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Damon Albarn -
4 months ago
Blur’s ninth album is an ideal combination of middle-aged regret with swooning pop, a strong career summation• See the other top 50 albums• More on the best music of 2023• More on the best culture of 2023Prior to the release of The Ballad of Darren,...
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General Info on Blur -
11 months ago
(Parlophone)The first single from upcoming album The Ballad of Darren chugs alongside to a motorik beat, rising to an anthemic refrain that appears to be reflecting on the band’s profession pathThere are two sides to Blur’s sporadic reunions. There a...
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1 year ago
Drummer, lawyer, composer, politician… Blur’s busiest member on the troubled childhood that influenced his new solo album, Radio Songs, and the band’s summer time reunion gigsA few weeks earlier than Christmas, and the planning meetings have simply c...
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Damon Albarn -
1 year ago
Band will headline on the London stadium on eight July for his or her 35th anniversary, supported by Slowthai, Self Esteem and JockstrapBlur have announced a one-off 2023 present to take place at London’s Wembley stadium on 8 July. It is going to be...
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5 years ago
Blur’s guitarist reflects on the state of pop music, swearing, and why he’s glad he doesn’t should put on makeup any extraGraham Coxon enters the studio by way of a thick cloud of vapour. “Banana and yoghurt,” he pronounces cheerfully. I had anticipa...
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Graham Coxon -
8 years ago
Forward of two tribute live shows this weekend, Blur’s guitarist remembers the nerve-racking experience of meeting one in every of Britain’s biggest musiciansIt took me a while to completely recognize Bert Jansch. Perhaps as a result of I associated...
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Graham Coxon -
8 years ago
To rejoice a decade of Loud and Quiet journal, they’re throwing an exhibition of stellar rock images. Editor Stuart Stubbs takes us by means of a few of his favourite photographs10 Years of Loud & Quiet journal is at Oslo, Hackney from 23 October...
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Graham Coxon -
8 years ago
Again in Hong Kong, the place they recorded their album The Magic Whip, Damon, Graham, Alex and Dave speak about falling out and making up, the state of British pop music and why 90s Britpop was a wasted alternativeHong Kong in July could be a disori...
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Graham Coxon -
8 years ago
The singer-songwriter on the return of Blur, the loneliness in Edward Hopper’s paintings, BBC TV satire W1A and the inspirational environment of LiverpoolSinger-songwriter Thea Gilmore grew up in Oxford before leaving residence in her teens to work i...
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Graham Coxon -
9 years ago
The Blur guitarist is likely one of the contributors to an album of songs related to the good English people singer to be launched for Report Retailer Day. Have a pay attention and tell us what you assumeShirley Collins’s standing as one of the nice...
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Graham Coxon -
9 years ago
The former Britpop superstars stunned everyone by saying their first album collectively for 16 years. Guitarist Graham Coxon explains how it began with an opportunity assembly in Hong Kong …When a big-name pop band gets again together after an extend...
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Graham Coxon -
9 years ago
The Magic Whip options the complete Blur lineup of Albarn, Coxon, Rowntree and James, and fans can have fun with a June gig in London’s Hyde Park10 of the best: Damon Albarn tracksFollowers of Britpop pioneers Blur had cause to have fun on 19 Februar...
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Graham Coxon -
9 years ago
BBC Radio 2 listeners have picked their favourite riffs in music, with Led Zeppelin’s Entire Lotta Love topping the listing. But what of the extra unconventional methods of enjoying? BBC Radio 2 listeners have picked their top riffs from of an invent...