ContactMusic — Reunited 90s acts Blur and the Stone Roses are set to do battle for two of the big prizes at Britains upcoming Q Awards The reformed bands will go up against Muse Coldplay and Lady Gaga to be named best act in the world today at the B... more info

The Independent — Reunited acts Blur and The Stone Roses are to battle it out for the title of best band in the world at this year's Q Awards. more info

ContactMusic — 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 music collective Africa Express which include... more info

ContactMusic — 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 Dooli... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play in Bournemouth today before stopping in Liverpool, Cardiff, Nottingham and London as part of the UK tour.They will also be joined on stage on all dates listed below by a three-piece brass section and the C... more info

The Independent — All aboard the Africa Express. That was the sentiment of dozens of musicians from all over the world who piled on to platform 18 at Euston Station in London yesterday to be part of a musical odyssey curated by Blur frontman Damon Albarn. more info

Guardian Music — Train hired by musicians' collective including Baaba Maal and Jupiter Bokondji embarks on tour of British cities by railThe train ready for departure from Euston station at 11.30am on Sunday wasn't the usual Virgin service to Stoke-on-Trent.For one t... more info

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Here Comes The Flood — photo: Marius Stapelfeldt Berlin indie rock quartet museum took their time building a following on the internet. Their previous two EPs became quite popular on last.fm and with the release of their first full-length traces of they are trying to atta... more info

Guardian Music — Graham Coxon cranked it up, and Kasabian set their phasers to fun, as Reading syndrome set in en masse. Perhaps the Cure's punishing set had something to do with that"They're either celebrating their good results, or they've abandoned life because of... more info