
Damon Albarn: “I had to do something to lift me out of these storms"
The icon on his new solo album 'The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows'

Damon Albarn announces new album 'The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows'
“I took some of these realtime, extreme elemental experiences of Iceland and then tried to develop more formal pop songs with that as my source," Albarn tells NME

Damon Albarn signs new deal with Transgressive Records to release second solo album
The label says Damon's "latest solo work is amongst the finest of his career"

Why it's time for a return of the indie beef – in all its messy, undignified glory
there's nothing like a good scrap, eh?

Watch Duran Duran team up with Blur's Graham Coxon for Billboard Awards performance
The two acts performed their collaborative new track 'Invisible'

Tributes paid to former Blur and Duran Duran tour manager Craig Duffy, who has died in a car crash
Duffy died on Friday alongside partner Sue Parmiter

Graham Coxon says he was destined to become an alcoholic: "It was ready and sitting there"
The guitar icon says he started drinking to combat a lifelong struggle with anxiety

Duran Duran to perform with Blur's Graham Coxon at Billboard Music Awards
They'll be performing a new single at the event

God Save the Queen: the best anti-Monarchy songs
Resistance to the Royalty is nothing new in music

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Stephen Street
The legendary producer of Blur, The Smiths and your favourite indie-disco bangers takes on music's toughest quiz – on his own life!