Damon Albarn News

Damon Albarn isn't looking back after reuniting with Blur for a wildly successful reunion tour over the summer.

From Gorillaz, the animated, toothy-grinned band partly conceived by Blur frontman Damon Albarn, listeners have come to expect a fusion of reggae, trip-hop and even Latin music.

Damon Albarn insists he doesn't want to reform Blur again and hasn't even thought about the group since the end of their reunion tour this summer.

Sinfonia Viva is currently commissioning a series of short pieces from ten different composers .

Gorillaz' next album has a title. Damon Albarn revealed his cartoon band alter-ego's next album will be called Plastic Bleach in an interview with The Guardian .

English publication, The Guardian , has recently named English singer-songwriter and record producer Damon Albarn "Multi-Tasker of the Decade". Albarn's latest accomplishments include a new Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach , nearly finished.

From working with Malian musicians to scoring an opera, the former Blur singer has emerged as a true pop renaissance man Music is his radar ... Damon Albarn performing with Blur at Glastonbury 2009.

Two years ago Damon Albarn told NME that Gorillaz wouldn't make any more pop records .

Observer Music Monthly's Paul Morley takes an alternative view of the noughties, looking back over the decade with Damon Albarn; discussing making it, or losing it, with Badly Drawn Boy, who performs two songs that bookend his decade; meeting his 'men of the decade' Keiran Hebden of Four Tet and Matthew Herbert; plus two performances from Susanna ...

He co-founded pop's best cartoon band and a global supergroup, penned a Chinese opera, and reunited with Blur.

You know them as the fathers of trip-hop, your mom knows them as those nice men who wrote the theme song for House: Massive Attack are back with a new album in February, nearly seven years since their last LP, 100th Window .

Massive Attack have revealed their their upcoming album will be named Heligoland and will be released on February 8. The album will feature guest vocals from Elbow frontman Guy Garvey , Damon Albarn and Hope Sandoval .

Massive Attack have revealed that their forthcoming new album, which features guest vocals from Damon Albarn and Elbow 's Guy Garvey , will be released on February 8 and named 'Heligoland' . The album also features appearances from Martina Topley-Bird and Hope Sandoval .

Blur , Glastonbury and Kings Of Leon were the big winners at this year's UK Festival Awards .

It turns out Lily Allen and Damon Albarn are your favourite Festival Fitties. The hot duo were voted tops by 3am readers and got their awards as part of the UK Festival Award at last night's ceremony.

Blur's appearance on the last night of the Glastonbury festival has been named the best headline performance of 2009 at this year's UK Festival awards.

From the Guardian:For the follow-up to Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's... Topless Robot Worth the Trouble A little appreciation for the pomegranate.

The London Evening Standard today launches the third edition of The 1000. The magazine celebrates the 1000 people who are doing most to shape and change London.

Alan Moore, the comic book writer responsible for Watchmen and V For Vendetta, says he's writing lyrics for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's next opera.

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have recruited comic book writer Alan Moore for their next joint project.