Damon Albarn, lead singer of Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, animator of Tank Girl, have been working together for over fifteen years, ever since they started Gorillaz in the late nineties. Over the last few years they've expanded their primate reach to include monkeys. Along with Chinese actor and director Chen Shi-zheng, they've
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All we know about The Child of Lov is that it’s the project of a 25 year old Georgia-via-London-via-Paris-via-Amsterdam musician named Cole Williams, who somehow has a knack for finagling big-name… Read more articles like "Damon Albarn and DOOM on Two New Child of Lov Songs" on PMA - Pretty Much Amazing.
Both off the soul singer's debut LP.
The Child Of Lov, the enigmatic Dutch bedroom-R&B artist, released his self-titled debut album two days ago; we’d already posted his video for “Give Me” and “Heal,” as well as a stream of “Fly.” And today, he’s sharing the two big-name collaborations that appeared on that album. One “One Day,” he and Damon Albarn sing [...]
Liam Gallagher has followed up his recent experiments in homeless fighting and dog riding by accusing his brother and former bandmate Noel, along with Blur frontman Damon Albarn, of killing an entire genre of music. For much of the ’90s...Show More Summary
Hong Kong netizens are all atwitter because Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon, of the Britpop-defining band Blur, were spotted on the Hong Kong MTR. The band played a show in the city on Monday and will be there for the rest of the week,...Show More Summary
Here we go again: Damon Albarn, who spends most of his professional time giving noncommittal quotes about Blur, is back out in public talking about new music. The latest, from a recent concert: "We have a week in Hong Kong, and we thought it would be a good time to
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Last night in Hong Kong, Damon Albarn announced that Blur would begin working on a new album soon. Producer William Orbit previously said that Albarn had stopped their recording sessions, but it seems like things are back on track. Via...Show More Summary
Gorillaz at MSG in 2010 As mentioned, the 2013 Lincoln Center Festival is taking place this July. Tickets to all shows in the festival go on sale today (4/8). The shows include Monkey: Journey to the West, created by theater...
Noel Gallagher has compared his recent duet with Damon Albarn to John Lennon collaborating with Eric Clapton, saying it was “great for fans.” Via Gigwise:
The former rivals put aside all former Britpop rivalry for the Teenage Cancer Trust gig (23 March, 2013) and performed Blur’s classic hit, 'Tender’ at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Show More Summary
Monkey: Journey to the West Damon Albarn has never had a problem proving his versatility. The Blur frontman's side projects have encompassed everything from cult animators to African drummers, so it seems apt that his latest attempt at a cross-cultural...
As we know, Noel Gallagher’s been starting feuds left and right in the past couple years, but there’ve been two feuds that have stood the test of time: his feud with his brother Liam and his feud with Britpop rivals Blur. And, now, it seems that’s gone, as Noel has sung a song with Blur [...]Show More Summary
Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has reopened his longstanding feud with his brother and ex-bandmate Noel, after the latter played a concert with Blur’s Damon Albarn over the weekend. Blur and Oasis infamously exchanged insults throughout the 1990?s as they battled for supremacy in the pop market. This once culminated in Noel telling the press that [...]Show More Summary
“Get AIDS and die.” That’s what Oasis’ Noel Gallagher once famously wished upon Damian Albarn, his Blur Britpop rival. It’s tough to come back from that, but Albarn — who replied to Noel’s comment with, “I can’t make up with Noel. Britpop...Show More Summary
Though the two reportedly reconciled back in 2011, they made it quite official that any ill will between them was long gone on Saturday when they performed together (along with Blur lead guitarist Graham Coxon) at Gallagher's Teenage Cancer Trust charity concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher briefly set aside their Britpop feud of Hatfield-and-McCoy proportions to play a gig to benifit the Teenage Cancer Trust. For many in the audience, it was still a very surreal experience, though rumors of a collaboration between the two has been floating around for quite some time. Show More Summary
Once, long long ago, Oasis’ Noel Gallagher said Blur’s Damon Albarn and Alex James would “catch AIDS and die,” and thus began a decades-long, mostly media-fueled feud between the two bands. This weekend, though, hell froze over and Gallagher and Albarn appeared on stage together—playing one of Albarn’s songs, no less. Show More Summary
Once upon a time, back in the guitar-friendly nineties, Oasis and Blur hated each other. (There's a famous Noel Gallagher quote about how he wished Blur's Damon Albarn would "get AIDS and die.") But 2013 is the year of peace — at least for Noel and Albarn, who have been
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Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn spent a couple of decades hating each other, but on March 23, they were just two aging rockers performing together...
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Warning issued to boat-folk after dead humpback whale is found floating in the Thames.
Damon Albarn, Noel Gallagher. Together on stage. For charidee,...Show More Summary