Blur frontman Damon Albarn has written a song inspired by the Sydney siege in December, and it will appear on the band's upcoming album.
Albarn was in Sydney at the time of the hostage situation in the Lindt Cafe in Martin Place and was due to perform a solo show at the Opera House that night.
The show was cancelled as the venue was shut down and evacuated as part of the emergency operation in the city.
Albarn performed two shows the following night to make up for the missed-out performance, and revealed he spent the night of the siege watching the events unfold from his hotel room.
"I actually finished the lyric after having come back from Australia and I was there the day that they had the hostage situation in the chocolate shop, which was an extraordinary thing to witness because I was staying in a hotel where I could literally see what was going on outside and watch it on television," Albarn told British music bible NME.
