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

The Good, the Bad and the Queen’s first single ‘Herculean’ was released on Monday 30th October.

The single is available on CD, 7″ vinyl and digital download from iTunes.

The track listing is as follows:

CD – CDR6722
1. Herculean
2. Back In The Day
3. Mr Whippy (Feat. Eslam Jawaad)

7″ – R6722
1. Herculean
2. Mr Whippy (Feat. Eslam Jawaad)

The full set from last night’s The Good, The Bad and The Queen’s show is available to watch on-line at the BBC Electric Proms website from Fri 27 Oct – Thu 2 Nov.

The gig is also being shown on BBCi from Fri 27 Oct – Sun 29 Oct, as well as a highlights show on BBC THREE.

The band, which includes Paul Simonon of The Clash, guitarist Simon Tong of The Verve and Gorillaz, and Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, played their self-titled debut album in its entirity.

As well as songs from their album the band played ‘Mr Whippy’, the B-side off new single ‘Herculean’, which featured guest vocalist Eslaam Jawaad.

The complete setlist was:

‘History Song’
’80s Life’
‘Northern Whale’
‘Kingdom of Doom’
‘Herculean’
‘Behind the Sun’
‘Mr Whippy’
‘The Bunting Song’
‘Nature Springs’
‘A Soldier’s Tale’
‘Three Changes’
‘Green Fields’
‘The Good, The Bad and The Queen’

‘Herculean’, the first single from the album The Good, The Bad and The Queen will be released on October 30, 2006 on CD and 7″ and deleted the same day.

The artwork for this limited edition single, depicting a West London industrial scene, is by the album’s bass player Paul Simonon.

The album The Good The Bad and The Queen will be played in its entirety at a sold-out date at London’s Roundhouse on October 26 as part of BBC’s Electric Proms.

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