Guardian Music — Exclusive: Damon Albarn's band step in after U2 pull out, saying: 'It was us or The Beatles, and they split up years ago'In the middle of Blur's triumphant performance at Glastonbury last year, Damon Albarn fell to his knees in tears after singing th... more info

MTV.com News — NASCAR star says she likes the less-realistic features of the Activision game.By Russ Frushtick Danica Patrick Photo: MTV News When athletes from the car-racing world get involved in video games, they're almost invariably attached to ultra-... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Gumshoe said... New Top-10 and Album of the Week #19 ... what could it be? Plus a surprise MP3; what could it be? Bobby B? MayB. Listen. Learn. http://gumshoegrove.com Mr Tear said... Classic UK reggae from 1985. Great for a sunny summer's day: Ma... more info

Totally Fuzzy — olegelagin said... Timebox ~ 1998 ~ The Deram Anthology Thorinshield ~ 1968 ~ Thorinshield the Third Power ~ 1970 ~ Believe Third Estate ~ 1976 ~ Years before the wine Tempest ~ 1973 ~ Tempest + 1974 ~ Living in Fear Tasavallan Presidentti ~ 1969 ~ T... more info

Pop Candy — The Pop Five is a series of Pop Candy readers' top five lists. Today's contribution comes from Merideth M. She lives in Austin: more info

ContactMusic — Bobby Womack says Damon Albarn is as talented as Jimi Hendrix and Ray Charles.Womack thinks Gorillaz and Blur frontman has similarities to the two music legends... more info

Totally Fuzzy — JayJay said... # Charles Mingus - New Tijuaha Moods [1966] # Umphrey's McGee discography # Jeff Beck - Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scotts # Carole King - Super Hits # Stand Up and Shout: The Dio Anthology # Jaco Pastorius Big Band - The Wor... more info

Guardian Music — 6 Music canters through record producer Stephen Street's glorious career, Charlie Brooker celebrates failure and we highlight Sony winners with Radio catchup's seal of approvalBBC 6 Music has had a good week. The latest Rajar listening figures show t... more info

Guardian Music — Well, by extravaganza, we really just mean that guardian.co.uk/music was fortunate enough to have not one but two album exclusives this week. Tracey Thorn's Love and its Opposite is an album that beautifully captures the quiet crisis of middle age, w... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — Testing musicians’ memories after a lifetime of abuse. This Week: Blur's Alex James This article originally appeared in the 8 May issue of NME What was the name of the white label single with no band name on it that Blur released prior to ‘Th... more info