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

Stereogum — Adele’s in full-on press mode now in support of her upcoming new record, 25, and her first major profile is with Rolling Stone, who followed her around for a bit quizzing her about new music and her bevy of collaborators for this album cycle. One o... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Blur at MSG - 10/23/15 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) photo: Mitski in McCarren Park in June (more by Amanda Hatfield) photo: Downtown Boys at Palisades in May (more by Alyssa Tanchajja) Blur have not been the most pleased... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Damon Albarn is a busier man than he used to be. Back in the Britpop '90s, it was enough to just be singer for the band Blur, merging social commentary with hooks and vivid melodies while navigating a media-fueled rivalry with Oasis. Even then, he se... more info