In the words of another legendary British musician, stop me, stop me, stop me if you've heard this one before...Damon Albarn recently announced while on stage in Hong Kong that Blur will soon be returning to the studio to work on a new record. Let's hope it ends up better than the last time they tried that.

Bobby Womack, who released the superb "comeback" album The Greatest Man In The Universe last year which was produced by Damon Albarn and Richard Russell, has revealed that he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and is in the early stages of the disease.

From The Interview

"The doctor says there are signs of Alzheimer’s, it’s not bad yet but will get worse." he told BBC 6 Music, "How can I not remember songs I wrote? It’s frustrating."

"The most embarrassing thing was when we were getting ready to announce Damon and I can't remember his last name," he continued, "That's so embarrassing."

A video of Damon Albarn playing live at POEM 2012 has surfaced which seems to be him premiering an acoustic version of a new Blur song titled "The Puritan". Hit the replies to watch it.

Hit the replies to check out a selection of performances from this week's Later...with Jools Holland including Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz), St. Vincent and Richard Hawley.

Listen to a brand new Bobby Womack song titled "The Bravest Man In The Universe" in the replies. The track is taken from his forthcoming album of the same name which is released on June 12th via XL Recordings and was co-produced by Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) and Richard Russell.

Damon Albarn recently set the record straight on a previous article that claimed he said there would be no more Blur or Gorillaz.

From The Interview

"No. That comes from an article which was an interesting take on a very long conversation. I don’t know how we’ll feel when we play Hyde Park. [As for Gorillaz] When Jamie Hewlett and I have worked out our differences, I’m sure we’ll make another record. We’ve been through too much together for it to be that big of a mountain to climb. We’ve just fallen out like mates do sometimes. I’m not the only person to fall out with mates and then make up again – everyone does it."

In a recent interview with The Guardian Damon Albarn spoke about how the forthcoming Hyde Park concert should be Blur's last and that the revival of Gorillaz is highly unlikely.

From The Interview

"I find it very easy to record with Graham (Coxon)," Albarn said. "He's a daily musician. With the other two, it's harder for them to reconnect … It's fine when we play live: it's really magical still. But actually recording new stuff, and swapping musical influences … it's quite difficult."

Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon debuted a brand new Blur song at tonight's War Child gig in London, England. Head over to Consequence Of Sound to stream a live recording of the song titled, "Under The Westway."

Update: Watch a performance of this song from the same gig here.

Damon Albarn, James Murphy and Andre 3000 will be collaborating for a Converse "Three Artists, One Song" song called "DoYaThing" that will be available on Converse.com on February 23rd.

Watch Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) perform a new song called "Apple Carts" live on British television here. The song is taken from his forthcoming opera titled, Doctor Dee.

The Black Ghosts have released their new video for their single "Repetition Kills You," which you can watch in the replies. The song features guest vocals by Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz). Their debut album is out July 8th.