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Bbc Radio Marks Its 90-Year Anniversary With Simultaneous Broadcast

14th November 2012

In all of BBC Radio’s 90 years, there has only been one scheduled simultaneous broadcast; in 1922 for the British...

Damon Albarn Creates Audio Collage To Celebrate 90 Years Of Radio

13th November 2012

Rocker Damon Albarn has created a unique 'audio collage' of music, voices and strange sounds to be broadcast simultaneously on...

Blur, Pulp And Muse Dominate The Q Awards

22nd October 2012

Britpoppers Blur fought off competition from The Stone Roses to be named best live act, but lost out to Muse...

Damon Albarn Saved Womack's Life

14th October 2012

Damon Albarn saved Bobby Womack's life. Soul singer Bobby was in hospital ill with pneumonia and colon cancer when he...

Blur To Continue Playing Live

8th October 2012

Blur will continue to perform in 2013.The 'Parklife' band left a question mark over their future after performing a concert...

Damon Albarn Spearheads New Drive To Get Younger Fans Into Opera

3rd October 2012

Damon Albarn is among those who've lent their name to a new initiative aimed at finding more opera fans, as...

Damon Albarn Encourages ‘Jeans And Trainers’ Look For Opera Season

3rd October 2012

Damon Albarn and filmmaker Terry Gilliam are leading a campaign to attract more youngsters to the opera, encouraging first-timers to...

Damon Albarn And Bobby Womack Perform Secret Show

2nd October 2012

British rocker Damon Albarn joined forces with soul veteran Bobby Womack on Monday night (01Oct12) to stage a secret concert...

Paul Mccartney Joins Damon Albarn On Stage

10th September 2012

Sir Paul McCartney joined Damon Albarn at his Africa Express show in London this weekend.The Beatles legend was a surprise...

Sir Paul Mccartney Plays With Damon Albarn In London After French Honour

9th September 2012

Sir Paul Mccartney raced back to London on Saturday (08Sep12) to perform at Damon Albarn's Africa Express show just hours...

Damon Albarn's Train Ride Terror

5th September 2012

British rocker Damon Albarn was left terrified during a high-speed rail journey to Scotland when he was given a seat...

Damon Albarn's African Party

4th September 2012

Damon Albarn is having a ''24 hour party'' touring the UK for his Africa Express shows.The Blur singer - who...

To The End: Was Olympic Concert Blur's Final Gig?

13th August 2012

As the last few notes of an emotional 'The Universal' faded into the night air, what was going through the...

Tears All Round As Blur Close Olympics Celebration Concert

13th August 2012

Blur packed a punch that could rival one that Olympic boxing champion Luke Campbell would struggle to match, as they...

Blur Rock Olympics Closing Concert

13th August 2012

Blur headlined the Olympics closing ceremony concert in London's Hyde Park with a mammoth set last night (13.08.12).The Britpop legends...

Blur Argue Over Set List

8th August 2012

Blur have been arguing over the set list ahead of their Hyde Park show.The reformed group perform at the outdoor...

Blur Want To Record Movie Soundtrack

5th August 2012

Blur frontman Damon Albarn has offered the band's services to filmmakers everywhere, insisting he would love to record a movie...

Ray Davies Pretends To Be Damon

5th August 2012

Ray Davies claims to be Damon Albarn when people recognise him in the street. The Kinks singer and guitarist tries...

Paul Weller Wants Damon Albarn Collaboration

1st August 2012

Paul Weller wants to collaborate with Damon Albarn.The 'That Dangerous Age' singer is a big fan of the Blur singer...

Paul Weller Keen To Collaborate With Damon Albarn

1st August 2012

British rocker Paul Weller is keen to hit the recording studio with Damon Albarn after he was impressed by the...

Damon Albarn Has 'More Interesting' Projects Than Blur

31st July 2012

Damon Albarn has got ''many more interesting things to do'' than make a new Blur album. The singer is wary...

Alex James 'Most Annoying' Member Of Blur

30th July 2012

Alex James was ''the most annoying member'' of Blur. The bass player admits tensions in the 'Song 2' band could...

Blur: We're Drowning In Olympic Commercialism!

27th July 2012

Blur feel like they are ''drowning in the commercialism'' of the London Olympics. The 'Parklife' hitmakers - who are made...

Blur Don't Need Rehearsal

26th July 2012

Blur don't need ''much rehearsal'' ahead of their London Hyde Park show.The 'Girls & Boys' hitmakers will perform at a...

Damon Albarn: 'London Olympics Capitalism Is Depressing'

26th July 2012

Reformed rockers Blur only agreed to headline a special gig to mark the end of the London Olympics for their...

Damon Albarn Cancels Africa Trip

23rd July 2012

British rocker Damon Albarn axed a planned month-long break in Mali after radical Islamic forces took over the north of...

Blur's 'Sarcastic' Album

21st July 2012

Graham Coxon says Blur's 'Parklife' album was ''sarcastic''. The singer-songwriter doesn't understand why people regard their third studio album as...

Blur's 'Sarcastic' Album

21st July 2012

Graham Coxon says Blur's 'Parklife' album was ''sarcastic''. The singer-songwriter doesn't understand why people regard their third studio album as...

Graham Coxon Writing Songs Fictional Britpop Band

11th July 2012

Blur guitarist Graham Coxon is writing songs for a film about Britpop. The musician is teaming up with Ash frontman...

Rizzle Kicks Want To Collaborate With Damon Albarn

4th July 2012

Rizzle Kicks want to collaborate with Damon Albarn.The 'Mama Do The Hump' duo - Jordan Stephens and Harley Alexander-Sule -...