December 2002:

• 17/12 - Alex to marry his new girlfriend
• 11/12 - Alex works with Sophie Ellis-Bextor again
• 04/12 - "Don't Bomb..." is demo
• 02/12 - Damon won't discuss Graham's departure from Blur
• 02/12 - NME: "New Blur album will be the last"

November 2002:

• 28/11 - 'Playtime' for Blur as they finish new album
• 24/11 - New Blur single out in Japan in January?
• 20/11 - Stephen Street visits Devon
• 14/11 - More new Blur single details
• 13/11 - "Don't Bomb When You're The Bomb" details
• 13/11 - William Orbit to work with Blur in Devon
• 13/11 - New Blur song played on Radio 1
• 12/11 - Damon to appear on new Massive Attack LP
• 08/11 - Blur post new footage of 'work in progress' on new LP
• 01/11 - Next Gorillaz album recording will begin in autumn 2003

October 2002

• 31/10 - Damon who?
• 25/10 - Blur on verge of completing new LP
• 23/10 - Blur - 'Rumours of our demise have been greatly exaggerated'
• 21/10 - New Blur album sounds like The Clash, says Fatboy Slim
• 18/10 - Blur make short film while in Morocco
• 18/10 - Fatboy Slim speaks about recording with Blur
• 15/10 - Graham no longer regards the rest of Blur as friends
• 13/10 - Alex - 'I'm going to call Graham'
• 11/10 - Graham - 'Blur can carry on without me'
• 04/10 - Graham has left Blur

September 2002:

• 30/09 - Blur love 'poky, grabby hassle' of Morocco
• 27/09 - Blur rule out massive tour for 2003
• 25/09 - Graham plays Supergrass
• 25/09 - Blur and Massive Attack respond to Oasis jibes
• 20/09 - Alex traumatised after two-day flight to Morocco
• 19/09 - Graham hits out at Fatboy Slim
• 18/09 - Oasis back Graham in Blur battle
• 18/09 - Blur and Massive Attack deliver anti-war letter to UK government
• 13/09 - Blur fly to Morocco to finish album
• 13/09 - Dave to stand for election
• 11/09 - Damon refuses to refute 'Graham leaving Blur' rumours
• 07/09 - Official statement on Graham's situation
• 06/09 - Fatboy Slim - 'Graham has left Blur'
• 06/09 - Blur head back to Morocco - this time with Fatboy Slim
• 04/09 - Graham's new single details
• 04/09 - NME: "Blur 'split' mystery deepens"

August 2002:

• 29/08 - Graham denies splitting up rumours
• 29/08 - Graham left Blur?
• 28/08 - Blur travel to Morocco to continue work on new album
• 22/08 - Blur planning to make movie
• 21/08 - Blur approach Chemical Brothers for help on new LP
• 20/08 - Damon speaks out against war in Iraq
• 19/08 - Graham renames his new solo album
• 19/08 - Damon collaborates with Tony Allen
• 06/08 - Damon - 'Blur got away from American guitar sound'
• 02/08 - Watch Blur in studio

July 2002:

• 26/07 - New Blur album to be out in January? (updated)
• 12/07 - Official Blur site gets new design
• 10/07 - "Dig Two Graves" tracklisting revealed
• 01/07 - Alex to attend literary festival

June 2002:

• 20/06 - Graham's new solo album title revealed

May 2002:

• 29/05 - Fatboy Slim axed from Blur album after drunken row with Damon
• 23/05 - Damon to perform in London record store
• 15/05 - Damon's new label to release second album
• 04/05 - Graham finished recording his new solo album

April 2002:

• 25/04 - Damon Mali pics sold to raise money for Oxfam
• 23/04 - Blur to play Chelsea FC's Soccer Six charity fundraiser
• 23/04 - Graham to make surprise London appearance
• 22/04 - Oasis slag off Damon Albarn, again
• 18/04 - Fat Les back in business for World Cup
• 12/04 - New Blur album sounds like 'Can meets Led Zeppelin'
• 05/04 - Graham records his fourth solo album

March 2002:

• 20/03 - Blur scotch rumours new album is almost complete
• 13/03 - Blur hint at title of new single
• 05/03 - Damon admits rest of Blur 'weren't cool' about Gorillaz
• 02/03 - Fatboy Slim still to work with Blur?

February 2002:

• 23/02 - Damon angry over Brits
• 21/02 - Japanese Blur releases cancelled
• 19/02 - New Blur album to be finished in May
• 11/02 - "Kissin' Time" now online
• 03/02 - See Alex James in Marianne Faithfull's new video
• 01/02 - Damon launches 'world music' label

January 2002:

• 30/01 - Blur get ready to go to Mars
• 25/01 - Gorillaz' next single revealed
• 24/01 - Damon to perform at London Barbican
• 17/01 - New Blur album not to be released this summer