Green Fields, the third single taken from The Good, The Bad & The Queen, will be released on April 2. Written late at night somewhere on the Goldhawk Road (1999 – 2001), this is a song that Damon Albarn says ‘came back to me’ – he had gifted the demo to Marianne Faithfull, only to be reminded of it when she re-recorded it in 2005.

Green Fields will be available on gatefold 7”, 7” coloured vinyl and CD.

The Good, The Bad and The Queen will be performed at the closing weekend of Hammersmith Palais on Saturday March 31st. On April 1, the bulldozers move in and one of Britains cultural institutions will be demolished to make way for a new office block.

The Palais has been home to some of Britain’s great musical events and was immortalised in The Clash’s (White Man) In Hammermith Palais. Paul Simonon returns to the Palais for a final send off – this grande dame of venues will see a few treats from The Good The Bad & The Queen before she goes. Special guests The Tony Allen Orchestra, and others still to be announced.

Don’t miss out! Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday March 2nd for £25 – www.gigsandtours.com

Onsale and ticket info :

Rock Werchter tickets will go onsale on Tuesday, 20th February 2007, at 9 am.

Ticketprices :

Combiticket (valid the 4 days of the festival), 28th June – July 1st : €160
Dayticket Thursday 28th of June : €75
Dayticket Friday 29th of June : €75
Dayticket Saturday 30th of June : €69
Dayticket Sunday 1st of July : €75

*** All tickets are inclusive of public transport (trains NMBS and festivalshuttle De Lijn from Leuven) within the Belgian borders.

The festival lasts from Thursday 28th of June till Monday 2nd of July.

All info and ticket reservations :

www.rockwerchter.be
www.proximusgoformusic.be

Ticket phone :

In Belgium : 0900 2 60 60
In Holland : 0900 45 000 45
All other countries : +32 34 00 00 34

The Good, The Bad And The Queen’s Damon Albarn has worked with Massive Attack on tracks for their new album.

The band are currently working on the follow up to their first new studio album since 2003′s ‘100th Window‘.

Albarn is one of the featured vocalists on the new tracks along with TV On The Radio‘s Tunde Adebimpe and former Mazzy Star singer Hope Sandoval plus regular collaborators Horace Andy and Liz Fraser.

Member Grant ‘Daddy G’ Marshall said the band “could have enough material to release two albums in 12 months”, reports The Guardian.

Although no release date has been confirmed, it is believed the as yet untitled album will be called ‘Weather Underground’.

via NME.com

Alex James is set to appear in new BBC Two show, The Verdict. The 4-part show features 12 celebrity jurors judging a fictional court case.

The Verdict starts this Sunday (11th Feb 2007) at 9pm.

More info on the BBC website.