411 Mania — They won the Outstanding Contribution to Music award... more info

ContactMusic — Pop band Blur were offered the prestigious Outstanding Contribution to Music honour at the Brit Awards several years ago - but they turned it down The Parklife hitmakers sealed their legendary status on Tuesday 21Feb12 when they joined the likes of S... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Parent and Child lists the top 100 books for children. At the Hype Machine, stream the new School of Seven Bells album, Ghostory (out February 28th). The Quietus lists its favorite Blur b-sides. Adventures in Sci Fi interviews author Michael... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Blurballs.com writes:Blur are set to appear in an exclusive NME feature piece to talk about their future. Speculations are that they're going to make a new album with producer William Orbit. The news about Blur headlining the London Olympics... more info

Stereogum — Blur’s big festival-circuit reunion tour came three years ago, and the group has mostly been inactive since then, though co-leaders Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon did get together to debut new song “Under The Westway” a few nights ago. But last ... more info

Guardian Music — The singer who flipped the bird wins an apology after her best album acceptance speech is cut short at the Brit awards Middle-fingergate has ended in victory for Adele, with ITV and the Brits apologising for cutting short her best album acceptance sp... more info

Guardian Music — ITV1 scores a 25% audience share with telecast that saw Adele's acceptance speech cut shortIt will be remembered for the moment Adele's acceptance speech was cut short, but ITV executives may prefer to think about the ratings for the Brit awards on T... more info

Guardian Music — When the most memorable moment is Adele being cut off mid-speech, it makes you wonder if awards are really good TVThis morning, everyone's talking about Adele's acceptance speech at the Brit awards. Thanks to a rambling Damon Albarn and the imminent ... more info

Guardian Music — Should Adele have been able to finish her speech? Did Blur's performance meet expectations? Was Bruno Mars' hair even more impressive than Emeli Sandé's?As Brit Awards ceremonies go, 2012's probably won't go down in history as one of the most exciti... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Blur's Damon Albarn and former Oasis star Noel Gallagher put aside their years of Britpop feuding to literally kiss for the cameras at a BRIT Awards after party.The pair were fierce rivals when Oasis and Blur were battling to be the biggest band in t... more info