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  Damon Albarn's 'Folk Soul' Solo Album Is Definite, New Blur Album Is Definite Maybe

  May 28, 2013 – Damon Albarn keeps playing coy about the prospects of more Blur material, but the British band's frontman has let slip he's working on a new solo album.In an interview with Rolling Stone, Albarn said the album is "sort of folk soul" and features "rhythmic" work from XL Recordings chief Richard Russell, who teamed up with Albarn on Bobby Womack's 2012 The Bravest Man in the Universe. …
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  Blur Will Attempt to Record a New Album in Hong Kong

  May 6, 2013 – This just in from China: Blur will be recording a new album, says Damon Albarn. Fresh off of their stunner of a Coachella reunion, the Brit-pop legends played Hong Kong's Asia World Expo this evening (May 6), and their singer shared "a secret," as BlurBalls reports."We were supposed to play in Japan next week, but due to unforeseen circumstances we were not able to go there," Albarn explains. …
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  Stone Roses Deny Coachella Demotion, Say Swap With Blur Was Always the Plan

  April 18, 2013 – Yesterday, Coachella organizers confirmed the set times for the annual Indio festival's upcoming second weekend of performances, and, aside from the usual crop of scheduling conflicts, the announcement revealed a major lineup change: the Stone Roses were no longer on top of the bill for Friday night, April 19, as they had been the previous week, on April 12. An official explanation was not provided at the time, but it seemed as if  …
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  Stone Roses Demoted, Blur Snatch Top Billing As Coachella Headliners

  April 17, 2013 – Poor Stone Roses — they just wanna be adored, but American audiences have shot them down. As SPIN reported in our 50 Best Things We Saw at Coachella 2013, attendance for the Manchester band's April 12 headlining gig at the annual Indio festival was embarrassingly thin, so much so that the U.K. …
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  Coachella 2013 Friday Fieldnotes: Lindsay Lohan, Tears for Alt-J, the O.G. Yelling Goat

  April 13, 2013 – This year the fest's wristbands include a chip that must be scanned when you're entering or leaving certain areas of the grounds. Being a music fan sometimes means feeling like a package of ground beef going through the supermarket check-out every few minutes.By 2:30 p.m. …
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  Coachella 2013: Blur, Earl Sweatshirt, Yeah Yeah Yeahs Lead Friday's 5 Best Sets

  April 13, 2013 – Don't miss all our best live (and backstage) Coachella 2013 photos here!5. The Shouting Matches Here is the most succinct summarization of Justin Vernon's new band, the Shouting Matches: It is probably the only band with which he's cracked a Heineken while on stage. …
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  Gorillaz's 'Monkey' Musical Swinging Over to Lincoln Center

  March 27, 2013 – For the moment, new music from Gorillaz doesn't seem likely — Damon Albarn and Gorillaz animator/co-creator Jamie Hewlett are on the outs right now — but one of the pair's projects is about to see a stateside resurgence.Monkey: Journey to the West, a theater production that features music by Albarn and animation and design from Hewlett, is slated to open this year's Lincoln Center Festival, according to the …
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  Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher Seal Britpop Truce by Playing Sweet 'Tender' Live

  March 25, 2013 – When Blur released "Tender" in 1999 as the first single from their now-classic 13, the song's mix of Appalachian-style guitar, a gospel choir, and frontman Damon Albarn's wounded uplift made it unique in the group's discography. …
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  Blur’s 'Song 2' Will Now Woo (Hoo) Your Baby to Sleep

  March 18, 2013 – Blur have a new album on the way, but it might not be what the reunited Britpoppers' faithful had in mind.Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Blur is due out on March 26, as NME points out. The Rockabye Baby! series has previously released crib-ready reworkings of songs by the Ramones, Black Sabbath, and AC/DC, among others. …
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  Optimus Primavera Sound 2013 Lineup: My Bloody Valentine, the Breeders, Blur, and More

  February 5, 2013 – Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival unveiled its best-ever lineup last month: Blur, the Postal Service, My Bloody Valentine, Wu-Tang Clan, the Breeders, and Grizzly Bear were just some of the artists confirmed. …
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