Amadou & Mariam get Damon on keys

Amadou & Mariam release a new single Ce n'est pas bon, featuring Damon Albarn on keyboards, on digital download only, through Because Music on Monday 9th March.

The bonus songs include three different versions of Ce n'est pas bon - the album version, radio version and 'Cantina Demo.'

The African superstars new album, 'Welcome to Mali,' released last November, was included in the "Albums of the Year" in Observer Music Monthly (Number 2), Mojo, Metro, Independent On Sunday, The Sun and the Daily Telegraph. As previously announced Amadou & Mariam headline tour of the UK in February and March. The full dates are:

February
Tue 24th Concorde 2, Brighton
Ticket price: £15 Box Office: 01273 673 311 www.ticketweb.co.uk

Wed 25th Koko, London SOLD OUT

Thu 26th Academy, Bristol
Ticket price: £15 Box Office: 08444 77 2000 www.ticketweb.co.uk

Sat 28th Picturehouse, Edinburgh
Ticket price: £14 Box Office: 0844 847 1740 www.ticketweb.co.uk

March
Sun 1st Vicar Street, Dublin
Ticket price: € 24.00 Box Office: 0818 719 390 www.ticketmaster.ie

'Welcome To Mali" features Damon Albarn as guest producer on the opening track 'Sabali', plus special guest appearances by Keziah Jones, 'M', Tiken Jah Fakoli, Toumani Diabate and Juan Rozoff. The album was recorded over twelve months in Bamako, Dakar, Paris and London and was produced by their long-time manager and artistic director Marc-Antoine Moreau and Lauren Jais who, together with Manu Chao, were co-producers of 2005's 'Dimanche à Bamako' ('Sunday in Bamako'), one of the best selling albums ever to come out of Africa.

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