Brooklyn Vegan — The supergroup, featuring Damon Albarn, onetime Clash bassist Paul Simonon, The Verve's Simon Tong and afrobeat legend Tony Allen, release 'Merrie Land' on November 16. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — In a couple of weeks, The Good, The Bad And The Queen will be back with their second album. Blur/Gorillaz leader Damon Albarn founded the band alongside the Clash's Paul Simonon, the Verve's Simon Tong, and the legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen m... more info

Stereogum — Robyn appeared on tonight's episode of Later… With Jools Holland on BBC Two to perform "Missing U" from her new album Honey , as well as her 2007 Kleerup collaboration "With Every Heartbeat." Damon Albarn, the Clash’s Paul Simonon, the Verve’s... more info

Stereogum — Last week, we learned that the Good, The Bad & The Queen, the supergroup made up of Damon Albarn, the Clash's Paul Simonon, the Verve's Simon Tong, and Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, would be returning with their first album since their 2007 self-title... more info

Stereogum — The Good, The Bad & The Queen, the supergroup of Damon Albarn, the Clash's Paul Simonon, the Verve's Simon Tong, and Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, released their lone self-titled album in 2007. But Albarn has been planning on reviving the project for... more info

NME — Rumours of an acoustic set are circulating The Verve frontman is rumoured to be playing an acoustic set Richard Ashcroft could be supporting Liam Gallagher at tonight’s Finsbury Park show (June 29). Read more: Here are the stage times and supp... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — I don’t know many fans of rock and roll that I will need to sell on this one. This Wednesday former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher and former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft, two of the biggest leading men in 90s Brit Rock, are combining forces to ... more info

NME — ShadowParty will play as part of The Charlatans' North by Northwich Festival Phil Cunningham and Tom Chapman make up half of the new band ShadowParty – a supergroup consisting of Devo, New Order and Verve members – have announced their first... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Led by saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, London's Sons of Kemet blend African jazz, dancehall and other Caribbean styles with fiery politics and decidedly punk rock rock attitude. Their new album, 'Your Queen is a Reptile,' was released at the end ... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — Betty LaVette: “To know that Verve [Records] is looking at me as legendary instead of just some old soul singer. I’m in a real good place now.” more info