AngryApe — Alex James says it's a tearful time more info

Q4Music — Band's intimate two-hour comeback gig goes off without a hitch more info

Guardian Music — After the Manchester band's acrimonious break-up, three of their members – minus Peter Hook – have joined with Blur's Alex James to form Bad LieutenantFirst came Joy Division, then New Order, and now there's Bad Lieutenant. Following th... more info

Clickmusic — The band play their first show of the summer at Colchester's East Anglian Railway Museum. more info

PopSugar UK — Susan Boyle did not perform last night on the Britain's Got Talent tour after being advised to rest. - The Sun Big Brother contestant Noirin has gone on hunger strike because she wants to remove the drawn on glasses and moustache from her face. - D... more info

NME — Graham Coxon reveals how you can get tickets via Twitter more info

LargeHeartedBoy — BBC News reviews the first show of the Blur reunion tour. Variety reports that author Michael Cunningham has written a slasher movie. The Houston Chronicle offers summer reading suggestions. I am still aggregating summer reading lists at Delicious. T... more info

BBC News - UK — Britpop heroes Blur begin their comeback at the scene of their first ever concert, playing to just 150 people. more info

Undercover, Australia — Blur is back on stage. The UK band that defined the term Britpop performed their first gig with the original line-up in more than a decade last night (June 13) in Colchester. more info

The Independent — The musician Neil Young will tonight entertain thousands of fans at the Isle of Wight festival before packing up his guitar and heading off to a sold-out Glastonbury, where he will headline along with Bruce Springsteen and a reformed Blur in a fortni... more info