ContactMusic — British rocker Damon Albarn has signed up to perform at a poetry festival in London next month Jun12 Organiser Michael Horovitz reveals the Blur frontman will be a special guest at his Poetry Olympics Enlightenment Marathon at Queen Elizabeth Hall on... more info

Guardian Music — Bobby Womack is so proud of his magnificent new album, The Bravest Man in the Universe, that nothing will stop him talking about it. Alexis Petridis gets an audience at the soul legend's hospital bedsideThe nurse attending Bobby Womack wears an expre... more info

Guardian Music — Recording was apparently stopped at the behest of Damon Albarn, to the bafflement of the rest of the bandBlur have abandoned their comeback album, according to producer William Orbit. After months of "amazing" work, Damon Albarn recently called off t... more info

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ContactMusic — Damon Albarn has torpedoed hopes of a new Blur album by reportedly walking out of a recording session with the band Music producer William Orbit has revealed the onoff group had been laying down new tracks with him in a studio ahead of their reunion ... more info

Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicDonna SummerDonna Summer dies of cancer aged 63Donna Summer obituaryFive classic Donna Summer songsStars pay tribute to disco diva – video Donna Summer's disco was as radical as punkA classic i... more info

Guardian Music — Damon Albarn visits the Guardian studio with a baroque ensemble to perform two songs from his opera Dr DeeBen KapeAndy GallagherMustafa KhaliliLindsay PoultonRichard Sprenger more info

KEXP Seattle — At this point, Damon Albarn has done just about everything. He established himself with Brit-rock band Blur, which will play at the London Olympics this year. He surprised everyone in the late 1990s with his trippy side project turn full-fledged arti... more info

Gigwise — As Damon Albarn misses the top 40 completely more info

Gigwise — Soft-rockers top chart as Damon Albarn misses the Top 40 completely more info