{"id":9367,"date":"2026-03-12T20:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/bruce-springsteen-shane-macgowan-tribute-lp\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:42:00","slug":"bruce-springsteen-shane-macgowan-tribute-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/bruce-springsteen-shane-macgowan-tribute-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen Leads Massive Shane MacGowan Tribute LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1352185071-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" alt=\"Bruce Springsteen\"><figcaption>(photo: Jamie McCarthy \/ Staff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bruce Springteen\u2019s tender cover of \u201cA Rainy Night in Soho\u201d serves as the lead single from a massive tribute album to late Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/shanemacgowan.ochre.store\/login\" target=\"_blank\">20th Century Paddy \u2014 The Songs of Shane MacGowan<\/a><\/em>. The project will be released Nov. 13 through Rubyworks and was spearheaded by MacGowan\u2019s widow, Victory Mary Clarke. The musician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2023\/11\/shane-macgowan-pogues-frontman-dies-at-65\/\" target=\"_blank\">died<\/a> at the age of 65 in 2023 after years of poor health.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the list of contributors to <em>20th Century Paddy<\/em> includes Tom Waits, MacGowan\u2019s former Pogues bandmates, Hozier and Jessie Buckley, Johnny Depp and Imelda May, David Gray, Dropkick Murphys, Glen Hansard, the Jesus &amp; Mary Chain, Kate Moss, Primal Scream, Steve Earle, the Libertines and the Murder Capital. Additional artists will be announced.<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/03\/mike-mccready-graphic-novel-album\/\">Mike McCready Mines The Many \u2018Seasons\u2019 Of Seattle Music<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/03\/beabadoobee-the-marias-new-single\/\">beabadoobee Enlists The Mar\u00edas For New Single<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/03\/john-lennon-yoko-ono-concerts-cinemas\/\">1972 John Lennon\/Yoko Ono Concerts Head To Cinemas<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"Nhj3PZjUOMo\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Springsteen plays piano and keyboard on \u201cSoho,\u201d on which he\u2019s backed by Ron Aniello on drums, upright bass and keys, Curt Ramm on trumpet, Barry Danielian on trumpet and flugelhorn, Bill Holloman on tenor sax and Ozzie Melendez on trombone.<\/p>\n<p>He waxed poetic about MacGowan in a note accompanying the album announcement. \u201cEvery once in a while \u2014 every once in a great while \u2014 an artist comes along whose voice seems to speak to history itself,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWoody Guthrie, Jimmy Rogers, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Miles Davis, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Coltrane, Patti Smith, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, John Lydon, Hank Williams, Sinatra. Geniuses all, they were both timeless and the embodiment of their moment in time. Many, unsurprisingly, led difficult lives not easily bound by the shackles of convention. They were natural rebels unable to stifle or heed the impulses that led them to their glory and personal hardships.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1290\" height=\"859\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-567270153-1290x859.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-422023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-567270153-1290x859.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-567270153-340x227.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-567270153-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-567270153-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-567270153-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-567270153-498x332.jpg 498w, https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-567270153-1668x1111.jpg 1668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1290px) 100vw, 1290px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Pogues\u2019 Shane MacGowan in London in July 2014 (photo: Brian Rasic \/ Getty Images).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGreat art is by nature lawless. We do not get to choose our obsessions, \u201d he continues. \u201cWe do not get to dictate our blessings or our transgressions. It\u2019s a little joke the gods play on us. Shane\u2019s voice was so deeply real, profane and honest, his writing so flashing, alive and historically rich its genesis appeared as a mystery to all including, I believe, its creator. The dangerous joy, the glee and courage, the humor in the face of fate, the wild ramble of a life driven towards the artistic heavens and the daily balm of self obliteration. Shane was all naked bottomless humanity. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know who\u2019ll be listening to my music in 100 years but I know they\u2019ll be listening to Shane\u2019s,\u201d Springsteen concludes. \u201cThough I did not know Shane very well, I spent a lovely afternoon in his presence shortly before he passed. He was not well but he and his wife Victoria proved warm and gracious hosts. As I left, I thanked him for his beautiful work, his music, his songs, his life. I stood in his warmth, kissed him and told him I loved him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Says Clarke of <em>20th Century Paddy<\/em>, \u201cShane\u2019s spirit and songwriting are eternally exalted through this glorious collection. Each song is uniquely and graciously interpreted by these beyond beautiful artists and his family are humbled by and thankful to each and every one of the musicians involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Half of the artist royalties from the album will be donated to Dublin Simon Community, which provides housing and medical care for people experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(photo: Jamie McCarthy \/ Staff) Bruce Springteen\u2019s tender cover of \u201cA Rainy Night in Soho\u201d serves as the lead single from a massive tribute album to late Pogues frontman Shane&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,6,24,5088,2411],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bruce-springsteen","category-news","category-pushly","category-shane-macgowan","category-the-pogues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}