Damon Albarn is set to perform at the AIM Awards’ virtual ceremony tomorrow evening (August 12) in tribute to Tony Allen.The AIM Awards 2020 will honour Allen with the Outstanding Contribution To Music Award following the Afrobeat pioneer’s death earlier this year, and will see some of his friends and collaborators come together for a special performance.Joining Albarn will be Ezra Collective’s Femi Koleoso, Gorillaz’ Seye Adelekan and Remi Kabaka Jr, and The Good, The Bad & The Queen’s Simon Tong.
Together the musicians will offer up a rendition of Allen’s 2014 track ‘Go Back’, on which Albarn featured and co-wrote.Allen and Albarn worked together on a number of projects over the years, including The Good, The Bad & The Queen and.
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