June 23, 2007
- NME.com:
Damon Albarn gets his own stage at
Glastonbury
The best African bands team up with some
household British names
 Damon
Albarn has launched his own stage
at the Glastonbury Festival
with an evening of collaborations between his favourite
African artists and some well known British bands.
Albarn, who outside of
his work with Blur and Gorillaz is also known
for embracing African music, was given the opportunity to
program the Park Stage
this evening (June 23).
For a special event he
invited a host of African artists including
Tinariwen, to
collaborate with British musicians including Hard-Fi,
The Specials' Terry Hall,
Fatboy Slim and The Magic Numbers.
Hard-Fi performed
'Hard To Beat' and an
as yet untitled new song, setting the tone for the evening to
come. Albarn got behind
the piano himself, performing first with
Hall on a version of
The Specials'
'A Message To You Rudy',
and then later on an improvised jam with musicians including
his band mate in the The Good, The Bad & The Queen,
Tony Allen and
Fatboy Slim.
Full details of the project
can be found at
www.africaexpress.co.uk.
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