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  Amy Winehouse's London Funeral + Other News

  July 26, 2011 – Amy Winehouse was honored by family and friends today at a private funeral in North London. Her father gave a moving elegy at the service, which was attended by Mark Ronson and Kelly Osbourne. She is expected to be cremated. …
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  No Doubt Tap Major Lazer, Albarn's Next LP + More

  July 21, 2011 – No Doubt are hard at work on their first album since 2001's Rock Steady and Gwen Stefani and Co. have roped in some surprising collaborators for the record. …
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  Damon Albarn Debuts Pretty Tune From New Opera

  June 20, 2011 – With his cartoon act Gorillaz on break following the worldwide tour for Plastic Beach, mastermind Damon Albarn is focusing on his next project: an ambitious rock opera titled Dr. Dee, which chronicles the life and times of Queen Elizabeth I's chief medical and scientific adviser. Albarn premiered one of the piece's tunes, titled "Apple Carts," for the BBC. …
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  Snoop Teams With Gorillaz for Woozy Stoner Jam

  March 22, 2011 – Snoop Dogg's 11th album Doggumentary (out next week) may be an uneven celebration of the gangsta-turned-football coach's all-over-the-map persona, but one track on the album is a sure standout: his collaboration with the Gorillaz' on the spacey R&B jam "Sumthin Like This Nite" (via Some Kind of Awesome). Of course, it's Damon Albarn's production that pushes the track to the next level: The Gorillaz mastermind adds all sorts of wooz …
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  Gorillaz Wrap 2010's Best Tour in New Zealand

  December 23, 2010 – Well, this will certainly feed the legend. Gorillaz staged the best tour of 2010 -- and frontman Damon Albarn got emotional as the jaunt concluded Tuesday night in Auckland, New Zealand. As Albarn and his massive crew, including ex-Clash members Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, Bobby Womack, Little Dragon, and the American Syrian Orchestra, closed out their 48-date world tour in support of Plastic Beach, the ex-Blur singer addressed the a …
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  Gorillaz to Release New Album for Free on Xmas

  December 9, 2010 – Damon Albarn has hinted that a new Gorillaz record was on the horizon — but now there are definitive details of the release, which the band wrote and recorded entirely on an iPad. …
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  WATCH IT: Gorillaz Cover the xx

  November 22, 2010 – Damon Albarn and the Gorillaz stopped by BBC Radio 1 to perform a three-song set, including their new single "Doncamatic" and "On Melancholy Hill." But the highlight of their appearance was a gorgeous, acoustic cover of the xx's "Crystalised." Watch it below. The xx's original was already a spare song, but Albarn and his band manage to strip it back even further, performing the track with nothing more than acoustic guitar, piano, and x …
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  Gorillaz Plan to Release New Album by Christmas

  November 12, 2010 – Gorillaz have spent the past year on the road, but that hasn't stopped frontman Damon Albarn from working on the cartoon group's next record. In an interview with NME (via Gorillaz News), Albarn says he hopes to release a new record before Christmas. "It's a studio album made in hotel rooms across America," he says. Albarn doesn't need a full-blown studio to cut the disc — he's recorded the music on his iPad. …
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  Q&A: Damon Albarn Forms New Band with Flea

  November 2, 2010 – Damon Albarn is a busy man -- and he's only getting busier. He recently released Gorillaz's third album, Plastic Beach, and his all-star band, including members of the Clash and special guests like Lou Reed and Mos Def, are currently touring North America. …
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  Gorillaz, 'Plastic Beach' (Virgin)

  March 1, 2010 – Damon Albarn claims the concept for the third Gorillaz album came to him while watching people and animals forage through a Malian garbage dump. Indeed, most every one of these lazy, hazy burbling bangers evokes the life cycle of human waste (shrink-wrap, microwaves, money). …
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