THE last time I saw Damon Albarn – until now that is – was at Wembley Stadium in July 2023.  He and his Blur bandmates, arms ...

"Spectacular misfires", lost Britpop battles", and understanding Damon Albarn's politics: Does nuance always come second?

Graham Coxon, Damon Albarn and Alex James perform on stage in Africa Express: The Circus Credit: Robin Little It was here that Albarn's love of music was nurtured.

Launched in Mali in 2006, Africa Express is a global collaborative community of musicians. At first, the idea was to link Malian artists like Toumani Diabaté, Bassekou Kouyaté and Amadou & Mariam with ...

Africa Express, a musical collective led by Damon Albarn, will release a new album, EGOLI, on July 12 via Africa Express Records.The album will feature appearances by Gruff Rhys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs ...

Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn knows when he’s beat. And now – after 30 years of, at best, pyrrhic victory – he’s ...

Damon Albarn has expressed a desire to make music in Palestine and Israel to bring greater communication between cultures through art.

Reuniting onstage for the first time in two decades, Black Sabbath performed to a sold-out crowd of 40,000 with its all-star, ...

The pace switches up on “Kuduro”, where old Africa Express hands Fatoumata Diawara and Moonchild Sanelly trade verses in Bambara and Xhosa, both equally disappointed by men. Marimba punks Son Rompe ...

Over the weekend, Damon Albarn joined his Africa Express collective on-stage at the Bahidorá Festival, which took place in Morelos, which is just outside of Mexico City. Albarn helped out with a ...

A collaboration between Blur and Oasis was once unthinkable. The two bands were rivals during the heyday of Britpop. The feud ...

It seems that Blur and Gorillaz’s Damon Albarn has some money coming his way: Back in 2023, he said of Oasis, “I can ...