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Damon Albarn carried off stage + win Blur vinyl & tix to MSG!

Albarn being carried off stage at Roskilde 2015
Damon Albarn Roskilde 2015

Damon Albarn played Denmark’s Roskilde Festival over the weekend (7/4) as part of Africa Express, the project he founded that brings together Western and African musicians. Where most festival sets keep things short and sweet, sticking to the hits, the Blur and Gorillaz frontman — along with Songhoy Blues, Nick Zinner, Jeff Wootton, and Seye Adelekan — played a marathon five-hour (!) set that also featured appearances from Blur’s Graham Coxon, Laura Mvula and more. When the 4 AM curfew hit, Albarn still wasn’t ready to get off stage and launched into a cover of The Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” That question was answered by security who carried him offstage while he was still singing. Video of that, plus Africa Express performing Gorillaz’s “Clint Eastwood” and a song with Coxon/Mvula, below.

Albarn will be in the U.S. with Blur this fall, playing the Hollywood Bowl (10/20) and NYC’s Madison Square Garden (10/23) with opener Courtney Barnett. Tickets to MSG are still available but if you’d like to go for free we’ve got a pair to give away and as a bonus it comes with a vinyl copy of Blur’s The Magic Whip. Entry form is below.