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With a new memoir charting the hedonism of his Nineties heyday and the ensuing fallout, Blur’s reluctant guitar hero is finally making himself heard, finds Emily Phillips

Evening Standard

Verse, Chorus, Monster! by Graham Coxon review – Britpop’s unlikely lad

In a disarmingly candid memoir, the Blur guitarist relates the madness of fame and addiction, his unease with Britpop, and how folk led him to greener pastures

The Guardian - UK

Damon Albarn and Billie Eilish will make music together, according to Gorillaz frontman

‘It’s just a case of schedules’ says the Gorillaz and Blur frontman

The Independent UK

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Sports Team review, Gulp! – Rambunctious, alt-pop pick’n’mix

After their unpredictable debut in 2020, Sports Team return with a second album that broadens the remit even further

The Independent UK

Blur ‘planning comeback with huge Wembley concert seven years after break’

Blur are said to be preparing for a comeback seven years after taking a break

Evening Standard

Steal Their Style: We asked six Manchester shoppers in the street where they got their look - one cost over £1,000

Style spotter and Manchester Evening News reporter Bethan Shufflebotham hit up Market Street and the Northern Quarter to find six fabulously dressed people so you can Steal Their Style

Manchester Evening News

Alex James takes 'big chunk' out of his finger in bloody Sunday Brunch segment

Former Blur bassist Alex James suffered a nasty accident during his latest appearance on Sunday Brunch and viewers were shocked that he remained in the kitchen with his bloody hand

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Every single Coachella headliner and lineup poster since the California festival began

Throughout its 24 years, the desert festival has led with the biggest names in music. Inga Parkel runs through Coachella’s entire history of star-studded headliners since 1999

The Independent UK

Coachella: Billie Eilish fans mistake Damon Albarn for her father as he joins her on stage

Blur frontman was also amusingly mistaken for Elton John

The Independent UK

Every single Coachella headliner and lineup poster since the California festival began

Throughout its 23 years, the desert festival has led with the biggest names in music. Inga Parkel runs through Coachella’s entire history of star-studded headliners since 1999

The Independent UK

Every single Coachella headliner and lineup poster since the California festival began

Throughout its 23 years, the desert festival has led with the biggest names in music. Inga Parkel runs through Coachella’s entire history of star-studded headliners since 1999

The Independent UK

Every single Coachella headliner and lineup poster since the California festival began

Throughout its 23 years, the desert festival has led with the biggest names in music. Inga Parkel runs through Coachella’s entire history of star-studded headliners since 1999

The Independent UK

TV tonight: is this the most picturesque motorway services in the UK?

Channel 4 takes us back to A Lake District Farm Shop for sheep’s milk brie and craft beers. Plus, the body count piles up in Killing Eve. Here’s what to watch this evening…

The Guardian - UK

Every single Coachella headliner and lineup poster since the California festival began

Throughout its 23 years, the desert festival has led with the biggest names in music. Inga Parkel runs through Coachella’s entire history of star-studded headliners since 1999

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Andy Ross obituary

Other lives: Music industry executive who signed Blur and had a hand in their Britpop chart battle with Oasis

The Conversation

Taylor Swift v Damon Albarn: why the idea of the lone songwriter is outdated

Damon Albarn, the lead singer of Blur and Gorillaz, has recently been criticised for his “outdated” views of modern songwriting. In an interview with the LA Times, Albarn explained that US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift’s “co-writing” approach was at odds with his “traditionalist” view of writing songs. He went on to…

Daily Mirror

Blur's Damon Albarn 'too old-fashioned' for social media drama as Taylor Swift slams him

Singing sensation Taylor Swift has criticised Damon Albarn, lead singer of Blur and later of Gorillaz, after he said that she doesn't write her own music

Salon

Don't come after Taylor Swift, Blur guy

On Monday, the singer apologized for impugning Swift's skill but continued to blame the music critic who quoted him

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Chile’s President-Elect Boric Sends Taylor Swift ‘Hugs’ over Song Writing Tiff, Goes Viral

Chile's millennial President-elect Gabriel Boric has taken sides in his first international incident: backing pop music superstar Taylor Swift in a social media stand-off with Blur front man Damon Albarn over her songwriting credentials. Albarn, the British co-founder and songwriter for the Gorillaz, had suggested that Swift did not write…

Daily Mirror

'I'm sick of men discrediting Taylor Swift - she's one of the best songwriters out there'

Blur frontman Damon Albarn was recently quoted in the LA Times claiming Taylor Swift doesn't write her own songs - but that simply couldn't be further from the truth

Irish Mirror

Jedward jump to Taylor Swift's defence after Damon Albarn songwriting row

The Irish singers hit back at the Blur singer after he claimed Taylor doesn't write her own songs

Mic

Damon Albarn doesn’t seem to know what he said about Taylor Swift

After Swift shot back at the Blur and Gorillaz frontman online, Albarn claimed he never wanted to discredit Swift’s songwriting, despite explicitly doing that.

The Independent UK

Bad Blood: Damon Albarn’s condescending comments say more about him than Taylor Swift

The Blur and Gorillaz frontman’s bizarre claim that Swift doesn’t write her own songs says more about him than it does about her, writes Kevin E G Perry

Los Angeles Times

For Damon Albarn, modern life is still pretty much rubbish

LOS ANGELES — As the lead singer (and the pretty face) of Blur, Damon Albarn became a star writing songs about England — witty, tuneful, stylistically omnivorous character studies like "Parklife" and "Country House" that along with Oasis' blunter-edged anthems helped define the rowdy Britpop scene of the 1990s.

Daily Mirror

Damon Albarn apologises to Taylor Swift after songwriting row blows up

The Blur frontman has been forced to make a hasty and grovelling apology after Taylor ignited a furious Twitter backlash when she took issue with him saying he didn't like her 'endlessly upbeat' music

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