Damon Albarn has written a new song especially for Sunday’s (28 Oct 2007) “Plague Songs” event being held at London’s Barbican centre.

Acts performing at the event include Imogen Heap, Kenny Anderson (King Creosote), Rufus Wainwright and many more. The show is being curated by David Coulter who was the musical director on Monkey: Journey To The West.

It is still to be confirmed whether Damon will actually perform at the event. For more info and tickets, visit the Barbican website.

Via blur.co.uk

Damon Albarn won the Q Inspiration Award at the Q Awards held in London. The award was presented to Damon by Zane Lowe and Kano. View Damon’s acceptance speech here.

Other winners this year include Paul McCartney, Ian Brown and Kylie Minogue. Tony Wilson was awarded the Q Hero.

The full list of winners can be found at the Q Awards website.

Blur have no current plans to record together again, despite confirmed reports of a full band meeting earlier this month.Damon Albarn, Alex James and Dave Rowntree are understood to have held a reunion lunch last week, with estranged guitarist Graham Coxon.

The group have now released a statement confirming the appointment but denying that it will lead to new music from the definitive line-up.

It reads: “In light of recent press speculation, blur.co.uk would like to confirm that Alex, Damon, Dave and Graham met for an enjoyable lunch on Monday, but there are currently no other music plans for Blur.”

The last Blur album, 2003’s “Think Tank“, was the first not to feature Coxon, who left during sessions for the album, choosing to pursue his solo career.

via Yahoo! Music