General news

[ma.r.ty]

Graham Coxon: Honest Playlist
The Guardian, 17 Mar 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/ ... t-playlist

[ma.r.ty]

Blur's Graham Coxon 'has no idea' if they will perform again
Daily Gazette
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/249 ... l-perform/

[ma.r.ty]

Damon Albarn teases new Gorillaz album for 2025
NME 27 Mar 2025
https://www.nme.com/news/music/damon-al ... 25-3849887

[ma.r.ty]

Étienne de Crécy teams up with Damon Albarn for new song "Rising Soul"
Stereogum 12 Mar 2025
https://www.stereogum.com/2300091/etien ... arn/music/

[ma.r.ty]

Damon Albarn Readies New Opera The Magic Flute II: La Malédiction
Stereogum 19 Mar 2025
https://www.stereogum.com/2301028/damon ... tion/news/

[ma.r.ty]

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree's ex-wife left staggering sum in will before ending her life in Dignitas clinic
London Evening Standard 27 Mar 2025
https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/blur ... 19310.html

[101reykjavik]

Thanks for the updates Marty.

I'm looking forward to seeing what Damon does with the opera. I have recently been listening to the Dr Dee album again. I loved the opera back in 2012 (eek, can't believe it was so long ago...) but hadn't properly listened the the music for years. My five year old has recently been requesting the 'Tudor World' music in the car after we spent some time in Stratford-upon-Avon. There really is some very beautiful music on Dr Dee. So let's see how The Magic Flute goes.

Gorillaz – we will see. I have struggled with the output for a long time. Maybe I'm just getting old and Damon is just cooler than me , but everything after Plastic Beach has felt pretty patchy and less up my street – and PB was a loooong time ago now. Been the odd song, but it has never excited me like, say, Demon Days did. But then DD was exceptional so maybe I'm expecting too much. I have barely played Cracker Island. I should really give it more of a chance some time.