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Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn – born on March 23, 1968, in Whitechapel, England – rose to fame in the 1990s as front man with Blur. Known as one of the leaders of the Britpop movement, he went on to forge a fascinating parallel career experimenting in other adventurous areas including world music, dance, musicals, and opera. The son of Keith Albarn, manager of jazz fusion group Soft Machine, he was born in East London and grew up in the Essex town of Colchester, learning to play guitar and violin. He studied drama before forming his first band Two's A Crowd, while other early Albarn outfits inclu...