THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN

New Video: ‘The Truce of Twilight’
Directed By Paul Simonon

Watch Here

UK Tour – April 2019
6 Music Festival (SOLD OUT) / London Palladium (SOLD OUT)
Norwich / Cardiff / Sheffield / Manchester / Liverpool
Ticket Info

“Enjoy it while it lasts because soon it will be different…” – The Truce of Twilight

A new video for The Truce of Twilight – the second track taken from The Good, The Bad & The Queen’s acclaimed album Merrie Land – is out now.

Directed by bassist Paul Simonon, the performance video was shot simultaneously on three iPhones in West London.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen will headline the sold-out 6 Music Festival 2019 in Liverpool on 30th March. And following a run of acclaimed sold-out shows late last year, the band will return for an extended run of dates this spring, kicking off in Norwich on 12th April and finishing up at The London Palladium on Good Friday. Full list of dates below.

GBQ – UK Tour – April 2019

30th March The 6 Music Festival, Eventim Olympia Liverpool – SOLD OUT
12th April NORWICH, The LCR – UEA
13th April CARDIFF University, Great Hall
15th April SHEFFIELD, Octagon Centre
16th April MANCHESTER, Albert Hall
18th April LIVERPOOL, O2 Academy
19th April LONDON, The London Palladium – SOLD OUT

For ticket information, visit https://www.thegoodthebadandthequeen.com/tour

Merrie Land (“… a masterpiece.”– Album Of The Year, SUNDAY TIMES) was written during the current period in which the UK is preparing to leave the European Union, creating a reluctant good-bye letter, a series of observations and reflections on Britishness. The Truce of Twilight holds a mirror to the complex state of Britain, asking “Look what we have done…”

NOTES TO EDITORS:

November 2018 saw the release of Merrie Land, the second album from The Good, The Bad & The Queen, a band comprising of Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Tony Allen and Simon Tong.

Following an eleven-year hiatus since their eponymous debut, the four musical storytellers returned with Merrie Land, self-released on Studio 13 and produced by Tony Visconti and The Good, The Bad & The Queen.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen began life as the acclaimed 2007 album of the same name, a heartfelt tribute to London described by The Observer in a 5-star review as –“One of the most surprising and magical records for which Damon Albarn has ever been responsible”. The record traced a journey from the English music hall tradition to West Africa and Afrobeat, zigzagging through the West Indies and its reggae and dub, back to England and London’s punk scene, all the while taking in a strand of British beat music from the ’50s right through to Britpop. The result was a record specific to a place and mood but with a background that was geographically wide-ranging.

Merrie Land – STREAM / BUY HERE

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THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN: MERRIE LAND

Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Tony Allen and Simon Tong Return with Second Album Out Today

UK Dates Begin November 26
https://www.seetickets.com/tour/the-good-the-bad-and-the-queen

Photo credit: Pennie Smith

“…this album is a masterpiece… the best album of the year.” – Sunday Times Culture

“…Up there with the most evocative attempts by British pop to interpret its locality” – Mojo

“The music they wrote suggests no end of ghosts: off-key pub pianos, bass recorders, an abundance of old-school organ that instantly evokes the British Seaside.” – The Guardian

Presaged by the recently released “Gun To The Head” and its title track (featured in The New York Times’ Playlist)—as well as the band’s first live appearance in seven years on Later…. With Jools Holland—Merrie Land, the sophomore album from The Good, The Bad & The Queen is finally released today, November 16, 2018.

Merrie Land follows an 11-year hiatus since The Good, The Bad & The Queen’s self-titled 2007 debut, and is self-released on the newly created label Studio 13. Produced by Tony Visconti and The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Merrie Land contains 10 new songs – written during the current period in which the UK is preparing to leave the European Union – creating a reluctant good-bye letter, a series of observations and reflections on Britishness in 2018.

Merrie Land’s focus moves beyond GBQ’s London-themed first album to a wider land, with a beautiful and hopeful paean to the Britain of today, an inclusive Britain, currently in an Anglo Saxostentialist crises at the end of a relationship, wondering what might be salvaged. Could there be a more perfect band – with their creative symbiosis of pasts and present and shared acclaimed music histories – to reflect on the anticipation, disorientation and confusion of current life?

In preparation for their shows in Blackpool, Glasgow and London the band will play three intimate warm-up shows in Tynemouth, at the Tynemouth CIU Club on November 26th and Cullercoats Crescent Club on November 27th & 28th – each with a rare capacity of less than 100.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen is Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Tony Allen and Simon Tong.

