Blur frontman and Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn is now "making public what's been going on a little bit privately." Blur has officially let bygones be bygones and will reunite with a July 3rd concert in London's Hyde Park. The 90s Britpop band has not recorded an album since 2003's Think Tank, most memorable for the departure of lead guitarist Graham Coxon, who left during the making of the...
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Blur drummer and Labour supporter Dave Rowntree will stand for the party at the next general election.The 43-year-old was selected last week to fight the seat of Cities of London and Westminster, currently held by Conservative Member of Parliament Mark Field.Last year, the musician failed in his first bid for political office, coming third in a London council by-election.??Rowntree is a keen ac...
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All four members of Blur reunited this week (October 1) for the first time in several years after an extended hiatus, the band have announced.In early 2002, Blur temporarily broke their hiatus to record a song that would be played for the European Space Agency's Mars Lander, however, the plan fell through when the lander was lost.The group's site issued the following on their website, after mee...
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You know how Britpop act Blur called it quits, and how both Damon Albon's and Graham Coxon's ego were preventing any future reunion? Well, according to the British paper The Sun Blur are heading back to the studio to record what might be one last final Blur album.Since the band's split Albon has found success with Gorillaz and The Good, The Bad and The Queen, and after finishing up his tour wit...
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This is a pretty disappointing week. Not much to rave about.Elvis Presley - From Elvis in MemphisOwl City - Ocean EyesAshley Tisdale - Guilty PleasureRiverside - Anno Domini High DefinitionKristina DeBarge - ExposedRick Braun - All it TakesGeorge Thorogood & the Destroyers - The Dirty DozenFabolous - Loso's WayBand of Skulls - Baby Darling Doll Face HoneyBlur - Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Bl...
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With both acts about deliver career defining collections, Blur and Neil Young have released video trailers to promote the releases. Released on June 12th, Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide To Blur, includes 25 tracks spanning the band’s career of seven studio albums. The Neil Young Archives Vol 1 meanwhile is a far more ambitious project, a…
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NME revealed today that Blur would be reuniting to play a gig at London's Hyde Park on July 3, 2009. Here's a link to a video of the band explaining their reunion: http://www.nme.com/news/blur/41538 "In the clip, bassist Alex... Click above to continue
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Some videos of yesterday's show. How scary does that crowd look? It's a like tsunami of people. [Youtube]
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Oh, it's an emotional roller coaster. In a recent interview, Graham had this to say about the prospects of a new Blur album:"I'm up for it, doing another one - it would be a really interesting thing to do. I don't want it to be like 'Modern Life Is Rubbish' or nostalgic b******s. I want it to be a development. There's nothing saying there's a great big 'No'. My gut feeling is, 'Why not?' Since...
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Blur are leading the nominations for this year's UK Festival Awards.They are the only act to be nominated twice in the Best headliner category, for their shows at Glastonbury and T in the Park. Also, Blur's track Tender is.....more here.
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Traffic problems heading into the Glastonbury site on Wednesday (June 23) were the worst seen in years.A number of incidents on the roads in Somerset yesterday conspired to make the journey for many festival goers a misery.One listener on Steve Lamacq's Radio 2 show last night texted in to say he had travelled just five miles in three hours on the roads leading up to the festival site at Worthy...
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Glastonbury Festival organisers Emily and Michael Eavis say picking headliners for the legendary festival is a mixture of chaos and finding artists prepared to play on the cheap.With fees being offered at roughly a tenth of big artists' usual live rate Michael Eavis says that, "the bottom line is that we take what's on offer, really."Click here for full story.Click here for latest weather for ...
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O.K. so who to believe? Graham or Damon?Graham told XFM:"We're talking about doing some more shows abroad... I'm not sure how much I can say about that, but we're definitely talking about it."XFM is interpreting this as shows in Europe...I'm thinking "abroad" could mean the U.S as well!Photo and source [XFM]
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It's here! The first of two epic Hyde Park shows is tonight. I'll be keeping a running ticker of the latest news coming from Park Lane.To start with, perennial source for soundbites, the NME.Blur to put 'heart and soul' into tonight's (Jul 2,3) Hyde Park(life) gigs [NME]Blur Braced For Start Of London Hyde Park Residency...It gets under way tonight [Festival Wise]Watch the announcement video a...
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Blur is to release live albums of its shows at London's Hyde Park, which take place on July 2 and 3.Each of the performances, which are part of the Essex band's reunion tour that included a headline set at the Glastonbury Festival, will be available as both a double CD or via MP3.Click here for more.
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