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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

Andy Ross obituary

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

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Swift v Damon Albarn: why the idea of the lone songwriter is outdated

Damon Albarn, the lead singer of Blur and Gorillaz, has recently been criticised for his “outdated” views of modern songwriting.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…

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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

Daily Mirror

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

Salon

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'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

Daily Mirror

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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

Irish Mirror

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.

Mic

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

The Independent UK

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.

Los Angeles Times

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

Daily Mirror

Bad Blood: Damon Albarn’s condescending Taylor Swift comments are old-fashioned indie tribalism

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

The Independent UK

Damon Albarn responds to Taylor Swift's fury over songwriting claims with apology

The Blur frontman said discrediting the pop megastar’s songwriting was 'the last thing I would want to do' during an exchange on social media

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Irish Mirror

Taylor Swift blasts Damon Albarn after Blur singer 'discredits' her songwriting

Damon Albarn has falsely claimed songwriter Taylor Swift doesn't pen her own hit singles, but the award-winning singer is having none of it - calling the Blur singer out for his 'damaging' and 'f***ed up' comments

Evening Standard

Damon Albarn apologises to Taylor Swift after songwriting row

Former Blur frontman Damon Albarn has apologised to Taylor Swift after telling an interviewer she does not write her own songs.

The Guardian - US

Taylor Swift criticises Damon Albarn for saying she doesn’t write her own songs

The Blur and Gorillaz frontman apologised to Swift, claiming that a ‘conversation about songwriting’ in the LA Times was ‘reduced to clickbait’

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift condemns Damon Albarn’s ‘completely false’ claim that she doesn’t write her own songs

Swift said Blur star’s words were ‘so damaging’ and ‘f***ed’ up

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