On the recent Blur documentary film No Distance Left To Run, Damon Albarn casually claims that he “invented Britpop”. It sometimes seems he’s spent the last decade apologising for this.

The background image used for the invite is identical to the Gorillaz's latest album cover, Plastic Beach. The event is due to be held in London next Wednesday at the same time Microsoft holds a ...

"I got a chance to work with Mark E Smith. He was on the Gorillaz album ‘Plastic Beach’. I was never sure he was into doing it, but then he used to send me Christmas cards, which was really sweet.