Blur News

Call the Essex County Standard newsdesk with your news on 01206 508272 or e-mail us at ecs.news@nqe.com Mr Hildreth has been musical director of the Colne Valley Youth Orchestra for more than 30 years and is head of performing arts at Colchester's Sixth Form College.

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders has remixed Paul Weller 's comeback single 'That Dangerous Age'. The track is set to be released as a single on March 11 and will also be accompanied by a remix from Ladytron as well as a live version of new track 'Green'. 'That Dangerous Age', which you can hear by scrolling down to the bottom of the page and ... (more)

As Blur reunites to perform at the BRIT Awards later this month, fans are wondering if the band will make a new album anytime soon.

In an interview with the 'Daily Record,' Blur's Graham Coxon mentioned the Britpop group is planning to work on a new album.

London, Feb 11: Mick Jagger and his The Rolling Stones will not perform at a musical concert for the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, a representative of the iconic band said.

Rocketjuice And The Moon , the new project featuring Damon Albarn , Flea and Tony Allen, will release their debut album on March 26.

The Olympics will sign off with a spectacular concert in Hyde Park with the Rolling Stones, Adele and Blur all being courted for a "Best of British" night.

GRAHAM COXON has revealed Blur will soon be working on a new album as they prepare to collect their Outstanding Contribution To Music award at the Brits.

The 'Mama Do The Hump' duo believe the Blur front man is a "genius" and are hoping to bump into him at the BRITs 2012.

Chris Martin and Noel Gallagher will duet at this month's BRIT Awards, with the Coldplay frontman expected to accompany the former Oasis rocker on the piano.

The cartoon band have joined with the Outkast star and former LCD Soundsytem frontman James Murphy for 'DoYaThing', available to fans as a free download from shoe company Converse's website later this month.

Britpop, in its heyday, threw up a number of bands who went on to achieve considerable fame and acclaim - Oasis, Blur and Suede to name but three.

In case you didn't know, Damon Albarn , Flea and Tony Allen are in a band called Rocket Juice and the Moon.

Coxon describes the cut off his upcoming album , A+E, as "improvisations, experiments in beats, rhythms.

As previously reported , Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz fame, Flea and Fela Kuti's drummer Tony Allen have formed an oddly named project called Rocket Juice and the Moon.

The event is taking place at Rockley on Saturday, April 14, and the Blur singer will be supported by last year's headliners Dry The River and a host of other bands and singers.

Thousands of clips of dancing fans will feature in the promo for the first track to be taken from 'A+E' Graham Coxon has launched an appeal to find fans to feature in the video for his new single, 'What'll It Take'. Coxon has posted an instructional video online showing a dancer doing a range of moves and has asked fans to submit footage of their ... (more)

She's been tipped as a Next Big Thing for some time, having generally impressed with the release of an early EP and single , before briefly disappearing from the scene during which, by her own admission, she chose to fell in love with and explore LA.

Producers of the UK's Honeyfest have announced that Blur frontman Damon Albarn will headline this year's event.

Released: Sep 18, 2011 Genre: Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge, Indie Rock, Pop Rock Label: Warner Bros Number Of Tracks: 12 "Money And Celebrity" saw The Subways record in London with producer Stephen Street.