DAMON: I RECORDED ALBUM ON MY iPAD

Gadget lover ... Damon Albarn

By TIM NIXON and CARL STROUD

GORILLAZ mastermind DAMON ALBARN has recorded the band's new album on an iPad.

The singer, 42, hopes the material will become the first collection to be entirely created on the Apple gadget.

The BLUR singer laid down tracks during breaks on the road with the chart-topping band.

He said: "I hope I'll be making the first record on an iPad. I fell in love with my iPad as soon as I got it so I've made a completely different kind of record."

Damon is the latest artist to use computer giant Apple's devices.

Last month New York band ATOMIC TOM shot to prominence after they were filmed performing their single Take Me Out on a Manhattan subway train using only their iPhones for instruments.

The iPad allows users to surf the web, watch high-definition movies and send emails.