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Gorillaz review – after 25 years, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s cartoon band are still riveting and relevant

Dressed like a vicar, Albarn leads his band – joined by a choir, a string quartet, De La Soul and more – in renewing Demon Days’ downbeat drama

The Guardian - UK

Damon Albarn puts Gorillaz falsetto down to 'drugs'

Damon Albarn is convinced he only hit the high notes on the first Gorillaz album because of the "drugs" he was taking at the time - admitting he was a "much more irresponsible human being" when he was making the band's self-titled 2001 debut record.

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Gorillaz: Demon Days at the Copper Box Arena review – the ultimate in fan service

4/5 Laden with bangers and packed with guest appearances, this was a performance for the history books

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Gorillaz joined by special guests as they play Demon Days album in full

The band are playing four shows at the Copper Box Arena on east London’s Olympic Park.

Evening Standard

Gorillaz kick off run of four London shows with debut album in full

It was the first time the band had performed at their House Of Kong venue in the Copper Box Arena at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Evening Standard

“Can someone fill me in pls. Cause I actually don’t know who this is?” Some Fortnite players have never heard of Gorillaz

Others think they’re a “late 90s band”

MusicRadar

Gorillaz – House of Kong review: Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's exhibition is magical, musical alchemy

5/5 A quarter of a century on, Albarn and Hewlett are still legions ahead of the pack

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“We’re playing the first album, the second album, the third album and then the fourth one is... a mystery”: Gorillaz set to preview new music at upcoming Copper Box gig

Gigs and new exhibition celebrate 25 years of multimedia project

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Bastille and Damon Albarn among artists announced for Brian Eno’s Palestine gig

The event will take place at the OVO Arena Wembley next month.

Evening Standard

Damon Albarn and Paloma Faith among artists playing Brian Eno’s Palestine fundraising concert

Event at London’s OVO Wembley Arena aims to raise vital funds for humanitarian relief in stricken Gaza

The Independent UK

Lineup announced for Palestine benefit concert at Wembley Arena, helmed by Brian Eno

Artists including Damon Albarn, Paloma Faith, Sampha and Jamie xx to perform alongside Palestinian artists at Together for Palestine on 17 September

The Guardian - UK

"What a sad human being." Regardless of who won the Blur versus Oasis 'Battle Of Britpop' in the '90s, one musical superstar says that Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn are both awful people

They may have been bitter rivals at a point, but Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn were united in their dislike of one of their peers

Louder

Damon Albarn says Oasis won the war, but here’s 10 songs that prove the Battle Of Britpop sent the Blur man in a more daring direction and changed the course of his career

From Gorillaz to Africa Express to ambient experimentalism and punk-meets-Afrobeat supergroups, the Blur singer has done it all.

Louder

“I’ve been incredibly busy making music... I suppose I’m going to have to share some of it soon”: Damon Albarn teases a new Gorillaz album "in four languages"

Plus he shares his thoughts on the Bob Vylan furore

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“I am happy to accept and concede defeat”: Damon Albarn just admitted that Oasis won

“It’s their summer and God bless them. I hope everyone has a wonderful time but I’m going to be in a very, very different place.”

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Damon Albarn: Oasis won the battle and the war

Blur frontman Damon Albarn has "conceded defeat" to former Britpop rivals Oasis.

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“It’s a circle of freaks and I don’t want to be involved”: How the Oasis vs Blur chart battle marked Britpop's cultural peak, and the beginning of its end

1995’s chart battle between Oasis and Blur cemented the two bands as Britpop’s warring kings, but creatively, the movement was unravelling

The Guardian - UK

What would British culture be like if Oasis had never existed?

Would Britpop have happened? Would bands still dream as big? As Oasis prepare for their return gig on Friday, it’s worth asking what their cultural impact has been

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Oasis UK tour: The best Britpop fashion of the era

As the countdown begins for one of the biggest reunion tours ever, here’s a look back at some of the iconic fashion.

Euronews

House Of Kong: Gorillaz to celebrate 25th anniversary with immersive exhibition and concert series

“Somewhere between order and chaos...” Celebrated British virtual band Gorillaz are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year with four special live dates and a new immersive exhibition in London, titled House Of Kong.

The Guardian - UK

Britpop battle between Blur and Oasis revisited in ‘punchy’ new comedy

John Niven’s debut play explores rivalry between the two British bands who vied for the No 1 spot in the charts in 1995

Guitar World

“What they do harkens back to classic rock and real musicianship”: Amadou Bagayoko, singer and Malian guitar great, dies at 70

Half of the enormously successful duo Amadou & Mariam, Bagayoko developed a powerful guitar style that blended classic rock influences with more traditional West African sounds, jammed with David Gilmour, and collaborated with Damon Albarn

The Guardian - UK

Amadou Bagayoko obituary

Malian singer-songwrier and guitarist who had international success in a duo with his wife Mariam

The Guardian - UK

DJ Koze: Music Can Hear Us review – party-starting nostalgist is as playful as ever

Appealingly rough around the edges, the Hamburg DJ’s fourth album voyages from a Damon Albarn amapiano track to harsh 90s drum’n’bass

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Damon Albarn reveals plans for new Gorillaz album this year

Damon Albarn has revealed he will release a new album with Gorillaz later this year.

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