Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn (, born 23 March 1968) is an English singer-songwriter and
record producer who has been involved in many high profile projects, coming to
prominence as the frontman and primary songwriter of Britpop band Blur.
Albarn's current role is lead vocalist and songwriter of Gorillaz, whose first
two studio albums had sold more than 20 million copies combined by ... read more

Blur - Blur Singer And Guitarist To Play Charity Show Ahead Of Brit Awards

Blurs Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon will play a charity show ahead of this years BRIT Awards The singer and the guitarist will appear alongside Dry The River and Ed Sheer...
Posted 2 February 3.21pm — Comment on this

Blur's Damon Albarn For Honeyfest 2012 - Tickets

Singer will headline event...
Posted 2 February 6.44am — Comment on this

Blur's Damon Albarn And Graham Coxon For Pre-Brit Awards Charity Show

With headliner Ed Sheeran...
Posted 2 February 4.33am — Comment on this

Mick Jagger pulls out of Davos tea party

Rolling Stones singer complains of being used as 'political football' at PM's event to promote Britain in Olympic yearMick Jagger has pulled out of pulled out of an event...
Posted 24 January 11.07pm — Comment on this

Albarn Remixes Lana Del Rey

Head to the replies to listen to Damon Albarn's (*Blur* (http://www.blur.co.uk), *Gorillaz* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/gorillaz)) remix of *Lana Del Rey* (http://www.la...
Posted 23 January 3.16pm — Comment on this

Damon Albarn Remixes Lana Del Rey

Damon Albarn, a man who has some experience making music with cartoon characters, has become the latest in a long line of artists who have tried their hand at remixing La...
Posted 23 January 1.56pm — Comment on this

The arts in 2012: the world goes pop

Caspar Llewellyn Smith on pop's new international pedigreeIt used to be that when we thought of pop, we thought of Pete Townshend in his union flag jacket, or Geri Halliw...
Posted 29 December 2011 11.45pm — Comment on this

Rewind radio: Chris Evans; Vinyl Revival; Classic UK Clubs; Woman's Hour; Victoria Derbyshire; Lauren Laverne – review

Music shows provide a much-needed tonic to the onslaught of bad newsChris Evans (R2) | iPlayerVinyl Revival (6 Music) | iPlayerClassic UK Clubs (1Xtra) | iPlayerWoman's H...
Posted 11 December 2011 12.06am — Comment on this

Why we're watching... The Bullitts

The producer and musician, also known as Jeymes Samuel, who has a star-studded Plan B style "concept album" on the wayWho he? He's producer/musician Jeymes Samuel, aka th...
Posted 11 December 2011 12.05am — Comment on this

Damon Albarn - Albarn Forgets Gorillaz Lyrics Onstage

Damon Albarn was left red-faced at a 10th anniversary celebration of his band Gorillaz after forgetting the words to their biggest hit The British star marked a decade wi...
Posted 3 December 2011 1.06pm — Comment on this

Bobby Womack - Albarn Producing Bobby Womack's New Album

Bobby Womacks Gorillaz bandmate Damon Albarn has stepped in to produce the singersongwriters comeback album The Across 110th Street singer returned to the spotlight when ...
Posted 25 November 2011 10.01pm — Comment on this

Bobby Womack and Jonathan Ross on 10 years of Gorillaz

Soul singer Bobby Womack reveals how a phone call from Gorillaz helped him rekindle his career, and TV presenter Jonathan Ross hails the unlikely cartoon groupThe roll-ca...
Posted 22 November 2011 4.14pm — Comment on this

Gorillaz: Bobby Womack interview - video

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's cartoon creations have seen many collaborations during their 10-year career – but perhaps none as fascinating as Bobby Womack. Here...
Posted 22 November 2011 3.45pm — Comment on this

Gorillaz Team Up With Converse To Design Shoes

Damon Albarn and co also collaborate on new song...
Posted 17 November 2011 5.26am — Comment on this

The Clash's Paul Simonon arrested while working as undercover Greenpeace activist

Musician reveals he took part in protest against oil rig earlier this year, working on board Greenpeace ship as a cookClash bassist Paul Simonon has revealed he was arres...
Posted 15 November 2011 10.37am — Comment on this

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