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Blur Recording New Album

Blur are starting work on a new album.The 'Parklife' band will work on their first record since 2003's 'Think Tank' - which didn't include guitarist Graham Coxon - after having to pull out of some...

Bobby Womack To Celebrate Anniversary Of Cancer Victory At Glastonbury

Soul legend Bobby Womack is set to celebrate the anniversary of his successful cancer battle by headlining one of the Glastonbury festival stages with pal Damon Albarn.The Across 110th Street singer announced he had been...

Kristen Stewart Avoids Run-in With Liberty Ross

Kristen Stewart narrowly avoided Liberty Ross at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.The 23-year-old actress was left red-faced when she and boyfriend Robert Pattinson showed up to watch hip-hop act Jurassic 5 at the...

Liam Gallagher Said No To Noel Chat

Liam Gallagher preferred to keep drinking than have a conversation with his brother Noel.The warring siblings - whose rows caused the break-up of their former group Oasis in 2009 - met after the Olympics Closing...

Blur Song Confused Elton John

Blur left Sir Elton John confused with a song about his penis.The Britpop group - comprising singer Damon Albarn, bassist Alex James, guitarist Graham Coxon and drummer Dave Rowntree - included the ballad 'Sir Elton...

A Week In Music - James Blake Still Seeking His Niche, Yeah Yeah Yeahs Triumph With Lily Cole Video, Eels Stage A Love-in In Bournemouth

Albums of Note... It’s been a long two years since James Blake released his debut eponymous album and now, the pioneering producer returns with Overgrown, album number two. Peppered with quality collaborations, with hip-hop legend...

Hatchet Buried: Noel Gallagher And Damon Albarn Unite Onstage For Teenage Cancer Trust

Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn put their notorious Britpop feud behind them this weekend to perform onstage together in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust concerts that Noel was charged with curating. In the heady...

Former Rock Rivals Noel Gallagher And Damon Albarn Perform At London Gig

Former rock rivals Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn put their differences behind them for good on Saturday (23Mar13) by performing together at a charity concert in London.Ex-Oasis star Gallagher had a long-running war-of-words with Blur...

Lianna La Havas Wants Damon Albarn Collaboration

Lianne La Havas wants to work with Damon Albarn on her next album.The 'Lost & Found' songstress is hoping to collaborate with the Blur and Gorlliaz musician on her next record after being awestruck by...

Bobby Womack Suffering From Alzheimer's

Bobby Womack has revealed he is suffering from Alzheimer's disease.The soul legend has been battling the form of dementia for a while now and admits he struggles to recall his songs and co-stars' names.He told...

Bbc Radio Marks Its 90-Year Anniversary With Simultaneous Broadcast

In all of BBC Radio’s 90 years, there has only been one scheduled simultaneous broadcast; in 1922 for the British Broadcasting Company’s first ever radio-wave outing. Now, 90 years later, Damon Albarn heads another in...

Blur, Pulp And Muse Dominate The Q Awards

Britpoppers Blur fought off competition from The Stone Roses to be named best live act, but lost out to Muse for the mantle of best act in the world, Sky News Reports.Muse have had a...

Damon Albarn Saved Womack's Life

Damon Albarn saved Bobby Womack's life. Soul singer Bobby was in hospital ill with pneumonia and colon cancer when he was approached by Damon to appear on the third Gorillaz album 'Plastic Beach', and he...

Damon Albarn Spearheads New Drive To Get Younger Fans Into Opera

Damon Albarn is among those who've lent their name to a new initiative aimed at finding more opera fans, as the once prestigious form of entertainment finds itself in danger of being eclipsed thanks to...

Damon Albarn Encourages ‘Jeans And Trainers’ Look For Opera Season

Damon Albarn and filmmaker Terry Gilliam are leading a campaign to attract more youngsters to the opera, encouraging first-timers to ditch the tuxedo and dicky-bow in favour of wear jeans and trainers. Anticipating that the...

Damon Albarn And Bobby Womack Perform Secret Show

British rocker Damon Albarn joined forces with soul veteran Bobby Womack on Monday night (01Oct12) to stage a secret concert in London.The performance at the Notting Hill Arts Club was quietly announced on Twitter.com on...

Damon Albarn's Train Ride Terror

British rocker Damon Albarn was left terrified during a high-speed rail journey to Scotland when he was given a seat at the front of the train.The Blur frontman is travelling around the U.K. with his...

Damon Albarn's African Party

Damon Albarn is having a ''24 hour party'' touring the UK for his Africa Express shows.The Blur singer - who is travelling with musicians including Carl Barat, Jarvis Cocker, Gruff Rhys and Eliza Doolittle on...

To The End: Was Olympic Concert Blur's Final Gig?

As the last few notes of an emotional 'The Universal' faded into the night air, what was going through the minds of Blur ? The group played a storming set at Hyde Park in London...

Tears All Round As Blur Close Olympics Celebration Concert

Blur packed a punch that could rival one that Olympic boxing champion Luke Campbell would struggle to match, as they blew away the Hyde Park crowd at the sold-out Closing Ceremony Celebration Concert last night.As...

Blur Rock Olympics Closing Concert

Blur headlined the Olympics closing ceremony concert in London's Hyde Park with a mammoth set last night (13.08.12).The Britpop legends performed some of their biggest hits for the sell-out crowd, including 'Girls & Boys', 'Country...

Blur Argue Over Set List

Blur have been arguing over the set list ahead of their Hyde Park show.The reformed group perform at the outdoor London venue on Sunday (12.08.12) as part of an Olympic closing ceremony concert - their...

Ray Davies Pretends To Be Damon

Ray Davies claims to be Damon Albarn when people recognise him in the street. The Kinks singer and guitarist tries to fool people into thinking he is actually the singer from Blur - whom he...

Paul Weller Wants Damon Albarn Collaboration

Paul Weller wants to collaborate with Damon Albarn.The 'That Dangerous Age' singer is a big fan of the Blur singer and after hearing his latest work - an opera, 'Dr Dee' - he is eyeing...

Paul Weller Keen To Collaborate With Damon Albarn

British rocker Paul Weller is keen to hit the recording studio with Damon Albarn after he was impressed by the Blur rocker's recent opera album.The former The Jam frontman admits he buys music from rival...

Blur's 'Sarcastic' Album

Graham Coxon says Blur's 'Parklife' album was ''sarcastic''. The singer-songwriter doesn't understand why people regard their third studio album as a ''celebration of Englishness'' as the lyrics in the title song - written about their...

Graham Coxon Writing Songs Fictional Britpop Band

Blur guitarist Graham Coxon is writing songs for a film about Britpop. The musician is teaming up with Ash frontman Tim Wheeler to pen tracks for a fictional Britpop band in a movie called 'The...

Blur Echo 'The Beatles' With London Rooftop Show

Brit-pop saviours Blur took to the rooftop of their recording studio for a free, stream-able (via Twitter) gig for their fans last night (June 2nd) in what was their first gig in almost three year's....

Blur Debuts New Tracks In Secret London Rooftop Show

Blur cemented the anticipation building ahead of their special Olympic show at London's Hyde Park for the closing ceremony by debuting two new tracks at a special live show streamed on Twitter last night. One...

Bobby Womack Keen To Hit The Road After Beating Cancer

Soul legend Bobby Womack has revealed to the Bbc that he has beaten cancer, but admitted he still had "a long way to go". In an interview, the vocalist said that he reckoned the problems...

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