General Info / General Info on Blur - 3 years ago
Blur frontman hits out at authorities and requires music to be thought-about in official plansCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDamon Albarn has hit out at the government, saying its response to the coronavirus pandemic exhibits “no empathy with the humanities in any way”.T...
General Info / General Info on Blur - 3 years ago
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Groupe / Damon Albarn - 3 years ago
(Parlophone)Damon Albarn is the melodic anchor to this pioneering album that balances idea with funThe Now Now (2018) was a type of Gorillaz albums that distributed with the hip hop-led collaborations that have typically defined this band of ink and flesh. Visitors are in full effect, though, on its...
General Info / General Info on Blur - 3 years ago
Back in 1994, the sharp-suited quintet might do no mistaken as document labels fought to sign them. However in-fighting, drug abuse – and knocking a Coke can over on Peter Gabriel’s mixing desk – led to a speedy demiseMenswear are regaling me with tales from once they have been the most well liked n...
Groupe / Damon Albarn - 3 years ago
(Parlophone)Damon Albarn’s cartoon band mark their 20th anniversary with a document whose star friends – Elton John, Robert Smith and St Vincent amongst them – are folded right into a fluent, sensible entireDamon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s Gorillaz project has bought tens of hundreds of thousands of...
General Info / General Info on Blur - 3 years ago
‘He needed to get on a practice in Tokyo to see what they have been like. He placed on a facemask and did a shiver as a joke. Due to Covid-19, it now appears really prescient’ Blur toured Japan in 1992 and I went with them for NME. It was the first time we’d seen Japanese youngsters sporting facemas...
General Info / General Info on Blur - 3 years ago
Added: Two gig tickets from 1990 (thanks Sean W!) Added: Lyrics for Put It Back Together and The Repetition Kills You
Groupe / Damon Albarn - 3 years ago
Unbiased Music awards for artists outdoors main label system additionally honour Moses Boyd, Arlo Parks, Yaeji and AJ TraceyFlying Lotus, FKA twigs and Sarathy Korwar are among the many winners at this yr’s Unbiased Music awards, an occasion recognising artists working outdoors the most important la...
Videos / Blur's Videos - 3 years ago
Videos / Blur's Videos - 3 years ago
General Info / General Info on Blur - 3 years ago
Added: Three new entries to Blur Gigography: - 16 Sep 1995 - Eastbourne Bandstand, Eastbourne, UK - 12 Mar 1997 - MTV's 120 Minutes, New York Metropolis, USA - Oct 2000 (?) - La Primera's Musica si, Spain (thanks Damon Albarn Unofficial!) Added: Lyrics for Damon Albarn's Polaris
General Info / General Info on Blur - 3 years ago
Guardian readers fill in the blanks in our countdown of the best UK No 1s of all time, with entries from Dusty Springfield to Desmond Dekker, Jimi Hendrix to Joe DolceOur ranking of the 100 best No 1 singlesTo make up for the surprising shortage of ballads in the 100, right here’s one of the largest...
Groupe / Damon Albarn - 4 years ago
Masterful drummer and co-creator of Afrobeat, the fusion of funk, jazz and African types that he pioneered with Fela KutiOn 12 and 13 March there were two live shows in the Church of Sound collection at St James the Great Church in Clapton, east London. They have been staged within the spherical, wi...
Groupe / Damon Albarn - 4 years ago
The Nigerian musician was a restless creator who embraced the physicality of drumming and innovated till the top Tony Allen’s 10 best tracksNews report: Afrobeat co-founder Tony Allen dies aged 79Few musicians can claim to have invented a revolutionary rhythm, however then few are fairly just like t...
Groupe / Damon Albarn - 4 years ago
From simmering dancefloor fillers to defiant resistance anthems, we decide one of the best of the legendary drummer’s tracksNews report: Tony Allen, Afrobeat co-founder, dies aged 79Take heed to a playlist of Ammar’s alternatives: Related: Tony Allen, legendary drummer and Afrobeat co-founder, dies...