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Blur Cap Brits Award With Greatest Hits Set

Blur were awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Music at the BRIT Awards last night and capped their acceptance with a five song greatest hits set that focused on the group's mid-to-late 90s boom period of...

Adele Cut-off During Brit Awards Acceptance Speech

Adele won two of the three categories she was nominated in at the BRIT Awards last night, but the star might've finished the evening feeling slightly disenchanted with her home land after she was cut-off...

Brit Awards 2012: Adele Apologizes For Middle Finger Salute

Adele has wasted no time in apologizing for her middle-finger salute at the Brit Awards in London on Tuesday evening (21 February, 2012), claiming she was aiming the gesture at the "suits" and not her...

Blur To Bring Curtain Down On London Olympics 2012

Blur have been announced as the closing act at the Hyde Park concert scheduled for the end of the Olympics in August 2012. The band, who unveiled a new song in London last night, will...

Stars Descend On O2 Arena For Brit Awards

With the Brit Awards taking place tonight, it's hard to look beyond Adele to continue her triumphant awards season following the singing sensation's six gongs at the Grammys across in America earlier this month. The...

Brit Awards 2012: Adele Set To Edge Out Newcomer Sheeran

Global chart sensation Adele is likely to continue her dominance of the music awards' season when she arrives at the BRIT Awards in London tonight (February 21, 2012). The 23-year-old Londoner landed all six Grammy...

Blur To Headline Olympics Closing Ceremony Concert

Blur will headline an Olympics Closing Celebration concert in August. The Britpop band have joined a line up including The Specials and New Order for the BT London Live concert in Hyde Park, which will...

Damon Albarn And Graham Coxon Premiere New Blur Single

Blur vocalist Damon Albarn and guitarist Graham Coxon debuted the band's new single at the War Child pre-BRIT Awards fundraiser, which was held at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire. The song, called Under the Walkway,...

Damon Albarn & Graham Coxon Showcase New Blur Song At Pre-brits Charity Gig

British rockers Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon showcased a new Blur track during a short show in London on Sunday night (19Feb12).The Parklife stars are set to be honoured with the Outstanding Contribution To Music...

Noel Gallagher And Chris Martin To Duet At Brits

Chris Martin and Noel Gallagher will duet at the BRIT Awards.The Coldplay frontman looks set to join the High Flying Birds rocker on stage during his performance at the ceremony, which takes place on February...

Ryan Reynolds Recalls Amsterdam Fight

Ryan Reynolds was once escorted out of Amsterdam for fighting.The 35-year-old actor plays a tough guy in his latest film, action thriller 'Safe House', but is a generally peaceful guy in real life, although he...

Blur To Record After Brits 2012?

Blur look set to perform at the Brit Awards, and may record new material in 2012. The 'Parklife' group have been largely defunct since 2003, apart from a series of one-off shows in 2009, but...

Blur To Return For Brits Performance

British rockers Blur will reform on stage to perform at the upcoming Brit Awards ceremony, according to bassist Alex James.The band returned to the music scene in 2009 after a six-year hiatus to headline a...

Blur To Be Honored At Brits As New Album Rumors Swirl

Blur are set to be awarded with the Outstanding Contribution to Music award at next year's BriTs ceremony, reports the Bbc. The group hit their commercial peak in the mid 90s, the now infamous chart...

Blur To Be Honoured At Brits

British rockers Blur will be honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Music trophy at next year's (12) Brit Awards.The Parklife hitmakers returned to the music scene in 2009 after a six-year hiatus to headline a...

Blur Playing Together Again

Blur have been meeting up and recording together. The band's future has been uncertain since they finished a string of shows in the UK in 2009 and went to pursue various other projects, but singer...

Courtney Love: Kurt Cobain's Notorious Groupie Or Underrated Talent?

Never one to be out of the limelight for very long, Courtney Love recently announced that she has signed a publishing deal with HarperCollins to write a 'no-holds barred' memoir, with Anthony Bozza. Bozza is...

Damon Albarn Names New Band

Damon Albarn has named his new band Rocketjuice and the Moon.The Blur and Gorillaz frontman and his The Good, The Bad and The Queen bandmate Tony Allen have joined forces with Red Hot Chili Peppers...

Noel Gallagher And Damon Albarn Make Up

Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn have put their Britpop feud behind them after 15 years.The former Oasis guitarist said a chance meeting with the Damon - whose band Blur went head to head with Noel's...

Damon Albarn Wants To Write Blur Musical

Damon Albarn thinks he could create a Blur musical.The 43-year-old musician thinks his group's 1995 LP 'The Great Escape' has the right songs to become the basis of a stage production on as it represents...

Damon Albarn Plans Solo Album

Damon Albarn wants to release a solo album.The 43-year-old musician has recorded with a number of different acts including Blur, Gorillaz and The Good, The Bad and The Queen, but now plans to work alone.He...

Blur Reunion Held Back By Cheese

Alex James says making cheese and raising his children are holding back a Blur reunion.The band's bassist - who is also a full time cheese farmer - is planning to meet up with bandmates guitarist...

Jessie J Has Misspelt Tattoo

Jessie J's tattoo is spelled incorrectly – despite it being an etching of her own lyrics.The 23-year-old singer has lines from her track 'Who You Are' etched on her hip but she misspelt a word...

Alex James Helps Homeless Man

Blur star Alex James has helped a homeless man in Britain turn his life around after taking him in for a new U.K. TV show.The rocker invited Danny Newton to stay at his farm in...

Beady Eye Announce Japan Benefit Show

Beady Eye, Primal Scream and Paul Weller and will play a charity show for the victims of the earthquake in Japan. The groups will also be joined at London's Brixton 02 Academy on April 3...

Blur Reuniting In 2011?

Blur will "definitely" get back together this year.The 'Song 2' band's future has remained in question since they played a handful of triumphant shows in 2009, but drummer Dave Rowntree is confident all four members...

Coxon & Deschanel Pay Tribute To Keenan

BLUR rocker GRAHAM COXON and actress ZOOEY DESCHANEL have paid tribute to British singer TRISH KEENAN, who lost her battle with pneumonia on Friday (14Jan11).The Broadcast frontwoman, 42, picked up a strain of swine flu...

Miley Cyrus 'Big Bang' Video To Become Feature Film

Miley Cyrus' 'Big Bang' music video is to be turned in to a feature film.The 18-year-old singer and actress's mother Tish Cyrus has been in talks with veteran Hollywood producer Suzanne Todd - who was...

Albarn Stages Glee Protest Over Beatles Record

GORILLAZ and BLUR star DAMON ALBARN has warned GLEE producers not to contact him about using his songs on the TV show - because he can't forgive them for stealing the BEATLES' U.S. pop chart...

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