Guardian Music — Fans of graphic novels and Gorillaz rejoice! The comics legend is writing the lyrics for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's next operaFor the follow-up to Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's opera Monkey: Journey to the West, the duo have turned to a man ... more info

Blur star on his political ambitions more info

Spinner.com — We'd bet dollars to doughnuts that you were unaware that today, November 3, is National Cliché Day. To celebrate the art of overusing things to death, we picked the Top 10 clichés that still permeate the music world. For some reason, these things a... more info

BLUR singer Damon Albarn steps out in cheap and cheerful T-shirt with '99p' logo more info

NME — The Labour Party candidate for Cities Of London And Westminster says politics is a "slog" more info

News of The World — Band in talks with organisers to follow in footsteps of BLUR, OASIS and JAY-Z. more info

411 Mania — Blur, David Bowie, Iggy Pop will rock out as plastic figures... more info

NME — Watch Damon Albarn and co rock out 'Song 2' as plastic figures more info

NME Radio — 1. Thursday is in for a musical kicking, and a special guest. Today from 10am on NME Radio there’ll be a stack of decent music to be heard, discovered, loved, and no doubt, hated. This includes the bloody ace North Atlantic Oscillation , Devendra... more info

Live Daily — For a debut effort, Bad Lieutenant [ tickets ]'s "Never Cry Another Tear" has some big shoes to fill. Not only does the act take its name from Abel Ferrara's acclaimed 1992 twisted cop flick, it's fronted by Bernard Sumner, the voice of New Order and... more info