By Jenny May on Dec 6, 2006 in Bands, Christmas, Damon Albarn, Events, Locations, London, Myspace, Paul Simonon, Simon Tong, The Clash, The Good The Bad and The Queen, Tony Allen | 0 Comments
The Good, The Bad And The Queen is the new project formed by Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) and features the legendary Paul Simonon from The Clash on bass, drummer Tony Allen (Fela Kuti) and guitarist Simon Tong (Verve). The band will be making history when Myspace broadcasts their first worldwide show online with the recorded [...]
By Jenny May on Oct 28, 2006 in BBC, Bands, Damon Albarn, Electric Proms, Jamiroquai, Myspace, Paul Simonon, Paul Weller, Simon Tong, The Clash, The Good The Bad and The Queen, Tony Allen | 0 Comments
We’ve been lucky to be able to watch the Electric Proms on the BBC’s interactive tv service and have enjoyed sets by Paul Weller and Jamiroquai. After weeks of build up though, I’m not quite sure how I feel about Gorillaz and Blur frontman Damon Albarn’s new project The Good The Band and The Queen [...]
By Jenny May on Sep 20, 2006 in Bands, Cafes, David Byrne, France, Guns of Brixton, Nouvelle Vague, Oxford, Paul Simonon, QI, Radio, The Clash | 0 Comments
The first time that I heard Nouvelle Vague, which according to their website means New Wave in french and Bossa Nova in portuguese, was on David Byrne’s online radio station and immediatly when I heard a girl named Camille singing with her sultry breathy voice covering the Clash’s ‘Guns of Brixton’ I had to [...]
