NME — Singer tells NME.COM he will be taking 'Plastic Beach' on the road more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Damon Albarn co follow up the release of their new LP Plastic Beach by playing Cambridgshire's Secret Garden Party. more info

NME — Damon Albarn presents ska legends with trophy more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — The most-connected man in alt-pop, the mixtape releasing Brooklyn rapper has already impressed Mark Ronson, Damon Albarn and Ellie Goulding. more info

DrownedInSound — Gorillaz' forthcoming third album Plastic Beach is a kaleidoscopic and typically adventurous affair. Damon Albarn... sorry 2D, and co (sigh) invited DiS to visit their 'secret floating island deep in the South Pacific' last month for an exclusive fir... more info

Guardian Music — Xiu Xiu, On tourFrom America, and named after a Chinese film, it might be tempting to think of Xiu Xiu as a cosmopolitan and exotic sort of band. One listen to the voice of main man Jamie Stewart, however, and you'll feel right at home. Arch, meticul... more info

NME — Gorillaz chief takes the stage in London with the Bristolian collective more info

ContactMusic — Rockers including CHRIS MARTIN and DAMON ALBARN have helped raise more than $192,000 (120,000) with a memorabilia auction in aid of earthquake-stricken Haiti.Emily... more info

Guardian Music — When Mercury prizewinners Elbow toured the US, they chose a hugely talented but unknown American singer/songwriter to support them. Now Jesca Hoop has followed them home to Manchester… and it's a musical marriage made in heavenIt's one of those... more info

Guardian Music — How amazing would it have been if Radiohead, Dizzee and Elbow had contributed to Everybody Hurts? Sadly, they are too cool to return Simon Cowell's phonecallsThere's nothing like a charity single for making musicians pull together – as long as... more info