Rory Cowan hits out at DJ who said Fairy Tale of New York should be banned

Rory Cowan has lashed out at a DJ who has called for The Pogues' Fairy Tale of New York to be banned from radio.

“This has started to come up every Christmas and it is always from a DJ; someone desperate for publicity or some snowflake who is offended.“And I certainly don’t need some DJ from the BBC getting offended on my behalf.” “Ronan Keating did that a couple of years ago and it was just terrible, what the hell was he thinking about?“Can you imagine if Ronan Keating changed the words of U2 song or a poem, people would be up in arms.In the past McGowan has been forced to release a statement explaining the reason behind his choice of the controversial word.

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