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In an interview in todays Guardian, Damon Albarn effectively announced the end of Blur and his successful pop project Gorillaz. Blur’s gig in Hyde Park this summer – as part of the London Olympics closing ceremony – was described by Albarn as probably their final ever gig together. When pressed on the issue, the singer […]
Back when the Noel-curated line-up for this years Teenage Cancer Trust shows was announced, it was suggested the former Oasis man could share a stage with his one time Britpop enemies Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon – and that’s exactly what happened at the Royal Albert Hall last night. Watch the fan-shot video of Noel, […]
With Biffy Clyro and Eminem already in the bag as headliners, and notable acts like Foals, System Of A Down, Deftones, Alt-J, Jake Bugg and Fall Out Boy confirmed, this years Reading and Leeds Festival is looking pretty decent. There’s just one thing missing – that all important final headliner. The final headliner will be […]
Damon Albarn has spoken of his desire to turn Blur’s 1995 album The Great Escape into a musical. The ever-busy Albarn, who along with Blur is also the front-man of Gorillaz and The Good The Bad and The Queen and is involved in several African music projects and has so far written and performed two […]
It’s nigh on impossible to keep up with Blur these days. Every interview any of them have ever done since their reunion has been pretty vague and evasive about their future plans, and they seemed happy to let everyone think their recent show in Hyde Park was the ‘final ever Blur gig’. Yet while all […]
In case you missed yesterdays live Twitter broadcast, the videos of Blur performing their two new songs ‘Under The Westway’ and ‘The Puritan’ have been posted online – and you can watch them both below: ‘Under The Westway’, in particular, sounds awesome now the bare bones on the live demo that surfaced a few weeks […]
The Danish singer and songwriter, “Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted Andersen” who is known professionally by her stage name, “MØ” has teamed up with the American band, “Foster The People”. They shared a new remix version of the MØ’s previously released song, “Blur” which was co written by MØ with “Mark Foster”, “STINT”, “BONN” and “Albin Nedler”. The original […]
The rumours going around over the past few months have been all about whether the Rolling Stones and Daft Punk would be playing this years Coachella festival. Turns out those rumours were wrong, but worry not – the line-up that was announced today is amazing! Highlights of the line-up – which will play two weekends […]
The Noel Gallagher-curated line-up for the 2013 series of Teenage Cancer Trust gigs has been announced today – with a few surprises mixed in with some more obvious acts. The most surprising inclusion on the line-up is Noel’s former Blur ‘enemies’ Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon, who will be playing on the same night as […]
Blur have released a video of them performing recent single ‘Under The Westway’ during their huge Hyde Park show in the summer. The video will feature on their upcoming live DVD boxset release Parklive, which is out on 3 December. Here’s the video: Parklive will be available either as a double CD or DVD of […]