ContactMusic — Cult group Alabama Shakes have made history in Britain by topping the first ever Official Record Store Chart Released on the eve of International Record Store Day 21Apr12 the acclaimed U S groups album Boys And Girls beat out Adeles 21 and Blur star.... more info

Chorus.fm — *Blur* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/blur/) will be marking their 21st birthday with 21-disc box set (http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/20/blur-21-anniversary-box-set). Submitted by georgedcc more info

Guardian Music — Collection will include studio LPs, seven CDs of bonus material, four discs of rarities, three DVDs, a book and limited-edition single – and a song called Sir Elton John's CockBlur will celebrate their 21st birthday with a massive 21-disc box set. ... more info

ContactMusic — If Blur are to wind down this year after more than 20 years in the music industry as a band then theyre clearly set to go out with a bang The much-loved British four-piece have already announced that theyll be playing a gig to close the London Olympi... more info

ContactMusic — Blur fans are in for a treat - the band is putting out 65 previously unreleased tracks as part of a huge album box set The British group will re-release its seven albums as part of a box set in Jul12 and the collection will also include the unheard t... more info

Gigwise — Career-spanning boxset to include seven albums, rareties and new material more info

Guardian Music — Seventeen years ago, Maxinquaye made Tricky an unlikely pop star, and made him angry and unhappy. Now, though, he and Martina Topley-Bird are ready to revisit itOn Easter Sunday 1996 Tricky left his flat on Kensington High Street to buy his usual wee... more info

Guardian Music — The Sage, GatesheadWhen Damon Albarn told this newspaper recently that Blur would probably never make another album, the decision had nothing to do with his creative relationship with Blur's guitarist and Albarn's childhood friend, Graham Coxon. No, ... more info

Guardian Music — Robin Denselow braves the Wiltshire wind to hear Damon Albarn and a host of world and folk music starsIt's cold. Very cold. The wind is blowing across the Wiltshire countryside into a little festival site in a valley, where an impressive selection of... more info

Gigwise — Blur guitarist premieres latest release from his 'A&E' album - watch more info