Bruce Springsteen has shared a cover of The Pogues’ “A Rainy Night in Soho.” The song is set to be included on the just-announced album paying tribute to the band’s late frontman Shane MacGowan. Titled 20th Century Paddy - The Songs of Shane MacGowan, and organized by MacGowan’s widow Victoria Mary Clarke with the indie label Rubyworks, the album will arrive on November 13.
“Shane was all naked bottomless humanity,” Springsteen shared alongside the cover. “Threatening to force us to ask ourselves if we were living deeply, authentically. He was raw, hilarious, no apologies and profound. His soul was filled with the transgressive and ecstatic properties of the saints.”
Other artists featured on the compilation include The Jesus & Mary Chain, Hozier (with Irish actress Jessie Buckley), Tom Waits, The Libertines, Kate Moss, David Gray, and The Pogues themselves. Check out the full list of announced artists participating below (more TBA) in addition to Springsteen’s cover of “A Rainy Night in Soho.”
