And right now, Damon Albarn is doing it better than just about anyone else.
This year's other highlights include an opera by Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn.
In the past, European acts including Robert Plant, Manu Chao and Damon Albarn have performed at the festival.
Former Britpop rivals Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn have buried the hatchet and performed together at a charity concert.
British musician Damon Albarn likes to dabble in a number of different styles.
John Peel's honour was accepted by his wife, Sheila, after an introduction from Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn.
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An audience of songwriters, record company executives and pop stars included Damon Albarn, Sophie Ellis Bextor and Rolf Harris.
Punchdrunk will return after creating the acclaimed theatrical experience It Felt Like A Kiss with Damon Albarn at the last festival.
Actress Cate Blanchett, Blur's Damon Albarn and artist David Hockney are among the celebrities whose involvement was announced earlier this week.
The band was created by Blur frontman Damon Albarn, and the line-up usually appear as cartoons on a screen when playing live.
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Gorillaz, the animated band fronted by Blur frontman Damon Albarn, took home one of the public choice awards for best video for their track Stylo.
The first BBC Electric Proms was held two years ago when Damon Albarn and Paul Simonon's The Good, The Bad and The Queen played their debut live show.
Damon Albarn, frontman of Gorillaz and Blur, leads the charge.
At the 2009 festival, he staged It Felt Like A Kiss, an immersive theatrical experience with Punchdrunk and singer Damon Albarn that took over a disused five-storey office block.
Justine Frischmann had been in Suede and in a relationship with singer Brett Anderson - but left both to form her own group, Elastica, and get together with Blur frontman Damon Albarn.
Last year, he earned acclaim for his first album of new material for 18 years, The Bravest Man In The Universe, which was produced by Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn and XL Records founder Richard Russell.
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