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U2 release Pogues cover for Shane MacGowan tribute album
The cover appears on a tribute album that will send at least 50% of artist royalties to the Dublin Simon Community.
- The Edge and his band released a cover of The Pogues' "Yeah, Yeah" ahead of the upcoming tribute album 20th Century Paddy- The Songs of Shane MacGowan.
- Scheduled for release on November 13, the tribute collection features contributions from Bruce Springsteen, Hozier, Tom Waits, The Libertines, and Glen Hansard.
- Originally released in 1990, "Yeah, Yeah" appeared on Hell's Ditch, the final studio album from The Pogues to feature MacGowan before his departure.
- At least 50% of artist royalties from the tribute collection will be donated to the Dublin Simon Community, supporting the homeless charity.
- U2 guitarist The Edge described MacGowan as "full of contradictions," noting he was "gloriously careless about everything else" while creating an enduring musical legacy.
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Hear U2’s New Recording of the Pogues Classic ‘Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah’
“Shane MacGowan was full of contradictions — and that’s where the truth of him lived," says the Edge. "He could be precise about what mattered and gloriously careless about everything else"
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U2 Covers Pogues Song For Shane MacGowan Tribute
The Edge introduced the band’s version of “Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah” as part of a tribute LP due November 13 on Rubyworks. U2 has contributed a cover of the Pogues’ “Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah” to a new Shane MacGowan tribute album, adding another high-profile name to a project built around one of Irish […]
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