The Pogues the Jonathan Ross Christmas show with Katie Melua filling in for the late Kirsty MacColl, the first time the band had played the song live on television. The following week they performed live on the popular music show "". Shane MacGowan wrote a blog for "The Guardian" website in 2006, detailing his thoughts on the current tour. The band was awarded the lifetime achievement award at the annual Meteor Ireland Music Awards in February 2006. In March 2006, the band played their first US dates with Shane in over 15 years. The band played a series of sold-out concerts in
This Christmas Day who died from Alzheimer's disease in 2001, aged 81. This Christmas Day "This Christmas Day" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald. The song was released as a digital download on 1 December 2017 through Mercury Records with all proceeds going to Alzheimer's Research UK. The song has peaked at number 57 on the Scottish Singles Chart. A music video to accompany the release of "This Christmas Day" was first released onto YouTube on 1 December 2017 at a total length of three minutes and thirty-nine seconds. The video features home videos of Amy and her family during the