Murdoc from Damon Albarn's cartoon band Gorillaz has uploaded a broadcast on his official Soundcloud to announce that he will be revealing the title of a Gorillaz collaboration track, with shoe brand Converse on February 9th 2012 - 1 day away!
Listen to the broadcast below:
Apparently the new Gorillaz Converse single will be featuring Andre 3000 from Outkast, an American Hip Hip duo fro Georgia, USA.
Murdoc tweeted a picture a few days ago, which was briefly leaked by Converse on their site (but it's gone now) that showed a picture drawing that was identical to Andre 3000's outfit for a November photoshoot in GQ 2011 (click here to view).
Looks like Gorillaz fans out there wil be getting a smashing hip-hop style/ rap single, perhaps sounding like Clint Eastwood or Feel Good Inc !
You heard it here on BlurBalls, the most up to date fan site for all things related to Blur, Gorillaz and the band members. Read past news on this Converse/Gorillaz track HERE and HERE.
February 8, 2012
Gorillaz will reveal Converse Single title on Feb 9th 2012
February 7, 2012
Fans can appear on Graham Coxon's new video for A+E - Feb 2012
Graham Coxon's newest solo album (due out on 2nd April 2012) will produce a single called "What'll It Take". Graham Coxon is also involving fans (yes, you read that right!) in the video making and has started a competition on youtube about this once in a lifetime opportunity for you to take part in his music video.
What we report below is quoted from the video description from Graham's youtube channel.
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GRAHAM WANTS YOU TO BE IN THE VIDEO FOR HIS NEXT SINGLE "WHAT'LL IT TAKE' FROM HIS NEW ALBUM 'A+E'.
If you're up for being in the video check out the video and follow the instructions.
Just use any camera, whether it's on you phone, a webcam, or a proper camera. Whatever you have is good for us, and don't worry if you're no good at filming, we want it all!*
THE PRIZE:
In addition to appearing in the video, Graham's 10 favourite entries will win a signed copy of the new album 'A+E' and the ultimate favourite will win two tickets to one of the shows on the tour.
Enter here: http://www.grahamcoxon.co.uk/whatllittake
SUBSCRIBE NOW!
February 4, 2012
Damon Albarn to play in Honeyfest event 2012
A nice article from NME on Damon Albarn's gigs in 2012:
Blur's Damon Albarn will headline this year's Honeyfest, playing a set which will consist of songs from his opera Doctor Dee.
The opera originally ran in Manchester earlier this summer as part of the Manchester International Festival and received considerable praise from critics. Its plot details the life of 16th century scientist John Dee.
The show featured Albarn singing 10 songs from a position a third level above the stage and he will perform the songs, along with some of the musicians who performed in the show, at Honeyfest which takes place on April 14 in Tumuli Field in Marlborough, Wiltshire.Also confirmed to appear at the event are BBC Sound Of 2012 nominees Dry The River, Rae Morris, Nick Harper, Cut A Shine and Kidnap Alice
Doctor Dee is also set to be performed at London's Coliseum during this summer. The opera will open at the UK capital venue on June 25 and will then be performed on June 26, 28, 29, July 4, 6 and 7. All the performances begin at 7.30pm, with a matinee performance also booked for July 7 at 2.30pm.
For more information about Honeyfest, visit Honeyfestuk.com.
February 2, 2012
Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon to play together at Brits preview show 2012
GIG NEWS: Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon are going to appear together and perform in the pre-Brit Award show, the War Child's Brits Show 2012.
The event will take place on February 19th, at London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Arena. Damon and Graham has been billed as "special guests" for the show, and this may be the day they announce official plans for a new album, or a new set of songs and tell us what they are doing with William Orbit on board.
The news of the performance was announced on Blur's official facebook page and a nice poster was included in the exciting post.
Allgigs writes:
Blur's Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon will team up for a very exclusive and acoustic double-act presentation of Blur and solo works, with future hopefuls Dry the River providing support.
Other groups performing will include Dry the River and Ed Sheeran.
Tickets, costing £40 will go on sale on Thursday Feb 2nd 2012, at 9am GMT here, in O2's website. All profits will go towards charity War Child.
Let us know if you are going by dropping us a line here or in our facebook page.