diSKOAver weekly last updated: 5/03/2023
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diSKOAver weekly last updated: 5/03/2023 ✅
[Watch] Bobby Womack and Damon Albarn Perform on Fallon
Earlier this year, soul legend Bobby Womack ended an 18-year hiatus of new material by releasing his twenty-seventh studio album The Bravest Man in the Universe. This past Friday, he paid a visit to the set of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to support the release, performing "The Bravest Man in the Universe", "Jubilee", and "Whatever Happened to the Times". Womack even brought album producers Damon Albarn and XL Recordings head honcho Richard Russell to perform with him on the latter two songs. Check out all three performances after the jump.
The Bravest Man in the Universe is out now via XL Recordings.
[News] Damon Albarn, Amadou & Mariam, Charli XCX, and More to Tour by Train as Africa Express
As Damon Albarn nears the 2012 London Summer Olympics, where he and the rest of Blur will perform at the closing ceremony, he's already planned what he will do afterwards. One month after the closing ceremony performance, Albarn will be joined by numerous artists to form the Africa Express collective, who will tour around the UK by train (it seems everyone is doing this nowadays). According to Pitchfork, Africa Express comprises of Albarn, Amadou & Miriam, Charli XCX, Jack Steadman of Bombay Bicycle Club, Kano, Baloji, and more. The collective has six scheduled stops throughout their UK rail tour, but they will have "pop-up performances at railway stations, schools, factories, offices, shopping centers, and homes" and will even be writing new material together along the way.
Check out all of the scheduled stops of the Africa Express tour after the jump.
[News] Blur to Stream New Material on Twitter
Last week, Blur's official website hinted at the release of a new song titled "The Puritan" on July 2nd at 7:15pm GMT, and now the mystery has been unveiled. On July 2nd, the UK outfit will debut both "Under the Westway" and "The Puritan" during a worldwide webcast streaming exclusively on Twitter. Afterwards, the two songs will be available digitally and on August 6th a limited 7" single will be released via Parlophone.
The entirety of the webcast will take place at an undisclosed location in London that evening, with proceedings kicking off at around 6:15pm GMT. The webcast will start with a performance of "Under the Westway," followed by an interview with the band, and finally a performance of "The Puritan" at 7:15pm GMT.
After the jump, you can watch a video regarding the webcast where guitarist Alex James discusses the idea and the songs. As well, you can watch fan footage of Damon Albarn performing "The Puritan" at London's Poetry Olympics, along with his performance of "Under The Westway" at War Child 2012.
[News] Blur Announces UK Shows
Despite his confidence that Blur's upcoming performance for the Olympics' closing ceremony would be the band's final performance, Damon Albarn has become increasingly unsure of that statement. The band has also announced four shows leading up to the Olympic performance, giving the indication that the supposed final performance might not be their last. Take a look at the specific dates and locations for the UK shows after the jump.