yourlist = [ 'Item_has_was_updated_May_2010',
'Item_updated_Apr_2011',
'Item_got_updated_Sept_2011']
x = 'foo'
y = 'bar'
yourlist = ['{}_{}_{}'.format(s.rsplit('_', 2)[0], x, y) for s in yourlist]
print yourlist
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