ContactMusic — Rizzle Kicks want to collaborate with Damon Albarn The Mama Do The Hump duo - Jordan Stephens and Harley Alexander-Sule - are huge Blur fans and asked frontman Damon if they could pen a track with him when they were invited to the bands secret Lon... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Former rival rockers Noel Gallagher and Graham Coxon are set to perform a song together for the first time when they hit the road later this year (12).The ex-Oasis star had a long-running war-of-words with Coxon and his Blur bandmates in the 1990s bu... more info

Guardian Music — Coliseum, LondonSince it was first seen during the Manchester festival last year, Damon Albarn and Rufus Norris's opera built around the life and work of John Dee – the 16th-century mathematician, alchemist, spy and adviser to Elizabeth I – has b... more info

Guardian Music — Carole Jahme talks to Marek Kukula, public astronomer at the Royal Observatory, and Rufus Norris, who directs the opera, about the life and legacy of Dr John DeeCarole Jahme more info

Guardian Music — As Damon Albarn's opera opens in London, Carole Jahme wonders why Dee has been written out of the history of scienceElizabethan England is enjoying a revival in the public imagination, with Shakespeare integral to the 2012 Cultural Olympiad and Damo... more info

ContactMusic — Blur star Damon Albarn has spent the last year refining his new opera as he wasnt impressed with the productions first staging The British rocker initially opened Dr Dee at Britains Manchester International Festival last year 11 but audiences comp... more info

Gigwise — Blur frontman premieres new Blur material at live solo show - watch video more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Rama As a musician usually music is your way out. Damon Albarn more info

Chorus.fm — A video of Damon Albarn playing live at POEM 2012 has surfaced which seems to be him premiering an acoustic version of a new *Blur* (http://www.blur.co.uk) song titled "The Puritan". Hit the replies to watch it. more info

Consequence of Sound — New song apparently "coming out in a few weeks." more info