Pitchfork — Jarvis Cocker photo by Karra McDonaldJarvis Cocker, jamming with a beatbox orchestra, to help end knife crime in the UK? Sure, why not. Leeds, England beatboxer Shlomo-- who's worked with the likes of Björk and Damon Albarn in the past-- has ga... more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Members turn up for the first night of Damon Albarn's opera more info

BBC News - UK — Former Blur members Graham Coxon and Alex James both turned up for the first night of Damon Albarn's opera Monkey: Journey To The West on Wednesday night. more info

NME — Damon Albarn was reunited with his Blur bandmates as he and Jamie Hewlett's opera 'Monkey: A Journey To The West' received its official premiere last night (November 12) for its new London residency. more info

NME — Damon Albarn was reunited with his Blur bandmates as he and Jamie Hewlett's opera 'Monkey: A Journey To The West' received its official premiere last night (November 12) for its new London residency. more info

Sky News — Former Blur frontman Damon Albarn has told Sky News that a comeback by the Britpop band is on the cards. more info

Time Out, London — World premiere of mammoth Scott Walker tribute, with vocalists Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker, Gavin Friday, Dot Allison and more with a 42-piece orchestra more info

Big Stereo — “Monkey Bee” is kinda epic in a Michael Jackson type way — totally captivating. The video is by Jamie Hewlett and part of the Monkey project created by Chen Shi-zheng, Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn. You can find out more info about Monkey on W... more info

The Newsroom — Former Blur frontman Damon Albarn has brought his opera "Monkey: Journey To The West" to a theatre in London. more info

Paste Magazine — In a downtown Toronto park, Damon Albarn is discussing the finer points of composing a Chinese opera when a black squirrel snares his attention. “Do you know we’re eating squirrels in England?” he asks, watching the animal forage among the leav... more info