ContactMusic — Anti-smoking campaigners in the U.K. are calling for DAMON ALBARN to be fined after he flouted British law by lighting a cigarette onstage on Sunday (21Mar10).The Blur... more info

Gigwise — He speaks about new career more info

ContactMusic — A new study lends credence to predictions that eventually so-called appointment television will become a thing of the past and that viewers will eventually be able to watch... more info

ContactMusic — BLUR guitarist GRAHAM COXON has risked incurring the wrath of fans in the U.S. - he dreams of "burning" the entire country and completely rebuilding it.The British... more info

NME — Blur guitarist reveals his 'dream' alongside Pete Doherty more info

ContactMusic — Animated supergroup GORILLAZ are back at the top of the European album charts, scoring their third number one with PLASTIC BEACH.The band, led by former Blur frontman... more info

ContactMusic — LUDACRIS is back at the top of the U.S. album charts.The rapper's new release Battle of the Sexes is his fourth number one and his seventh top 10 album. Blur star... more info

The Independent — One is a Guyana-born musician who was at the forefront of the reggae scene in the 1980s and recently headlined the Womad festival for world music. The other is a virtual band composed of four animated characters, which was formed just over a decade a... more info

Here Comes The Flood — UK band Gloria Cycles have released a three track EP called Relgious which serves as a teaser for their new album Campsite Discotheque. It's a bit risky to call them Brtipop, their singer is a Scot, who looks like he missed out on being a roaring t... more info

Guardian Music — Gaga's product placement has reached a new order, but how might pop have looked if such blatent commercial opportunism had always been the norm?It's fair to say Lady Gaga's new video has caused a stir. Since it surfaced on Thursday night, the world's... more info