Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Damon Albarn w/ Blur @ MSG,2015 (more by Dana [Distortion] Yavin) Damon Albarn has a long history of being active in Africa and in African music. After a recent performance in Mali, Albarn has been given the status of "local... more info

Stereogum — Damon Albarn has had a busy year; he’s been working on new Gorillaz material, writing the score for a musical re-imagination of Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland, and releasing Blur’s long-awaited new album The Magic Whip. To top it all off, ... more info

Stereogum — The Clash bassist Paul Simonon turns 60 on Tuesday, and to celebrate, he put together a little supergroup. Simonon has also played with Gorillaz and the Good, The Bad & The Queen, and at his party in London tonight, he wrangled rivals-turned-pals Dam... more info

Stereogum — Dazed reports that David Bowie, Björk, Thom Yorke, Damon Albarn, Phil Selway, Courtney Barnett, Robert Plant, Chrissie Hynde, Bobby Gillespie, My Morning Jacket, Bon Iver’s S. Carey, and more signed an open letter asking international leaders to r... more info

Time — The first signs of friction bubbled up in September when Albarn called Adele insecure more info

Stereogum — Adele and Damon Albarn attempted to collaborate on music for Adele’s 25, but the aborted sessions left Albarn calling Adele “very insecure” and dismissing her music as “very middle of the road.” Adele responded by saying she regretted worki... more info

Stereogum — After Reykjavik’s Iceland Airwaves last year, I left Iceland with the music of one homegrown artist echoing through my head. The song was “Circus Life,” the band was Fufanu — a group that I’d wound up seeing almost by accident, in one of th... more info

Stereogum — Damon Albarn wrote the music for wonder.land, a 21st century, Digital Age musical update of Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice In Wonderland. Moira Buffini wrote the script and lyrics and the National Theatre’s Rufus Norris is directing, and the show ... more info

Stereogum — Blur’s hybrid documentary-concert film New World Towers will screen for the first time next month in the UK. We’ve already seen the official trailer, and today the band has shared another clip from the movie. In this one, Damon Albarn and Graham ... more info

The Daily Mail — The Hello hitmaker has revealed she 'regrets' asking Blur frontman Damon to work with her on her long-awaited third record, 25, even going as far as to say she wishes the pair had never met. more info