Damon Albarn Eyes New Gorillaz Album for 2016 — rollingstone.com

Damon Albarn spent much of 2014 touring in support of his first proper solo album Everyday Robots. Next up for the prolific singer: Reigniting two of his most well-known side projects. In a new interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Albarn revealed that he has his sights set on 2016 to release a new Gorillaz album, the animated band's first disc since their 2011 iPad-recorded LP The Fall. In addition to the continued adventures of Murdoc and 2D, Albarn is eager to get back into the studio with the Good, the Bad & the Queen, his dub-inflected supergroup co-starring the Clash's Paul Simonon, the Verve's Simon Tong and drummer Tony Allen. According to Albarn, the songs for the follow-up to that band's 2007 self-titled debut have already been written, he just needs to find time to record them.

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