Contrary to popular myth, MacGowan still has all his own teeth. He keeps them in a jar next to his bed.

The last person that I thought I would ever see and hear organising a benefit single in aid of the earthquake in Haiti was Shane MacGowan. Partly because, by rights, he should have died years ago; that’s by his own admission, and to the no-doubt eternal shock of his doctors.

But he has. And it’s terrific; it’s nothing like Simon Cowell’s (equally worthy) REM cover; it shares only the common cause, and that it is a cover with a Band Aid-style lineup of celebs singing each line.

Johnny Depp is one of the celebs in the lineup.

It’s tremendous, isn’t it? It’s entirely worth buying, so buy it.