NME — Damon Albarn, Kraftwerk, Elbow and Antony And The Johnsons are all set to play the 2009 Manchester International Festival. more info

The Independent — In its early, heady days of popularity, New Labour shamelessly deployed the stars of Britpop to drive home the message that it had captured the spirit of the age. Tony Blair told Brit Awards guests that the UK music industry was "once again in its r... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy! Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon have announced that a reunited Blur will be headlining the June 24-28 Glastonbury Festival alongside Bruce Springsteen. Passion Pit are bringing their DIY dancetastic music to the masses,... more info

The Mirror — Damon Albarn told me he is so excited about Blur 's comeback Glastonbury gig he's planning to camp in a tent afterwards for old time's sake. more info

Pitchfork — Late last year, we reported that Britpop OGs Blur had confirmed that they were reuniting, with guitarist Graham Coxon involved and everything. And after months of speculation, we can now report that the reunited quartet have signed on for their hig... more info

AngryApe — The frontman confirms the band will perform at the festival more info

NME — Damon Albarn has confirmed that Blur will play this year's Glastonbury. more info

Guardian Music — For his new CD, Norman Cook concocted a fictional supergroup with Iggy Pop, David Byrne and Martha Wainwright. He tells Alexis Petridis about his free-form - and free-flowing - approachIn Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain's epic history of American punk... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: The Chum BucketBlur men Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn played their first show together since 2000, on Wednesday night in London. Note to reuniting rockstars: Stop doing it in London. kthanxbye. [Idolator]Pet Shop Boys remixed Lady Gaga's... more info

Stereogum — Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon were on the same stage last night for first time in nine years! And only Damon and Graham, at first anyway (apparently Alex and Dave turned up a few minutes later). The soundtrack to their reunion? "This Is A Low." Up ne... more info