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Damon Albarn: I took heroin in the studio for years

4073 days ago

ContactMusic — Damon Albarn took heroin ''for years'' in the recording studio. The Blur frontman, who claims the drug helped him to be ''creative'', admits he took... more info

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Win An Official Blur Britannia Tea Set

4075 days ago

Stereogum — Since we’re already running a big Oasis sweepstakes we just had to have one for the other titan and rival of the genre. Plus, it wouldn’t be a proper Britpop Week if we didn’t include tea somehow. The official Blur Britannia Tea Set we’re giv... more info

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Damon Albarn: Heroin was 'agreeable'

4075 days ago

ContactMusic — Damon Albarn found heroin ''very agreeable''. The Blur frontman, who began taking the drug in the 1990s after he came home to find then-girlfriend... more info

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Caught By The Buzz: A Look Back At Britpop’s B-List

4075 days ago

Stereogum — Akin to the early-’90s post-Nirvana feeding frenzy in the Pacific Northwest, the Britpop explosion of the mid-’90s spawned a similar slash-and-burn signing boom on the other side of the pond. And as with post-Nirvana culture, the milieu surroundi... more info

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Damon Albarn unveils 'Heavy Seas Of Love' video - watch

4076 days ago

NME — The track features on the Blur man's debut solo album 'Everyday Robots' more info

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Read An Exclusive Excerpt From The Definitely Maybe 33⅓

4076 days ago

Stereogum — It was 20 years ago this week that Britpop first emerged as a major cultural force, thanks to the dual releases of Blur’s Parklife and Pulp’s His ’N’ Hers. So we’re celebrating Britpop Week here at Stereogum, looking back in admiration and ... more info

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Damon Albarn & Noel Gallagher: A Timeline

4076 days ago

Stereogum — As resident anglophile Michael Nelson explained in his tremendous introduction to Britpop Week, the era’s feuds are almost as essential to Britpop history as the music. And no conflict defined the Britpop era more than the rivalry between Blur and ... more info

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Damon Albarn Describes Heroin As "Initially, Very Agreeable"

4076 days ago

ContactMusic — Blur frontman Damon Albarn has controversially claimed that he found Class A drug heroin “initially very agreeable.” The statement comes just a... more info

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It’s Britpop Week On Stereogum

4077 days ago

Stereogum — The first time I saw Blur was on September 29, 1994, at the old Academy Theatre on 43rd St. in Manhattan. That place has been shut down now since 1996, but I’d guess it held … 1200 people? 1300? In any case, it was a relatively intimate room, and... more info

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