{"id":1270,"date":"2026-09-08T23:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2026-09-08T23:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:12:08","slug":"u2-released-a-cover-of-the-pogues-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-honoring-shane-macgowan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270","title":{"rendered":"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\u201d honoring Shane MacGowan"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\r\n
\r\n
<\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

U2 have released a new cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\u201d as their contribution to _20th Century Paddy \u2013 The Songs of Shane MacGowan_, an upcoming tribute album celebrating the late singer-songwriter\u2019s enduring musical legacy. Released on August 28, 2026, the recording reimagines the energetic Pogues song while reflecting U2\u2019s longstanding connection with MacGowan and his work.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The tribute album, scheduled for release on November 13, brings together prominent Irish and international artists, including Bruce Springsteen, Hozier, Tom Waits, The Libertines, Primal Scream, Glen Hansard and Dropkick Murphys. The project was inspired by an idea MacGowan himself had envisioned before his death in November 2023. Shane MacGowan+1<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

U2 guitarist The Edge described MacGowan as a complex figure whose wildness, Irish influences and storytelling connected traditional Irish culture with punk music. The band\u2019s tribute therefore serves not only as a musical reinterpretation but also as an acknowledgment of MacGowan\u2019s influence on generations of musicians. At least half of the artists\u2019 royalties from the album will be donated to Dublin Simon Community, supporting people experiencing homelessness. Shane MacGowan+<\/p>\n\n

<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U2 have released a new cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\u201d as their contribution to _20th Century Paddy \u2013 The Songs of […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-1270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-u2-news"],"yoast_head":"\nU2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\u201d honoring Shane MacGowan.....................\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\u201d honoring Shane MacGowan.....................\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"sportprocess.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-08T23:12:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1270#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1270\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c08cc2bdd7911748ff48afaf176fed6\"},\"headline\":\"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\u201d honoring Shane MacGowan\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-08T23:12:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1270\"},\"wordCount\":195,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1270#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/images-1.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"U2 news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1270#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1270\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1270\",\"name\":\"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1270#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1270#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/images-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-08T23:12:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c08cc2bdd7911748ff48afaf176fed6\"},\"description\":\"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\u201d honoring Shane MacGowan.....................\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1270#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1270\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1270#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/images-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/images-1.jpeg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":640},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1270#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\u201d honoring Shane MacGowan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"sportprocess.co.uk\",\"description\":\"Sport news and update\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c08cc2bdd7911748ff48afaf176fed6\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah","description":"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\u201d honoring Shane MacGowan.....................","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah","og_description":"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\u201d honoring Shane MacGowan.....................","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270","og_site_name":"sportprocess.co.uk","article_published_time":"2026-09-08T23:12:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/6c08cc2bdd7911748ff48afaf176fed6"},"headline":"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\u201d honoring Shane MacGowan","datePublished":"2026-09-08T23:12:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270"},"wordCount":195,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-1.jpeg","keywords":["U2 news"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270","url":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270","name":"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-09-08T23:12:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/6c08cc2bdd7911748ff48afaf176fed6"},"description":"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\u201d honoring Shane MacGowan.....................","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-1.jpeg","width":480,"height":640},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1270#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"U2 released a cover of The Pogues\u2019 \u201cYeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah\u201d honoring Shane MacGowan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/","name":"sportprocess.co.uk","description":"Sport news and update","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/6c08cc2bdd7911748ff48afaf176fed6","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1272,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions\/1272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}