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Blur review – glorious reunion buzzes with energy and ragged joy

Wembley Stadium, LondonThe enduring friendship between Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree shines via in a set that veers from lairy capers to bittersweet balladsHas anybody ever been extra excited to headline Wembley Stadium tha...

On my radar: Graham Coxon’s cultural highlights

The musician from Blur and the Waeve on the magic of Spain’s Alhambra, chip butties and his love of jazz biographiesGraham Coxon was born in West Germany in 1969 and raised in Derby and later Essex. He studied high quality artwork at Goldsmiths, quit...

The 22 greatest Glastonbury performances ever, from Beyoncé to Paul McCartney

Ahead of the pageant’s return to Worthy Farm, Mark Beaumont picks a few of Glastonbury’s biggest ever music moments

Blur’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

As they return with their first new music since 2015, we fee the most effective of a band who ponder heartache, London, fame and extra – and used Britpop to contemplate BritishnessThe problem with Blur’s fourth album The Nice Escape could be that it...

Blur: The Narcissist review – a band finally at ease with themselves

(Parlophone)The first single from upcoming album The Ballad of Darren chugs along to a motorik beat, rising to an anthemic chorus that appears to be reflecting on the band’s career pathThere are two sides to Blur’s sporadic reunions. There are the re...

Irish president pays tribute to The Script guitarist Mark Sheehan

Mark Sheehan, guitarist for Irish pop band The Script, has died after a quick sickness.

Blur’s Dave Rowntree: ‘I still wake at 3am thinking I’ve frittered my life away’

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 couple of weeks earlier than Christmas, and the planning conferences have...

Terry Hall death: Damon Albarn posts touching piano tribute to The Specials

‘Terry, you meant the world to me. I really like you,’ wrote the Blur frontman

Graham Coxon: ‘Music has always been there for me’

The Blur guitarist, 53, on his addictive character, making music as you age and being a Britpop bratI was a brat throughout Britpop. There was so much to rail towards. However I ought to have been more grateful for my luck and taken care of myself be...

How did Seven Nation Army become a terrace anthem – and what links it to Blur and Bernie Sanders?

From arty indie bands to US election knockouts, we be a part of the dots around some of the enduring stadium singalongsDuh duh duh dah duh duh … The lads’s football World Cup is beneath method and you’ll doubtless have heard fans chanting the riff fr...

World Cup goal celebration songs – ranked!

Fifa has decreed each nation ought to have a unique music pumped into the stadium once they score. So which staff has the perfect anthem to robot dance to and which expects their strikers to have fun to a flute solo?Does it matter what music is playe...

‘It was part of the fabric of life’: readers on 70 years of the UK singles chart

From the Tuesday No 1 divulge to Sunday’s Prime 20 rundown, from Blur v Oasis to the glory days of Christmas No 1s: Guardian readers share their relationship with the chartsI grew up listening to Radio 1 – particularly the Sunday evening charts, whos...

On the road again... how band reunions can be a victory lap for their generation | Barbara Ellen

I as soon as would have sneered at Pulp and Blur reuniting, but perhaps it’s their means of reclaiming the previousIs it my imagination or has the music business comeback… made a comeback? Blur have announced a one-off Wembley stadium show for July 2...

Blur at Wembley 2023: How to get tickets

‘We actually love enjoying these songs and thought it’s about time we did it once more,’ stated Damon Albarn

From Blur to big beat! Photographing the 90s and beyond – in pictures

That includes Frankie Knuckles, Geri Halliwell and Goldie, a brand new e-book focuses on the icons and pioneers of the 90s and 00s music scene Continue reading...