Topix — Soul singer Bobby was in hospital ill with pneumonia and colon cancer when he was approached by Damon to appear on the third Gorillaz album 'Plastic Beach', and he says the move helped him pull through. more info

ContactMusic — Damon Albarn saved Bobby Womack's life. Soul singer Bobby was in hospital ill with pneumonia and colon cancer when he was approached by Damon to... more info

Consequence of Sound — Hooligans will be hooligans backed with some hard-edged space funk. more info

NME - Radar — We've been watching The Child Of Lov for ages now, and today he's dropped his first video, for new single 'Heal'. Now signed to Domino affiliate Double Six, 'Heal' is out on November 26, with an album to follow next year. It has also now been confir... more info

Guardian Music — The band will play Rock Werchter in Belgium next July with more dates to follow, despite Damon Albarn hinting that their Olympic concert in Hyde Park would be their lastBlur have announced plans for a 2013 tour, despite intimating this summer that th... more info

Consequence of Sound — Damon Albarn in Womack's band. more info

Guardian Music — The ENO thinks it can tempt people with talk of a relaxed dress code. But formal wear is a democratic way of showing respectThe English National Opera (ENO) is launching a campaign to prove that their art form is not the preserve of a cultural elite.... more info

ContactMusic — Damon Albarn is among those who've lent their name to a new initiative aimed at finding more opera fans, as the once prestigious form of... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Damon Albarn continues to take on projects other than plotting a U.S. tour for intermittently reunited Brit-pop band Blur. more info

Guardian Music — Damon Albarn and Terry Gilliam launch ENO's new audience expansion scheme to attract younger audience to art form that many consider 'too stuffy, too posh, too expensive'In 1998, Sir Colin Southgate, the former Royal Opera House chairman, infamously ... more info