The full track listing for Merrie Land is:

– Merrie Land
– Gun to the Head
– Nineteen Seventeen
– The Great Fire
– Lady Boston
– Drifters & Trawlers
– The Truce of Twilight
– Ribbons
– The Last Man to Leave
– The Poison Tree

Merrie Land – STREAM / BUY HERE

The Good, The Bad & The Queen – LIVE DATES:

November 26th – Tynemouth CIU Club, NORTH EAST
https://www.seetickets.com/tour/the-good-the-bad-and-the-queen

November 27th – Cullercoats Crescent Club, NORTH EAST
https://www.seetickets.com/tour/the-good-the-bad-and-the-queen

November 28th – Cullercoats Crescent Club, NORTH EAST
https://www.seetickets.com/tour/the-good-the-bad-and-the-queen

December 1st – The North Pier, BLACKPOOL
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-good-the-bad-the-queen/north-pier/1272677

December 2nd – SWG3, GLASGOW
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/3600554FD1925A60

December 3rd – Hackney Arts Centre, LONDON
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-good-the-bad-the-queen/earth-hackney-arts-centre-/1272679

December 5th– Hackney Arts Centre, LONDON
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-good-the-bad-the-queen/earth-hackney-arts-centre-/1272681

December 6th – Hackney Arts Centre, London
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-good-the-bad-the-queen/earth-hackney-arts-centre-/1272682

NOTES TO EDITORS:

Merrie Land will be available in several formats:

– on CD and vinyl, or limited edition green vinyl;
– limited edition deluxe CD with a beautiful 56-page A4 hardback book
containing handpicked original and reimagined photos by Paul Simonon,
sheet music, lyrics and artwork;
– The Boxset will contain the above, plus heavyweight green vinyl LP, an
exclusive screen print, postcards & bonus tracks.
– The Super Boxset offers all of the above plus a selection of coloured ribbons
and a limited wood-cut print, hand printed by Paul Simonon. Order here.

ABOUT The Good, The Bad & The Queen

The Good, The Bad & The Queen began life as the acclaimed 2007 album of the
same name, a heartfelt tribute to London described by The Observer in a 5-star
review as –“One of the most surprising and magical records for which Damon Albarn
has ever been responsible”. The record traced a journey from the English music hall
tradition to West Africa and Afrobeat, zigzagging through the West Indies and its
reggae and dub, back to England and London’s punk scene, all the while taking in a
strand of British beat music from the ’50s right through to Britpop. The result was a
record specific to a place and mood but with a background that was geographically
wide-ranging.

Follow The Good, The Bad & The Queen:

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube

New Track: ‘Gun To The Head’
WATCH VIDEO HERE
Listen Here

From forthcoming studio album
MERRIE LAND

Three Warm-Up Shows Announced
On Sale Wednesday November 7th at 9am GMT

https://www.seetickets.com/tour/the-good-the-bad-and-the-queen

WATCH THE PERFORMANCE OF TITLE TRACK ‘MERRIE LAND’ and ‘GUN TO THE HEAD’ on “LATER … WITH JOOLS HOLLAND” HERE

Photo Credit: Pennie Smith

The Good, The Bad & The Queen will today drop a brand new track titled ‘Gun To The Head’ from forthcoming studio album Merrie Land. Listen HERE and watch video HERE. 

In preparation for their shows in Blackpool, Glasgow and London the band will play 3 intimate warm-up shows in Tynemouth, at the Tynemouth CIU Club on November 26th and Cullercoats Crescent Club on November 27th & 28th – each with a rare capacity of less than 100. Tickets go on sale at 9am GMT this Wednesday. Ticket information here.

This week saw the band make their first live appearance in seven years with the debut performance of album title track ‘Merrie Land’ and ‘Gun To The Head’ on ‘Later…. With Jools Holland’. Watch here.

Following an eleven-year hiatus since their eponymous debut, the four musical storytellers are back with Merrie Land, which will be self-released on the newly created label Studio 13. Produced by Tony Visconti and The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Merrie Land contains 10 new songs – written during the current period in which the UK is preparing to leave the European Union – creating a reluctant good-bye letter, a series of observations and reflections on Britishness in 2018.

Merrie Land’s focus moves beyond GBQ’s London-themed first album to a wider land, with a beautiful and hopeful paean to the Britain of today, an inclusive Britain, currently in an Anglo Saxostentialist crises at the end of a relationship, wondering what might be salvaged. Could there be a more perfect band – with their creative symbiosis of pasts and present and shared acclaimed music histories – to reflect on the anticipation, disorientation and confusion of current life.

The full track listing for Merrie Land is:

– Merrie Land
– Gun to the Head
– Nineteen Seventeen
– The Great Fire
– Lady Boston
– Drifters & Trawlers
– The Truce of Twilight
– Ribbons
– The Last Man to Leave
– The Poison Tree

Merrie Land – STREAM / BUY HERE

The Good, The Bad & The Queen – LIVE DATES:

November  26th – Tynemouth CIU Club, NORTH EAST
https://www.seetickets.com/tour/the-good-the-bad-and-the-queen

November  27th – Cullercoats Crescent Club, NORTH EAST
https://www.seetickets.com/tour/the-good-the-bad-and-the-queen

November  28th – Cullercoats Crescent Club, NORTH EAST
https://www.seetickets.com/tour/the-good-the-bad-and-the-queen

December 1st – The North Pier, BLACKPOOL
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-good-the-bad-the-queen/north-pier/1272677

