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Today, Hütz has teamed up with New Order’s Bernard Sumner for a cover of Angelic Upstarts’ “Solidarity,” which has also been a staple of Gogol Bordello’s live sets as of late.
Hutz and Sumner each take a verse on the cover, and Bernard also did his own “Right to Freedom” mix of the song. Listen to both below.
Gogol Bordello and Bernard Sumner Frank Hoensch/Redferns; Jack Hall/Getty Images Gogol Bordello ‘s Eugene Hütz is launching his new label, Casa Gogol Records, with a single benefitting Ukraine.