Photo by Anton CorbijnCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this story“Shane MacGowan was full of contradictions—and that’s where the truth of him lived,” writes the Edge in a statement introducing U2’s new cover of the Pogues’ “Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah.” The track is the latest offering from the upcoming tribute album 20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan, out November 13 via Rubyworks.
The LP will also feature MacGowan covers by Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Primal Scream, Steve Earle, and Dropkick Murphys. Listen to Bono and co.’s take on the 1988 classic single below.
Read the Sunday Review of the Pogues’ 1985 album Rum Sodomy & the Lash.
