Stereogum — Like I said the other day, in times like these we judge not the artists who are joining to make whatever difference they can in reconstructing Haiti via their art, we just celebrate that it's happening. But Susan Boyle, Miley Cyrus, & James Blunt ... more info

Gigwise — A cover of 'I Put A Spell On You'... more info

ContactMusic — THE POGUES star SHANE MACGOWAN, JOHNNY DEPP and NICK CAVE have teamed up to record a charity single for the Haiti earthquake relief effort.The trio has recruited... more info

RECORDING of Shane MacGowan and pals' alternative Haiti single has gone ahead more info

The Playlist — With Haiti still reeling from a devastating earthquake, celebrities worldwide are continuing to throw their efforts behind projects that will help benefit the citizens who are still in dire need of food, water and medicine. But as far as celebrity pr... more info

Guardian Music — The Pogues frontman is to cover Screaming Jay Hawkins's I Put a Spell On You ... with a little help from the Bad Seed and Captain Jack SparrowNick Cave, Johnny Depp and Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie are among those reportedly roped-in for a new cha... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Hard-drinking The Pogues star Shane MacGowan has turned to alcohol to make sure he always has a full head of hair - he regularly washes it in Guinness. more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — The top 40 is a strange British institution. On the one hand, it's widely derided by people who claim that all the songs in it are rubbish and that it no longer means anything because you don't have to sell hundreds of thousands of units to reach the... more info

Guardian Music — Kirsty MacColl was a true English original, a singer-songwriter and interpreter of other people's songs who could slip easily between musical styles. She had a glorious voice and gift for wry observation and humour, matched with a no-nonsense approac... more info

Time Out, London — Now fairly regular (but no less joyous for it) reunion of the beery, teary Shane MacGowan with the London-Irish folk-punk legends. Reckon they'll save 'Fairytale of New York' for the encore, then? more info