General Info / General Info on Blur - 2 months ago
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 – especially the Sunday evening charts, whose...
General Info / General Info on Blur - 2 years ago
Again in 1994, the sharp-suited quintet might do no improper as report 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 tal...
General Info / General Info on Blur - 2 years ago
‘He needed to get on a practice in Tokyo to see what they have been like. He put on a facemask and did a shiver as a joke. Because of Covid-19, it now seems actually prescient’ Blur toured Japan in 1992 and I went with them for NME. It was the first...
General Info / General Info on Blur - 2 years ago
Guardian readers fill within the blanks in our countdown of the greatest 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 scarc...