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 previous

Is it my imagination or has the music business comeback… made a comeback? Blur have announced a one-off Wembley stadium show for July 2023 and Pulp are touring subsequent summer time. Pulp are reuniting for a second time and Blur final played a full UK set at Hyde Park in 2015.

In fact, my first thought, as an inexpensive individual, was: is there any method of stopping this, can we call in mediators? I’ll do it in the event you give me a megaphone and a modest charge. My considering was: perhaps they might still be talked out of collaborating in this naff and historically most dreaded of music business ritual humiliations: the comeback, reunion, name it what you'll.

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