Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon spoke to Jo Whiley backstage at the Brit Awards.

Listen to the interview here:

Graham has been in the studio with the modfather Paul Weller and the results are available to download from iTunes now!

Talking about the collaboration, Graham said “As a long time admirer of Paul I never dared imagine getting a chance to work with him so I was bricking it when we first met…but he is an absolute gent and a shockingly great singer and musician. It’s been a total pleasure.” Paul returned the compliment saying “I’ve always been a big fan of Graham’s and love his work, so it was exciting for me to work on something new with him.”

Lead track “This Old Town” is a Coxon/Weller collaboration. There are also two B sides: “Each New Morning” is a Graham Coxon composition, while “Black River” was written by Paul Weller.

The limited edition 7” vinyl is available on July 30th, on Regal Recordings.

You can see Graham and Paul perform “This Old Town” live on the Jonathan Ross show on BBC1 this Friday night! (6^th July ’07)

Edit: Added video of Jonathan Ross performance.

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Via www.blurcentral.co.uk

(from this week’s NME, cover date: 3 March 2007) Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon look closer to revealing plans to work together again, after NME confronted the Britpop legends.

Last week (February 17), Coxon declared he’d been thinking about a Blur reunion, so when we were given a chance to talk to Albarn about The Good, The Bad & The Queen this week, we couldn’t help but enquire about his old band.

With a single and more live dates planned for GBQ, along with an ‘opera’ and new anti-nuclear weapons website, Albarn has plenty on his plate, but we still sneaked in a Blur question. Here’s what he had to say…

Read the full interview over at www.blurcentral.co.uk

Graham Coxon released the double A side single “What Ya Gonna Do Now? / Bloody Annoying” on 23rd October.

The single is available on 7inch vinyl and digital download only. Download it now from iTunes or 7 Digital now.

Graham has announced a UK tour for October to add to the previously announced show at the London Astoria. Full tour details are:

October

14 Isle of Man Villa Marina
16 Aberdeen Moshulo
17 Dundee Fat Sams
18 Sheffield Leadmill
20 Preston 53 Degrees
22 Exeter University Lemon Grove
23 Cardiff Coal Exchange
24 Bournemouth Opera House

25 London Astoria

Support on all dates comes from London band Switches, with The White Russians also playing at the London show.

Tickets are available now from the credit card hotline on 0871 2200 260 and online at www.gigsandtours.com

If you can’t wait til October you can catch Graham at the following Summer festivals:

July 8 Rise: London United Festival, Finsbury Park, London
London’s biggest free music festival! For more info go to www.london.gov.uk/rise

July 14 Birmingham Custard Factory Volvic Kerrang! Fest
Tickets only available by listening to Kerrang! radio. More info at www.kerrangradio.co.uk

August 5 Unleashed Music Festival Watergate Bay, Nr Newquay , Cornwall
Europe’s largest surf and skateboarding event & arguably one of the most beautiful settings for a UK rock concert! Tickets cost £25 each night or £45 for a weekend pass. Go to www.ticketweb.co.uk 08700 600 100 and search for Rip Curl.
Tickets £25 per night or £45 for the weekend. More info at www.ripcurlboardmasters.com

August 18 Secret Garden Party near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
The “best small festival of 2005″ – guaranteed free of corporate sponsors.
Weekend tickets £90, more info at www.secretgardenparty.com

August 27 Getloaded in the Park, Clapham Common, London
Tickets £30. www.getloadedinthepark.com

September 2 Electric Picnic Festival, Dublin
Weekend tickets £175. www.electricpicnic.ie

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