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The Great Escape Turns 20

3623 days ago

Stereogum — Blur had arrived. They had achieved what they had set out to do. After the disillusioning experience of being partially forced into a set of already-dying English trends with their 1991 debut Leisure and the miserable U.S. tour that followed, Damon A... more info

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Damon Albarn Says Adele’s New Album Is “Very Middle Of The Road,” Songs He Worked On Didn’t Make The Cut

3624 days ago

Stereogum — Adele’s got a bunch of superstar collaborators working on her upcoming highly-anticipated third record: Max Martin, Danger Mouse, Ryan Tedder, and Tobias Jesso Jr. are confirmed, and we know that Phil Collins was more info

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Watch Damon Albarn Perform “Mr. Tembo” For The Elephant Who Inspired The Song

3634 days ago

Stereogum — Last year, Blur frontman Damon Albarn released the solo album Everyday Robots, and it included the single “Mr. Tembo,” a song that Albarn wrote for a baby elephant that he met while visiting Tanzania. Apparently, sometime after writing the song, ... more info

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Damon Albarn Recording New Gorillaz Album In September

3680 days ago

Stereogum — The advent of Blur’s new album, The Magic Whip, and the band’s subsequent reunion tour, has been has been one of 2015’s hallmark nostalgia-laced stories, and Damon Albarn seems bent on continuing the streak. While in Australia, Albarn let it sl... more info

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Damon Albarn confirms new Gorillaz album

3680 days ago

The Telegraph — The Blur frontman will start recording a new record with the virtual band in September more info

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Damon Albarn carried off stage + win Blur vinyl & tix to MSG!

3690 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — Albarn being carried off stage at Roskilde 2015 Damon Albarn played Denmark's Roskilde Festival over the weekend (7/4) as part of Africa Express, the project he founded that brings together Western and African musicians. Where most festival sets keep... more info

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Watch Damon Albarn Get Carried Off Stage After Refusing to Stop the Music

3690 days ago

Time — In 2014, TIME dubbed Damon Albarn “The Hardest Working Man in Rock.” The Blur frontman lived up to that title on Sunday when he played a whopping five-hour set at the Roskilde festival in Denmark and only stopped because he was carried off the st... more info

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Watch Damon Albarn Cover The Clash And Get Carried Offstage By Security At Roskilde

3690 days ago

Stereogum — Denmark’s Roskilde Festival ended this past weekend, and concertgoers who made it to the Africa Express supergroup set were treated with a very special performance by Damon Albarn. The Blur and Gorillaz frontman played a 5-hour set that came to an ... more info

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Damon Albarn gets carried off stage by security after refusing to end Roskilde set at 4am

3690 days ago

The Independent — Damon Albarn was so determined to give fans the best, and longest, gig of their life at Roskilde last weekend that security had to carry him off stage at 4am. more info

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