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Damon Albarn’s Father Passes Away At Age 85

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Damon Albarn’s father, Keith Albarn, has died aged 85.

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‘blur To The End’ Trailer Released

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Altitude have released a brand new clip from the highly-anticipated and acclaimed feature-length documentary blur: To The End. The clip shows the iconic British band performing their smash hit ‘Parklife’ alongside Phil Daniels, who discusses the song’s enduring appeal and place in British popular culture.

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Blur Drummer Dave Rowntree Loses Bid To Join UK Parliament

by Paul Cashmere

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has failed to become a member of the UK Parliament.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Blur, Dave Rowntree, rock, UK

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Blur ‘Live At Wembley Stadium’ Album On The Way

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A year on from a momentous weekend of music and joy at Wembley Stadium, blur today announced a new live album titled Live at Wembley Stadium, set for release on 26th July 2024 via Parlophone.

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Blur Have A Full Length Documentary On The Way

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blur today announced details of blur: To The End, a new feature-length documentary in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 19th July 2024.

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Blur Pop Out Two Extra Songs After Album Release

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Blur have unveiled two brand new songs. Blur released their ninth studio album, The Ballad Of Darren, last week. It marked their first LP in eight years.

Tagged as: 90s, Blur, rock, The Ballad of Darren, UK

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Damon and Graham Are George and Andrew

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All four members of Blur (Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree) join Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music 1 to discuss details around their new album ‘The Ballad of Darren’, out now. The band discuss the early days in Soho, their recent Wembley Stadium shows and how Graham and Damon are similar to Wham!. They also share details on recent single ‘St Charles Square’, how they felt about making the new record, the characters that feature on the album and the theme of sadness that comes from Damon’s lyrics.

Tagged as: 80s, Andrew Ridgely, Blur, Damon Albarn, George Michael, pop, UK, Wham

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Damon Albarn Is Working On An Opera

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Damon Albarn is working on an opera. Albarn has revealed he’s putting 1807’s ‘The Magic Flute Part II’ by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the sequel to Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’, to music for the first time.

Tagged as: 90s, Blur, Damon Albarn, Gorillas, rock, UK

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Here is What Blur Played At Their First London Show For 2023

by Paul Cashmere

Blur are back on tour for the first tour since The Magic Whip 2015 tour. ‘The Ballad of Darren’ is focused on the ninth Blur album of the same name, due 21 July 2023.

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Blur Cancel French Festival Headline Show Due To Injury

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Blur have cancelled their headline slot at Festival Beauregard after drummer Dave Rowntree suffered an injury.

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Blur Debut Release Another New Song ‘St Charles Square’

by Paul Cashmere

Blur have released a second preview of their next album ‘The Ballad of Darren’, due 21 July 2023.

Tagged as: 90s, Blur, Britpop, rock, St Charles Square, The Ballad of Darren, The Narcissist, UK

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Damon Albarn Melbourne 2014, photo ros ogorman

Gorillaz Cancel US Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Gorillaz have cancelled their entire US tour before it began citing “scheduling conflicts” as the reason for the no-show.

Tagged as: Blur, Damon Albarn, Electronic, Gorillaz, pop, UK, US tour

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Blur Release First Music In Eight Years ‘The Narcissist’

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Blur will release their first album in 8 years, titled The Ballad of Darren and comprising 10 new tracks, on 21st July on Parlophone. First track ‘The Narcissist’ is out now.

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Paul Weller To Open For Blur At Wembley Stadium

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Paul Weller is supporting Blur at their second Wembley Stadium show.

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Blur To Play Wembley

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Metropolis Music today announce that blur will play a very special show at London’s Wembley Stadium on 8th July next year, their only UK appearance and first headline show since 2015.

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Stevie Nicks ADOTG at Rochford Winery on Saturday 18 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Stevie Nicks Gets A Go In Gorillaz

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Stevie Nicks demanded she be made into an “honorary Gorilla” if she was to feature on their album ‘Cracker Island’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Blur, electronica, Gorillaz, pop, rock, Stevie Nicks, UK, USA

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Gorillaz Debut New Song With Tame Impala

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Gorillaz have released plans for a new studio album titled Cracker Island and premiered a new song ‘New Gold ft. Tame Impala & Bootie Brown’.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Blur, Britpop, Cracker Island, Damon Albarn, electronica, Gorillaz, Kevin Parker, Tame Impala, UK

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Blur’s David Rowntree Releases Debut Solo Single

by Paul Cashmere

Blur’s Dave Rowntree has launched his solo career with his debut single ‘London Bridge’.

Tagged as: 90s, Blur, David Rowntree, rock, UK

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Damon Albarn Is on the Next Flume Album

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Damon Albarn is featured on Flume’s new album.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, Blur, Damon Albarn, EDM, Flume, Gorillaz

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Damon Albarn Apologizes To Taylor Swift After Songwriting Slag-off

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Blur frontman Damon Albarn has apologised to Taylor Swift for claiming she does not write her own songs.

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Taylor Swift Fires Off Foot Stomping Tanty At Damon Albarn Over Songwriting Quip

by Paul Cashmere

Taylor Swift is stomping her feet and banging her fists over comments Damon Albarn made about her songwriting and she does have a point. Albarn’s comments are completely wrong.

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Blur’s David Rowntree To Release Solo Album

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Blur’s Dave Rowntree has signed to an indie label for his debut album.

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Gorillaz To Perform Sydney and Melbourne Shows

by Paul Cashmere

With Australia opening up for 2022 Gorillaz are one of the first international acts to reveal dates for Sydney and Melbourne.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Blur, Damon Albarn, electronica, Gorillaz, rock, Splendour In The Grass, UK

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Damon Albarn’s New Album Title Is Years Old

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Damon Albarn chose his album title “years ago”. Albarn has released his latest solo album, ‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows’ – the follow-up to 2014’s ‘Everyday Robots’ – and explained he had singled out a line from poet John Clare’s ‘Love And Memory’ some time ago with the intention of using it in a musical project one day.

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Blur Have No Intention of Reactivating

by Paul Cashmere

Blur won’t be getting back together anytime soon.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Blur, Britpop, Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, rock, UK

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Damon Albarn Has A New Solo Album Coming

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Damon Albarn will release his second solo album in November. Albarn had originally intended for ‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows’ to be an orchestral piece inspired by the landscapes of Iceland, but during lockdown, the 53-year-old singer returned to the music and reformed them into 11 tracks.

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Alex James Blur perform in Melbourne at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday 28 July 2015.

Alex James Hints A Blur Reunion

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Alex James has hinted Blur could perform at the Big Feastival.

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Elton John Praises Damon Albarn

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Elton John has collaborated with a number of different artists this year but the most important for him was playing piano and lending vocals on ‘The Pink Phantom’ for Gorillaz’ latest project ‘Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez’ because he enjoyed working with the frontman so much.

Tagged as: 70s, 90s, Blur, Damon Albarn, Elton John, Gorillaz, pop, rock, UK

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Damon Albarn Wants To Get Back To Live Music

by Paul Cashmere

Damon Albarn understands that the health crisis is a “medical emergency” but insists it is also an “existential one” too as he urged governments to allow people to play and listen to live music if they wish to.

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Liam Gallagher Rules Out Collaboration With Damon Albarn

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Noel Gallagher was asked by his Twitter followers if he’d be up for teaming up with his former band’s biggest Britpop rivals Blur’s lead singer, but the Gallagher was less than impressed.

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