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Gorillaz have shared details of their first live performances since 2018 with the ‘SONG MACHINE LIVE’ gig series.The virtual band led by Damon Albarn will debut the songs written for the first season of their collaborative online composition series, ‘Song Machine’, in three different time zone broadcasts from December 12-13.‘SONG MACHINE LIVE’ will bring together Gorillaz’ resident animator Jamie Hewlett’s visuals, coupled with live music performed by Albarn, who doubles up as the virtual band’s

Damon Albarn has said he’s up for the prospect of playing more shows with Blur in the future.The Britpop icons last hit the road in support of 2015’s ‘The Magic Whip’ – with their final show coming at Abu Dhabi’s Grand Prix in November 2015.It was followed by a brief reunion last year at Damon Albarn’s Africa Express show in East London, which saw them performing ‘Clover Over Dover’ for the first time, alongside ‘Song 2’ and ‘Tender’.While further gigs are yet to materialise, Albarn told

The Association Of Independent Music’s cleverly re-worked Independent Music Awards took place online last night, with live performances from the likes of Little Simz, AJ Tracey, Vince Clark and Damon Albarn, plus plenty of prize giving.Because, yes, while there were many innovations in play as a result of the awards ceremony having to take place in the virtual world, organisers still nevertheless remembered to hand out some prizes.And those prizes, in case you wondered, were distributed as

Moses Boyd, FKA Twigs, Arlo Parks and Flying Lotus were among the big winners at the AIM Independent Music Awards.

AIM’s Independent Music Awards will take place tonight, the whole event having shifted online because of pesky COVID-19. And, organisers have confirmed, the proceedings will end with a Damon Alban-led tribute to the late great Tony Allen.The Afrobeat drummer, who died in April, will receive a posthumous Outstanding Contribution To Music award during the show.

Gorillaz have released their latest single ‘PAC-MAN’, featuring ScHoolboy Q.It’s the fifth instalment of their ‘Song Machine’ series and was co-produced by Remi Kabaka Jr and Paul Edward Huston, aka Prince Paul.‘PAC-MAN’ is an ode to the retro game of the same name, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in May. The track’s colourful clip shows Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn as 2-D absorbed in the arcade classic, while a neon ScHoolboy Q raps his verse from home.

Gorillaz bring on ScHoolboy Q for a tribute to the classic "PAC-MAN" arcade game for the British virtual band's latest Song Machine addition that premiered Monday (July 20).Gorillaz co-creator and Blur musician Damon Albarn layers his low vocals over the electro-pop beat that fits the tone for his character Stuart "2-D" Pot's addicting nine-hour game.

'Behoove' was debuted on Gilles Peterson’s BBC Radio 6 show this weekend

Billed as "the first time Albarn has ever performed a duet with one of his animated pals"

Damon Albarn has never been the type of musician to get bogged in a creative rut.

He'll play music from new project 'The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows'

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Gorillaz are paying tribute to late Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen with the release of the band's new song "How Far?""The track was written and recorded with Skepta in London just before lockdown and is being shared immediately as a tribute to the spirit of a great man, Tony Allen," Gorillaz said in a statement Saturday (May 2).Allen, a longtime friend and music collaborator of Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, is also featured on the track.

The track is Damon Albarn's most recent collaboration with Allen

Liam Gallagher has threated to 'slap' ex-Oasis manager Alan McGee over allegations he made in new book Don't Look Back in Anger.

The frontman has responded after his brother's quotes resurfaced over the weekend

With contributions from the likes of Damon Albarn, Johnny Marr and Anna Calvi

Gorillaz returned on Thursday (April 9) with the third track in their Song Machine series, the message is spot-on for this socially-distanced age."Aries" features former New Order co-founder/bassist Peter Hook and U.K.

The Blur frontman's new project is inspired by the landscapes of Iceland

"You need to work with people who are kindred spirits."

The band will be joined by a new collaborator every week in Konk Studios.

The Gorillaz kicked off their new Song Machine project on Thursday (Jan.

Gorillaz have returned to music in a characteristically off-beat way: on Tuesday, the Damon Albarn-helmed virtual band shared a new 20-second track called "Song Machine Theme Tune." You can hear it in the clip above via Pitchfork, as well as on all streaming platforms.

It's featured in the first episode of Gorillaz' 'Song Machine' series

https://www.billboard.com/music/gorillazGorillaz appear to have another mystery project on the horizon. The animated band fronted by Blur's Damon Albarn and brought to life by animator Jamie Hewlett have posted a cryptic teaser for something called Gorillaz present Song Machine.

With his 2017 self-titled debut album, Mura Masa — a.k.a. 23-year-old Channel Islands spawn Alex Crossan — was nominated for two Grammys, including Best Dance Album, and later won one for his remix of Haim’s “Walking Away.” Guests on the album ranged from A$AP Rocky and Charli XCX to Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn and Desiigner.

A spectacular slate of musicians including FKA twigs, Syd, D’Angelo, Damon Albarn, and Erykah Badu, are set to appear on a new vinyl-only album by the largely anonymous producer Terry Slingbaum. The three-track album runs approximately 16 minutes, and will only be sold through vinyl pre-orders; per the Slingbaum website, there are no plans for the album to be released digitally or on streaming services.

Mysterious artist Slingbaum has announced his debut album, and it features some high profile guests. D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, FKA twigs, Damon Albarn, and more have contributed to the project.