Category : Graham Coxon

Blur: 'We used to take it in turns to punch each other'

Back in Hong Kong, where 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 opportunityHong Kong in July is usually a disorient...

All in the Downs review – a memorable Shirley Collins celebration

Queen Elizabeth Corridor, LondonAn emotional star-studded tribute to a people legend, with a uncommon appearance by the singer herselfThis emotional live performance featured a exceptional array of celebrities and one people legend, who was celebrati...

Are we out of time? Damon Albarn carried off stage following five-hour set

Blur frontman’s present with Africa Categorical at Roskilde in Denmark lasted until 4am, and was solely stopped once ‘Huge Dave’ intervened Damon Albarn’s appearance at Roskilde music pageant on 4 July ended with an intervention, when the Blur frontm...

On my radar: Thea Gilmore’s cultural highlights

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 house in her teens to work in a...

Blur: The Magic Whip review – friends reunited for a beautiful comeback

Blur’s made-in-Hong-Kong album, their first for 12 years, overflows with pretty songs and touchingly reveals a band now happily reconciledThere are two kinds of band re-formation. The primary is so compellingly simple that the “basic” bands that have...

Graham Coxon, Olivia Chaney, Alasdair Roberts and others: Shirley Inspired review – starry Shirley Collins tribute

(Earth Recordings)Fans of the exceptional English people singer Shirley Collins shall be nicely catered for by this weekend’s Record Store Day: Fledg’ling are rereleasing her gently compelling 1959 EP English Songs in its unique version, whereas 34&...

Graham Coxon: Cruel Mother – hear his musical tribute to Shirley Collins

The Blur guitarist is likely one of the contributors to an album of songs associated with the good English people singer to be launched for Report Store Day. Have a pay attention and let us know what you assumeShirley Collins’s status as one of the g...

Graham Coxon on the Blur reunion: ‘Pop doesn’t have to be a fleeting thing’

The former Britpop superstars stunned everyone by saying their first album together for 16 years. Guitarist Graham Coxon explains how it began with a chance meeting in Hong Kong …When a big-name pop band will get again collectively after an extended...

Blur announce The Magic Whip, their first new album for 12 years

The Magic Whip options the complete Blur lineup of Albarn, Coxon, Rowntree and James, and fans can rejoice with a June gig in London’s Hyde Park10 of the best: Damon Albarn tracksFollowers of Britpop pioneers Blur had purpose to have fun on 19 Februa...

What are the best anti-riffs in rock?

BBC Radio 2 listeners have picked their favourite riffs in music, with Led Zeppelin’s Entire Lotta Love topping the record. But what of the more unconventional methods of enjoying? BBC Radio 2 listeners have picked their top riffs from of an inventor...

Noel Gallagher; Damon Albarn & Graham Coxon – review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe cessation of hostilities, when it came, was virtually poignant – properly, for many who remembered the mid-90s feud between Blur and Oasis, which gave the era's two largest British bands licence to insult each other each...

Example: The Evolution of Man – review

(Ministry of Sound)Judging by the readers' comments, Example gained few buddies in a recent Guardian interview. However the consensus – that the Fulham singer/rapper is an disagreeable hardnut – might be overturned by his fourth album, which is loade...

Reading festival 2012 gets an A* in Having It

Graham Coxon cranked it up, and Kasabian set their phasers to enjoyable, as Studying syndrome set in en masse. Maybe the Remedy's punishing set had something to do with that"They're either celebrating their good outcomes, or they've deserted life due...

Blur release Olympic closing concert as live album

ParkLive is already out there on iTunes, and a deluxe box set is due in November featuring a 60-page ebookBlur have launched a stay album of their Olympic closing live performance. Simply days after the band played Hyde Park in London, a recording of...

Blur: Olympic Closing Ceremony Celebration Concert – in pictures

London's Hyde Park was packed on Sunday night time when Blur headlined a special gig to have fun the top of the Olympics, with help from the Specials and New Order. Was it Blur's last-ever show? Or simply an excuse for probably the greatest knees-ups...