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Musician Damon Albarn called out a confused-looking Graham Norton as he appeared on his famous talk show to promote is upcoming tour with Gorillaz<\/p>\n

09:16, 15 Feb 2026Updated 09:48, 15 Feb 2026<\/p>\n

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Damon had an awkward interaction with the host(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

Damon Albarn<\/a> hit out at talk show host Graham Norton<\/a> during an awkward exchange on the BBC<\/a> show’s latest episode. The Blur frontman, 57, was on the famous sofa this weekend alongside actor’s Adrian Lester, Leo Woodall, Stephen Graham<\/a> and Kaley Cuoco.<\/p>\n

Damon dropped by to promote his band Gorrilaz latest tour. But Damon took time to call out host Graham for not inviting him back to his famous chat show.<\/p>\n

While sipping a drink, Damon bluntly said: “You haven’t invited me back.” Graham was having none of it and said: “Well, you’re here now.”<\/p>\n

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Graham couldn’t remember the incident in question(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

Damon wasn’t willing to let it lie and went on: “I remember the last time I came back and told you in a nightclub\u2026 you remember?”<\/p>\n

“What? I was in a nightclub?” responded Graham. Damon reminded him: “Yeah, I was in a nightclub with you and I was like, “Why am I never on your show?”<\/p>\n

“I have no recollection of that. I must have been… quite drunk,” insisted Graham. Damon retorted: “It must have been one of those nightclubs.”<\/p>\n

“Yes it must have been. How funny. I may have blanked it fro my mind out of awkwardness,” said Graham.<\/p>\n

The Blur man also made a brutal jibe at Tottenham Hotspur during the chat. After Graham explained the Gorrilaz would be playing at the football club’s stadium, The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the singer refused to acknowledge its name.<\/p>\n

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Graham had described the venue as the band’s “biggest ever gig”, but avid Chelsea fan Damon instead labelled it: “A large music venue in north London.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year amid the huge Oasis reunion tour, Damon admitted the band had “won the battle” in the rivalry with Blur. He acknowledged in July that Oasis<\/a> were the ultimate winners of the long-standing Britpop rivalry, claiming their tour had firmly placed them back at the top of the music scene.<\/p>\n

Speaking about Oasis’ epic comeback Damon looked back at the past competitiveness between Oasis and Blur that defined 1990s British music. \u201cWell, it was obvious, wasn\u2019t it?\u201d he said. \u201cI think we can officially say that Oasis won the battle, the war, the campaign, everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on: “They are the winners. They take first place. In the face of such overwhelming evidence, I am happy to accept and concede defeat.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s their summer and God bless them. I hope everyone has a wonderful time but I\u2019m going to be in a very, very different place.”<\/p>\n

Now part of Gorillaz, Damon is looking forward to the gigs ahead. And ahead of the tour, fans are just now clocking the pun<\/a> in the group’s name almost three decades on.<\/p>\n

The virtual band, which was created by Damon and artist Jamie Hewlett, is made up of four fictional members 2-D, Murdoc Niccals, Russel Hobbs, and Noodle.<\/p>\n

One Reddit<\/a> user recently said: “The name of the band Gorillaz is a pun because a group of gorillas is called a band.” But another theorist added: “From what I’ve been told, the name “Gorillaz” comes from a comment Liam Gallagher<\/a> of Oasis made.<\/p>\n

“Damon Albarn, the musical force behind Gorillaz, used to be\/is in another band called Blur, who were a major competitor with Oasis back in the 90s at the peak of Britpop.<\/p>\n

“An interviewer compared the feud to the battle between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in the 60s, and asked Liam whether Oasis were The Beatles or the Stones. Liam responded, ‘We’re the Beatles and the Stones, and [Blur are] the f***ing Monkees.” Albarn apparently named his next group Gorillaz to poke fun at this comment.’.”<\/p>\n

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