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One I Wished I Hadn't Missed!; Africa comes to Granary Square
Topic Started: Sep 9 2012, 02:51 PM (220 Views)
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Damion Albarn, the Blur singer, has spent the week touring the UK with a collective of musicians known as the Africa Express in a specially chartered train. Following shows in Middlesborough, Glasgow, Manchester, Cardiff and Bristol, the train returned to London for a five-hour gig.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/sep/02/africa-express-rolling-coverage?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9384

The musicians on the train returning to London were told on Friday that "a very special guest" would be joining them for the show on Saturday evening...that guest turned out to be Sir Paul McCartney, who earlier in the day, had been awarded France's highest public award, the French Legion of Honour, for his services to music. He then took the Eurostar back to London, and went the few hundred yards from St Pancras to Granary Square to meet Damon Albarn.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/sep/08/paul-mccartney-french-legion-honour?newsfeed=true

The lineup of musicians joining McCartney on stage included Albarn, drummer Tony Allen, Gruff Rhys of the Super Furry Animals, ngoni player Bassekou Kouyate, former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, the singers Rokia Traore, Terri Walker, Fatoumata Diawara, Martina Topley-Bird, Shinghai Shoniwa and several more. The collective played two Wings songs from 1979, Coming Up and Goodnight Tonight.

"It was like a dream come true," said Diawara after the show.
Edited by Mobson, Sep 9 2012, 02:55 PM.
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