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05-15-2006, 02:04 PM
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DAMON ALBARN has launched an attack on celebrities who try to save the world.
Do-gooders COLDPLAY, RADIOHEAD, BOB GELDOF and BONO all came under fire as GORILLAZ creator Damon started shooting from the lip.
He said: “Radiohead — I’m not going to get into anyone, but bands who care about certain things and then go on one-and-a- half-year stadium tours are just total hypocrites.
“In one sense you’ve got this developing humanist thing that’s coming out of you, which is great.
“Then you’re creating these massive impersonal events where you set yourself up as the subject of thousands of people’s adoration. Where is the humanity in that? That’s just idolatry.”
A year on and Damon is still seething about last year’s Live 8, organised by Bob.
Despite the event raising millions for charity, Damon moaned at the time that there were not enough African groups on stage with the Western performers.
He said: “You can’t question Geldof’s passion. But him and Bono — if you’re so interested and care about Africa, think about the people, see them as a neighbour. Be interested in what they are interested in and don’t impose your own ideas. It’s imperious, it really is.”Damon went to Nigeria and recorded tracks for his first solo album, due out in September. The working title is The Good, The Bad And The Queen.
And he has taken a massive step away from the material he created with BLUR and animation group Gorillaz.
He said: “It is set in a Gothic subconscious world that’s England.”
Damon the goth — whatever next?
Bizarre
DAMON ALBARN has launched an attack on celebrities who try to save the world.
Do-gooders COLDPLAY, RADIOHEAD, BOB GELDOF and BONO all came under fire as GORILLAZ creator Damon started shooting from the lip.
He said: “Radiohead — I’m not going to get into anyone, but bands who care about certain things and then go on one-and-a- half-year stadium tours are just total hypocrites.
“In one sense you’ve got this developing humanist thing that’s coming out of you, which is great.
“Then you’re creating these massive impersonal events where you set yourself up as the subject of thousands of people’s adoration. Where is the humanity in that? That’s just idolatry.”
A year on and Damon is still seething about last year’s Live 8, organised by Bob.
Despite the event raising millions for charity, Damon moaned at the time that there were not enough African groups on stage with the Western performers.
He said: “You can’t question Geldof’s passion. But him and Bono — if you’re so interested and care about Africa, think about the people, see them as a neighbour. Be interested in what they are interested in and don’t impose your own ideas. It’s imperious, it really is.”Damon went to Nigeria and recorded tracks for his first solo album, due out in September. The working title is The Good, The Bad And The Queen.
And he has taken a massive step away from the material he created with BLUR and animation group Gorillaz.
He said: “It is set in a Gothic subconscious world that’s England.”
Damon the goth — whatever next?
Bizarre