Blur
Damon Albarn felt "lost" while writing Blur's new album. The 55-year-old musician wrote 'The Ballad Of Darren' while touring with Gorillaz last year, and he admits that it was a difficult process. Speaking to BBC Radio 6 Music, Damon - who shot to stardom as the lead singer of Blur in the 90s - explained: "There was a lot on my mind. But it's OK being lost. It's OK being sad. "There's a panic that's bestowed on these emotions that I don't think is very helpful. "Sometimes, if you're lost, it's exciting because you're in a place where you could discover something new. I think it helps [in] writ...
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Damon Albarn "found it difficult" to cope with his Britpop success. The 55-year-old star enjoyed huge success as part of Blur during the Britpop era in the 1990s - when British bands dominated the musical landscape - and Damon admits that he struggled to cope with the pressures of fame. He told the 'Rise And Fall Of Britpop' podcast: "I had a sort of a strange episode when I was walking under the A12. Suddenly it looks like everything you've ever dreamed of is going to come true and I had a real ... call it a panic attack or something like that. "That reverberated for many years really. It was...
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Damon Albarn “blew out” his gold tooth with his “exuberant” performance on Sunday (21.05.23). The Blur frontman was treating fans at the group’s warm-up gig at Eastbourne’s Winter Garden to a rare outing of ‘Coping’ – which was taken from their 1993 album ‘Modern Life Is Rubbish’ and last performed live by the band in 2003 – when his energetic vocals led to a dental mishap. After the song, he told the crowd: “The gold tooth… It’s a transitory thing. During the second chorus, I blew it out with my exuberance “And it fell on the floor, it’s come back to me but it no longer has its gold on it. I ...
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Graham Coxon felt like he “didn’t deserve” to have a good time after shooting to fame with Blur. The 53-year-old guitarist rose to prominence with the Britpop band in the 1990s but he struggled with anxiety and alcohol addiction and admits he just didn’t enjoy life as a chart-topping musician despite all his bandmates seeming to have a good time. He told The Idler magazine: “I get annoyed with myself because it could have been fun if I’d allowed myself to have fun. The thing is, you don’t really know what you’re signing up to … “I just didn’t allow myself to have fun. Maybe I felt like I didn’...
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Robbie Williams tells Damon Albarn to "get a few ribs removed and give yourself a nosh" after his criticism of Taylor Swift. The 'Angels' hitmaker - who has five of his seven chart topping singles to date and collaborated with Guy Chambers for much of his solo career - has addressed comments the Blur star made earlier this year when he claimed "Taylor Swift doesn’t write her own songs". Asked about the remarks, Robbie told NME: "I think that when people say that, what they’re actually doing is having a w*** about themselves. It’s true! "You know, it’s like, why don’t you cut the middle man out...
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Liam Gallagher thinks Queen Elizabeth is "like a little Jedi". The 'Everything's Electric' hitmaker is a fan of the 95-year-old monarch and compared her to the mystical knights of protection from the 'Star Wars' franchise. He said: “I like the Queen. I think she’s like a little Jedi. She’s alright, man.” However, if Liam was given a knighthood or other honour by the head of state, it is unlikely he would accept because he doesn't want to go to Buckingham Palace and "bend down". Asked if he'd accept an honour, he told NME: “Unless they delivered it to my f***ing door through the letterbox, like...
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Lauren Jauregui thinks female artists are asked to "provide constant proof" of their talent. The 25-year-old singer - who shot to fame as part of Fifth Harmony - bemoaned the perceived injustice after Damon Albarn accused Taylor Swift of not writing her own songs. Lauren wrote on Twitter: "How you can fix your mouth to say Taylor Swift doesn’t write her own songs is beyond me lol women have to literally provide constant proof of how incredible we are for m** to act like they know (sic)" The Blur star sparked controversy earlier this month when he claimed that Taylor, 32, gets other people to w...
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Damon Albarn has apologised to Taylor Swift "unreservedly and unconditionally". The Blur frontman incurred the wrath of the 'Lover' hitmaker by downplaying her songwriting ability in a recent interview, but after she called him out for his remarks, the 53-year-old singer insisted he never wanted to "discredit" her and suggested his comments had been sensationalised to attract attention Taylor retweeted a Los Angeles Times interview about Damon's interview which read: "Albarn also spills his thoughts on some of today's chart-topping music artists. "Billie Eilish? "I think she’s exceptional." "T...
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Taylor Swift has rubbished Damon Albarn's "damaging" accusation that she doesn't write her own songs. The Grammy-winning star has taken to Twitter to hit back at the 53-year-old musician, who claimed in a recent interview that Taylor, 32, gets other people to write her chart-topping hits. Damon initially said: "She doesn’t write her own songs. Co-writing is very different to writing. I’m not hating on anybody, I’m just saying there’s a big difference between a songwriter and a songwriter who co-writes." Damon also revealed that he prefers Billie Eilish's music to Taylor's work. He told the Los...
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Liam Gallagher is among the performers confirmed to perform at the 2022 BRIT Awards with Mastercard. The annual music awards ceremony returns to London's The O2 arena on February 8, and the former Oasis frontman, 'Say So' hitmaker and 'Bad Habits' singer are among the big names set to take to the stage. Attendees are no doubt in for a raucous night with Liam on the bill. The 49-year-old rocker is set to give the debut performance of his new single, 'Everything's Electric', from his upcoming third solo album, 'C'mon You Know'. He tweeted: "Im gonna be preforming my new single Everything’s Elect...
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