Albarn to direct 2012 Olympics ceremony?

Damon Albarn is reportedly being considered as a candidate to direct the London Olympics' opening ceremony in 2012.

According to NME, the Blur frontman has already met with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games for preliminary discussions about the role.

An appointment is expected to be announced early next year. However, a Locog spokesperson refused to be drawn on the possibility of the musician's appointment, saying: "It is complete speculation and we are still months away from making appointments."

Although plans are already under way for the event, the UK Olympics is apparently unlikely to boast the resources used for Beijing's celebrations last year.

"I doubt we will have 20,000 people doing things in unison in our opening ceremony," Paul Deighton, chief executive of Locog said. "That's just fine. That's the beauty of contrast."