The Good, The Bad And The Queen

photo by NME

The Offi­cial Blur mail­ing list announced today that Damon Albarn’s new project The Good, The Bad And The Queen, will per­form their first gig at a BBC fes­ti­val in Octo­ber. TGTBTQ is a col­lab­o­ra­tion between Albarn (Blur & Goril­laz), bassist Paul Simonon of The Clash, and gui­tarist Simon Tong of The Verve.

Damon is already set­ting expec­ta­tions high, accord­ing to the BBC:

It was “a story” rather than a band, said Albarn, adding he was “very, very proud” of the work, which will be per­formed on 26 Octo­ber at the Roundhouse.

“It’s a very Eng­lish record. It’s the first time I’ve really writ­ten about home since Parklife,” he said.

The sound of the com­po­si­tion was “very cosmopolitan” with “a lot of songs that have got his­tor­i­cal sto­ries to them”, Albarn added.

A single will be released this fall, but the album isn’t due until 2007, pro­duced by Danger Mouse. Check out the offi­cial web­site for more info and a teaser video.

UPDATE: Scott at Stere­ogum posted with a YouTube link to the teaser video.