Gorillaz Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett and Pink Floyd's Nick Mason were among a packed audience of guests last night at EMI Group's Wrights Lane headquarters for Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell's launch of the government's £12m funding programme for high flyers in music and other creative industries.

The Cultural Leadership Programme is aimed at developing tomorrow's leaders. Jowell said, "This country's cultural and creative industries are world leaders in many respects.  But we can do even better, and we need ...