Guardian Music — The singer on posing naked, growing a beard, and why Germans don't recognise the sound of a ukeleleHow long have you had a beard?A few months. I stopped shaving and discovered I was more popular. Maybe people can't see my ordinary, rather dour facial... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — He's cleaned up and straightened out, but remarkably, given his own wild past, he despairs of today’s feckless youth...'We were brought up under Thatcher,’ Noel Gallagher is saying.‘There was a work ethic – if you were unemployed, the obsessi... more info

ContactMusic — Blurs Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon will play a charity show ahead of this years BRIT Awards The singer and the guitarist will appear alongside Dry The River and Ed Sheeran at the concert held on February 19 to raise money for the War Child orga... more info

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Guardian Music — Rolling Stones singer complains of being used as 'political football' at PM's event to promote Britain in Olympic yearMick Jagger has pulled out of pulled out of an event due to be hosted by David Cameron at the Davos summit, complaining of being use... more info

Chorus.fm — Head to the replies to listen to Damon Albarn's (*Blur* (http://www.blur.co.uk), *Gorillaz* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/gorillaz)) remix of *Lana Del Rey* (http://www.lanadelrey.com)'s single "Born To Die". more info

Stereogum — Damon Albarn, a man who has some experience making music with cartoon characters, has become the latest in a long line of artists who have tried their hand at remixing Lana Del Rey. Like Clams Casino and Woodkid before him, Albarn has put together a ... more info

Guardian Music — What sort of music gets your gastric juices flowing, and what's more likely to cause indigestion?The award winning electro-popster Theophilus London revealed in a recent interview with American foodie site Eater that he'd witnessed Blur and Gorillaz ... more info

Guardian Music — With a compelling backstory that might even be true, Willis Earl Beal is hollering the blues so well XL has snapped him upHometown: Chicago.The lineup: Willis Earl Beal (voice, instruments).The background: Willis Earl Beal is the male answer to Cold ... more info