Their Britpop rivalry was legendary, but Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn have put their musical differences aside to perform together in aid of a cancer charity.
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All hung up for autumn
Friday 05 October 2012
From swirls of colour to geometric metal patterns, Trish Lorenz unrolls the latest wallpaper trends
Everybody's talking about...Blur 21: The Exhibition
Tuesday 07 August 2012
Londonewcastle Project Space, London
Blur, Maida Vale Studio, London
Charlotte Church, Green Door Store, Brighton
Sunday 05 August 2012
If now's the time to assess Blur's place in the grand scheme, this was a reminder that they were always streets ahead of the monobrows
Blur - It looks like we might have made it to the end
Saturday 28 July 2012
Blur are marking 21 years, and possibly their final days, by re-releasing almost everything they have ever recorded. Andy Gill discovers a host of unheard gems
Falmouth Beach Hotel in Cornwall destroyed by 'massive' fire
Monday 30 April 2012
A Cornwall seafront hotel was destroyed today by a severe fire.
BBC 6 Music, 10th Birthday, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Monday 19 March 2012
Steve Lamacq wiped tears from his eyes before he walked on-stage and recalled the “emotional three months” when it seemed the radio station he works for would never reach its tenth birthday, which was celebrated tonight, as the BBC planned 6 Music’s death.
Last bow for Blur at Brits
Monday 20 February 2012
Blur star Alex James says there is a feeling that the band may be about to take their "last bow", ahead of their reunion at tomorrow night's Brits.
Last bow for Blur at Brit awards?
Monday 20 February 2012
Blur star Alex James says there is a feeling that the band may be about to take their "last bow", ahead of their reunion at tomorrow night's Brits.
Information Commissioner confesses: Motorman case is too big for us to handle
Friday 27 January 2012
Christopher Graham tells Leveson Inquiry that tackling case of private eye Whittamore is 'impractical'
Stand Up and Rock, Hammersmith Apollo, London
Friday 23 December 2011
Comedy and rock n' roll persistently get paired for the comparative superlative “comedy is the new rock n' roll” and tonight they were again bedfellows.
Album: Baxter Dury, Happy Soup (Regal)
Sunday 14 August 2011
The little kid from the front of dad Ian's New Boots And Panties!! is 39 now, and Happy Soup is his third attempt to become something more vital than just another Jakob Dylan.
Agenda: Fashion: Mawi; Harry Lloyd; Spill Festival; Listening to LA; The Killing
Sunday 03 April 2011
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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