The Good, the Bad & the Queen, the collaboration between Damon Albarn (Blur/Gorillaz), former Clash bassist Paul Simonon, Verve guitarist Simon Tong and Fela Kuti/Africa 70 drummer Tony Allen, whose eponymous, Danger Mouse-produced debut was released last week, have confirmed the following first-ever series of North American dates:

• March 11th - Toronto - Kool Haus
• March 12th - New York - Webster Hall
• March 14th - Washington - DC 930
• March 16th - Austin - Stubbs (SXSW)
• March 18th - New Orleans - Republic

GBQ have been announced to appear at the Cochella festival in the U.S. on 28th April.

The video for Kingdom of Doom was shot in one take and features the band cooking breakfast for Giorgio Locatelli (chef). The quickest video shoot in history, watch it here:

Paul and Damon were guests on Zane Lowe’s show on 23rd January, Paul had some interesting stories to tell about recording White Riot with the Clash and Damon had a few classic one liners. Listen again on BBC Online.

Damon and Paul met historian Peter Ackroyd in the George Inn Pub in Borough and discussed the influence of London on this record. Listen again at Radio 4 on BBC website.

UK Tour dates:
27th January - Bristol - The Trinity Centre
28th January - SoutheSea - South Parade Pier
29th January - Leeds - Irish Centre
30th January - Motherwell - Civic Centre
1st February - Dudley - JB’s
2nd February - London - York Hall
3rd February -Warrington - Parr Hall
4th February - Aylesbury - Civic Centre
6th February - Paris - Cabaret Sauvage
8th February - Berlin - Postbahnhof

The album debuted at number 2 in the official album chart. You can get it from all outlets such as Amazon, Play, HMV and iTunes.

Tony Allen’s band confirmed to support GBQ in Paris. Tony will take the stage for a double set debuting his new line up and playing tracks from his Lagos No Shaking album. Check out Tony’s new myspace page www.myspace.com/tonyallenafrobeat