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"Spectacular misfires", lost Britpop battles", and understanding Damon Albarn's politics: Does nuance always come second?
As Mogwai play Galway and other Irish centres, the band's singer talks artistic freedom, Britpop, and his favourite Irish ...
Damon Albarn has “conceded defeat” to Oasis in light of the Manchester band’s huge reunion shows. Albarn’s band Blur had a ...
Damon Albarn has revealed he's been "incredibly busy making music" – and said the “new Gorillaz record is in four languages”.
More than three decades on from the release of their first album Definitely Maybe, which made Britpop the soundtrack of a ...
He’s done metal, now indie comedy star and occultist Andrew O’Neill is taking on another of their favourite genres, from The Stooges to Pussy Riot, Amebix to X-Ray Spex in a venue that’s no stranger ...
As luck would have it, he has just completed a play called The Battle which tells the story of the race to number one between Oasis and Blur in the summer of 1995. “I started writing it before the ...
Damon Albarn has admitted Oasis won their long-standing Britpop rivalry, as the band’s 2025 reunion tour draws incredible ...
Blur's Damon Albarn has said he's "happy to accept and concede defeat" to Oasis in the eternal Britpop rivalry in light of ...
Oasis are kicking off their second night at Manchester 's Heaton Park today (July 12) after their first sold-out show ...
Dozens of ticketless Oasis fans attempted to climb the walls at the band's recent homecoming show in Manchester.
Blur's Damon Albarn says that Oasis "won the battle, the war, the campaign, everything" back in their mutual genre's heyday of the 90s.