December 2nd – SWG3, GLASGOW
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/3600554FD1925A60

December 3rd – Hackney Arts Centre, LONDON
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-good-the-bad-the-queen/earth-hackney-arts-centre-/1272679

December  5th– Hackney Arts Centre, LONDON
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-good-the-bad-the-queen/earth-hackney-arts-centre-/1272681

December 6th – Hackney Arts Centre, London
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-good-the-bad-the-queen/earth-hackney-arts-centre-/1272682

NOTES TO EDITORS:

Merrie Land will be available in several formats:

– on CD and vinyl, or limited edition green vinyl;
– limited edition deluxe CD with a beautiful 56-page A4 hardback book
containing handpicked original and reimagined photos by Paul Simonon,
sheet music, lyrics and artwork;
– The Boxset will contain the above, plus heavyweight green vinyl LP, an
exclusive screen print, postcards & bonus tracks.
– The Super Boxset offers all of the above plus a selection of coloured ribbons
and a limited wood-cut print, hand printed by Paul Simonon. Order here.

ABOUT The Good, The Bad & The Queen

The Good, The Bad & The Queen began life as the acclaimed 2007 album of the
same name, a heartfelt tribute to London described by The Observer in a 5-star
review as –“One of the most surprising and magical records for which Damon Albarn
has ever been responsible”. The record traced a journey from the English music hall
tradition to West Africa and Afrobeat, zigzagging through the West Indies and its
reggae and dub, back to England and London’s punk scene, all the while taking in a
strand of British beat music from the ’50s right through to Britpop. The result was a
record specific to a place and mood but with a background that was geographically
wide-ranging.

THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN

New Album: MERRIE LAND
Out November 16th

SHARE TITLE TRACK
WATCH VISUALISER HERE
STREAM / BUY HERE 

Photo Credit: Pennie Smith

16th November sees the release of Merrie Land, the second album from The Good, The Bad & The Queen, a band comprised of Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Tony Allen and Simon Tong.

Following an eleven-year hiatus since their eponymous debut, the four musical storytellers are back with Merrie Land, which will be self-released on the newly created label Studio 13. Produced by Tony Visconti and The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Merrie Land contains 10 new songs – written during the current period in which the UK is preparing to leave the European Union – creating a reluctant good- bye letter, a series of observations and reflections on Britishness in 2018. Merrie Land’s focus moves beyond GBQ’s London-themed first album to a wider land, with a beautiful and hopeful paean to the Britain of today, an inclusive Britain, currently in an Anglo-Saxostentialist crises at the end of a relationship, wondering what might be salvaged. Could there be a more perfect band – with their creative symbiosis of pasts and present and shared acclaimed music histories – to reflect on the anticipation, disorientation and confusion of current life.

The full track listing for Merrie Land is:
– Merrie Land
– Gun to the Head
– Nineteen Seventeen
– The Great Fire
– Lady Boston
– Drifters & Trawlers
– The Truce of Twilight
– Ribbons
– The Last Man to Leave
– The Poison Tree

December sees the band set out on tour for a run of UK shows, performing this collection of new songs live, for the very first time, in Blackpool, Glasgow and East London. Tickets go on sale this Friday 23rd October at 9am.

Full dates below:

Dec 1st – The North Pier, Blackpool
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-good-the-bad-the-queen/north-pier/1272677

Dec 2nd – SWG3, Glasgow
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/3600554FD1925A60

Dec 4th – Hackney Arts Centre, London
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-good-the-bad-the-queen/earth-hackney-arts-
centre-/1272679

Dec 5th – Hackney Arts Centre, London
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-good-the-bad-the-queen/earth-hackney-arts-
centre-/1272681

Dec 6th – Hackney Arts Centre, London
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-good-the-bad-the-queen/earth-hackney-arts-
centre-/1272682

NOTES TO EDITORS:

Merrie Land will be available in several formats:

– on CD and vinyl, or limited edition green vinyl;
– limited edition deluxe CD with a beautiful 56-page A4 hardback book containing handpicked original and reimagined photos by Paul Simonon, sheet music, lyrics and artwork;
– The Boxset will contain the above, plus heavyweight green vinyl LP, an exclusive screen print, postcards & bonus tracks.
– The Super Boxset offers all of the above plus a selection of coloured ribbons and a limited wood-cut print, hand printed by Paul Simonon. Order here.

ABOUT The Good, The Bad & The Queen

The Good, The Bad & The Queen began life as the acclaimed 2007 album of the same name, a heartfelt tribute to London described by The Observer in a 5-star review as –“One of the most surprising and magical records for which Damon Albarn has ever been responsible”. The record traced a journey from the English music hall tradition to West Africa and Afrobeat, zigzagging through the West Indies and its reggae and dub, back to England and London’s punk scene, all the while taking in a strand of British beat music from the ’50s right through to Britpop. The result was a record specific to a place and mood but with a background that was geographically wide-ranging.

Follow The Good, The Bad & The Queen:

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube