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The album will also feature Primal Scream, David Gray, Jessie Buckley, Johnny Depp and Kate Moss.
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The album, titled 20th Century Paddy - The Songs of Shane MacGowan, was announced on Thursday, alongside the first single, Bruce Springsteen's cover of A Rainy Night In Soho.
In an accompanying essay, Springsteen described the Irish musician's songwriting as "raw, hilarious, no apologies and profound".
The album, which will be released in November, also includes a duet between Hozier and Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley, as well as songs by Tom Waits, Primal Scream, Steve Earle and David Gray.
Actor Johnny Depp has a duet with singer Imelda May, while the album will also feature The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Libertines and Kate Moss.
MacGowan died in November 2023 at the age of 65, following a period of ill health.
He left a peerless catalogue of songs articulating the life of working class Irish immigrants, with tales of finding love in the slums littered with references to literature, mythology and the Bible.
In his essay, Springsteen recalled spending an afternoon with MacGowan shortly before his death.
"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."
Springsteen called the musician a writer in the lineage of "geniuses" and "natural rebels" like Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan.
"Shane was all naked bottomless humanity. Threatening to force us to ask ourselves if we were living deeply, authentically," he continued.
"[His] 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," Springsteen added.
"His soul was filled with the transgressive and ecstatic properties of the saints.
"I don't know who'll be listening to my music in 100
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