacy, duetting with The Pogues on their 1987 song Fairytale of New York, which originally peaked at Number 2 that Christmas, and since 2005 has made an ...