Sydney Opera House

Damon Albarn's father, Keith Albarn, has died aged 85.

Altitude have released a brand new clip from the highly-anticipated and acclaimed feature-length documentary blur: To The End. The clip shows the iconic British band performing their smash hit ‘Parklife’ alongside Phil Daniels, who discusses the song’s enduring appeal and place in British popular culture.

All four members of Blur (Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree) join Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music 1 to discuss details around their new album ‘The Ballad of Darren’, out now. The band discuss the early days in Soho, their recent Wembley Stadium shows and how Graham and Damon are similar to Wham!. They also share details on recent single ‘St Charles Square’, how they felt about making the new record, the characters that feature on the album and the theme of sadness that comes from Damon’s lyrics.

Damon Albarn is working on an opera. Albarn has revealed he's putting 1807's 'The Magic Flute Part II' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the sequel to Mozart's 'Magic Flute', to music for the first time.

Gorillaz have cancelled their entire US tour before it began citing “scheduling conflicts” as the reason for the no-show.

Paul Weller is supporting Blur at their second Wembley Stadium show.

Gorillaz's Netflix film has been cancelled. Damon Albarn has confirmed the streaming giant has cut the animated movie due to needing to make cutbacks in their "movie offerings".