Damon Albarn: "Blur", The "Gorillaz" and Other Fables: "Blur", The "Gorillaz" and Other Fables
Fametastic (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Graham Coxon is hoping Blur will reunite again next year. The guitarist - who rejoined his bandmates, frontman Damon Albarn, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree, for several summer shows this year - is still hopeful the group will make another album and tour again, even though the individual members have gone their separate ways. He [...]
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Graham Coxon is hoping Blur will reunite again next year.The guitarist - who rejoined his bandmates, frontman Damon Albarn, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave...
Rock on the Streets (Free subscription) | yesterday
Massive Attack have revealed a few details about their forthcoming new album, ‘ Heligoland ‘. The band are set to release their first full-length studio album since 2003’s ‘ 100th Window ‘ on February 9. Damon Albarn , TV on the Radio ’s Tunde Adebimpe , and Elbow ’s Guy Garvey are among the musicians to contribute vocals on the forthcoming album. The track...
IndieBlogHeaven (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
It's been seven years since Massive Attack released new material, but we are finally going to get more out of the band on February 9th. Heligoland will feature a slew of guests, including Damon Albarn, TV on the Radio's Tunde...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Filed under: News , Electronic , UK Six years on from the release of their last album, '100th Window,' and just weeks after dropping their new EP, 'Splitting the Atom,' Massive Attack have at last announced the details of their new collection of original material which will feature a slew of guest vocalists. According to a posting on the band's website , 'Heligoland' is scheduled to be released on...
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Plus band set to play live in February
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Filed under: News , Album , UK Six years on from the release of their last album, '100th Window,' and just weeks after dropping their new EP, 'Splitting the Atom,' Massive Attack have at last announced the details of their new collection of original material which will feature a slew of guest vocalists. According to a posting on the band's website , 'Heligoland' is scheduled to be released on Feb....
whoar.co.nz (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
“..One comment sums up the key music event of 2009 more effectively than anything else said or written about the subject, and, fittingly, it comes from the mouth of Damon Albarn. Talking about the album-by-album rehearsals Blur had undertaken at the beginning of this year in preparation for their reunion concerts — the band’s first [...]
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK The Sunday night headlining gig at this summer's Glastonbury Festival by reformed Britpop godheads Blur has been declared the Best Headline Performance of 2009 at this year's UK Festival Awards. And, adding a cherry to the band's year, singer Damon Albarn (pictured) also bagged the Festival Fitty gong at the awards ceremony which was held at the O2 in London...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
It turns out Lily Allen and Damon Albarn are your favourite Festival Fitties. The hot duo were voted tops by 3am readers and got their awards as part of the UK Festival Award at last night's ceremony.
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
It turns out Lily Allen and Damon Albarn are your favourite Festival Fitties.
CWNN NEWS (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Welcome to Erland And The Carnival , the latest signing to Full Time Hobby . Erland And The Carnival are a British folk rock band, formed in London, England by multi instrumentalist Simon Tong (formerly of The Verve / Blur / The Good, the Bad & the Queen ), Orcadian folk guitarist and singer Gawain Erland Cooper and Drummer / Engineer David Nock . Erland And The Carnival are best known for their...
SCI FI Wire (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Alan Moore, the comic-book writer responsible for Watchmen and V For Vendetta , has revealed that he'll be writing lyrics for the next opera from Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the duo behind the cartoon pop band Gorillaz, the BBC reported .
Aria Serious? (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Our friends over at Vancouver Opera sent word that Watchmen / V for Vendetta scribe Alan Moore is penning a libretto for the Blur's Damon Albarn's next opera.Damon penned his first opera, Monkey: Journey To The West with his Gorillaz cohort Jamie Hewlett.Although very little information has been released on this new opera, you can bet us comic geeking, brit pop loving, opera crazy will be
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
GORILLAZ founders DAMON ALBARN and JAMIE HEWLETT are teaming up with comic book icon ALAN MOORE to write a new opera.The project will be a follow-up to Albarn and...
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