Pennie Smith
The 2019 edition of Summer Series at Somerset House in London is coming up in July, and the line-up has duly been revealed.
Doves are one of the confirmed performers, on July 16th, as are The Good The Bad & The Queen who’ll be there a day later after releasing their Merrie Land album last year. “This has been coming – Damon Albarn has been opposed to Brexit from the off,” Live4ever’s review opens.
“Back in 2016, on the day after the UK’s EU referendum vote, he was at Glastonbury performing with The Orchestra Of Syrian Musicians and addressed the subdued crowd: ‘Democracy has failed us because it was ill informed’, he said.”
“A reformation of The Good The Bad & The Queen (back in 2007 it was ambiguous as to whether or not it was a band, an album or a project – now we know) was the most likely of his various platforms to be an outlet for his thoughts on the subject.”
Summer Series line-up:
July
11 – The Internet
12 – Nao
13 – Sons Of Kemet
14 – Jacob Banks
15 – Rosalia
16 – Doves
17 – The Good The Bad & The Queen
18 – Parcels
19 – Cut Copy
20 – Soulection
21 – Gossip