The tragic true stories of Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl: The Pogues frontman battled alcoholism and a brain condition after his mother was killed in car crash - while fellow singer died in a speedboat accident days before Christmas | Daily Mail Online

Singer Kirsty MacColl, who duetted with Shane MacGowan in the festive hit, died aged 41 in 2000 after a horrific boating accident while scuba diving in Mexico.