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• Met Graham Coxon, the lead guitarist of Blur, at school when he was 12.
• Was a tea boy at the Beat Factory studio after leaving acting school after the first year.
• His band Blur formed in 1989, and continued till 2003; the band reunited in 2009.
• He created the virtual band Gorillaz in 1998.
• Got an honorary Master of Arts degree from the University of East London in 2006.
• Is a vegetarian.
• Appointed an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2016 New Year Honours.