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How Afrobeat's legacy lives on in the music of African pop stars of tomorrow

In this week's music show, we welcome two guests. Reekado Banks is one of Nigeria's top Afropop stars, whose new single "Jeun To Da" heralds the arrival of his hotly anticipated next record. Meanwhile, Ysée is a Franco-Beninese artist who was the protégée of the late Tony Allen. She's also…

France 24

Gorillaz launch limited-edition vodka bottle with Smirnoff - get yours at Amazon

Damon Albarn's Gorillaz have teamed up with Smirnoff to launch a their own bottle of limited-edition vodka

Daily Mirror

How low can you go? Singer Iestyn Davies’s melancholic playlist

What connects a tea towel, a double-decker bus and a facial? The countertenor picks his 10 favourite tracks that distil the beauty of tears, pull at the heart strings and suspend time

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The growing pains of Graham Coxon

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

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

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

The magic of Øya, the world’s greenest music festival

From climate consciousness and a superb line-up to fjord frolicking and pristine loos – Norway is on to something special with this Oslo event

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Taylor Swift shoots down claims that she ripped off 3LW’s song for ‘Shake It Off’

LOS ANGELES — Taylor Swift is standing behind her work after another group accused her of copying their song in her 2014 hit “Shake It Off.”

Los Angeles Times

Flume, Mallrat and Daniel Johns: Australia’s best new music for May

Each month we add 20 new songs to our Spotify playlist. Read about 10 of our favourites here – and subscribe on Spotify, which updates with the full list at the start of each month

The Guardian - AU

What links Punchdrunk’s Burnt City to Patti Smith and John McEnroe?

As the celebrated theatre group launches a new immersive show, follow it down the rabbit hole via Damon Albarn, Meryl Streep and Glenda Jackson

The Guardian - UK

Billie Eilish at Coachella review – pop sensation delivers electrifying show

The 20-year-old headliner, with help from guests Khalid and Damon Albarn, brings a thrilling mix of charm and bravado to the main stage

The Guardian - US

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

Noel Gallagher doesn’t think Harry Styles is a “real” musician

The Oasis frontman is again taking digs at Styles’s legitimacy as a songwriter and 'The X Factor' show that launched the 'Watermelon Sugar' singer's career.

Mic

Dolly Parton defends Taylor Swift following Damon Albarn row

Dolly Parton has called Taylor Swift “magnificent” for standing her ground during her public spat with Damon Albarn.

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The Independent UK

‘She’s a great writer’: Dolly Parton has her say on Damon Albarn’s row with Taylor Swift

Albarn falsely accused Swift of not writing her own songs, before apologising after she hit back

Daily Mirror

Man crashes car into Taylor Swift's home and 'says he won't leave until they meet'

A man who crashed his car into Taylor Swift's New York home reportedly told police that he wouldn't leave the property until she had come out to meet him

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

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Evening Standard

Damon Albarn is right about songwriting – he’s just wrong about Taylor Swift

Damon Albarn might be right about songwriting – he’s just wrong about Taylor Swift. In fact, the strength of her writing proves his point.

Daily Mirror

Taylor Swift's best clapbacks as she puts Damon Albarn firmly in his place

Taylor Swift isn't afraid to speak up if she is unhappy and has had a number of feuds since bursting onto the music scene 15 years ago

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

Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara: Taylor Swift slapped back for all the women who have been told ‘you didn’t write that’

As someone who has raised two daughters during the age of Taylor Swift, I have a lot of mixed feelings about her music.

Los Angeles Times

Damon Albarn’s Taylor Swift insult follows him to his Monday concert in LA

After igniting a social media firestorm by saying Taylor Swift “doesn’t write her own songs,” Damon Albarn dedicated a performance to the Los Angeles Times reporter who corrected him.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

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