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Damon Albarn -
3 months ago
Blur’s ninth album is an ideal mixture of middle-aged regret with swooning pop, a strong career summation• See the other top 50 albums• More on the best music of 2023• More on the best culture of 2023Previous to the release of The Ballad of Darren, D...
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General Info on Blur -
10 months ago
(Parlophone)The first single from upcoming album The Ballad of Darren chugs alongside to a motorik beat, rising to an anthemic chorus that seems to be reflecting on the band’s career pathThere are two sides to Blur’s sporadic reunions. There are the...
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General Info on Blur -
1 year ago
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 few weeks before Christmas, and the planning meetings have just completed...
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Damon Albarn -
1 year ago
Band will headline at the London stadium on eight July for his or her 35th anniversary, supported by Slowthai, Self Esteem and JockstrapBlur have introduced a one-off 2023 present to happen at London’s Wembley stadium on eight July. It is going to be...
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5 years ago
Blur’s guitarist displays on the state of pop music, swearing, and why he’s glad he doesn’t need to wear make-up any extraGraham Coxon enters the studio by means of a thick cloud of vapour. “Banana and yoghurt,” he pronounces cheerfully. I had antici...
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Graham Coxon -
8 years ago
Forward of two tribute live shows this weekend, Blur’s guitarist remembers the nerve-racking experience of meeting certainly one of Britain’s biggest musiciansIt took me some time to completely respect Bert Jansch. Perhaps because I related him with...
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Graham Coxon -
8 years ago
To rejoice a decade of Loud and Quiet journal, they’re throwing an exhibition of stellar rock images. Editor Stuart Stubbs takes us by means of some of his favourite photographs10 Years of Loud & Quiet magazine is at Oslo, Hackney from 23 October...
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Graham Coxon -
8 years ago
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 alternativeHong Kong in July could be a disorientat...
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Graham Coxon -
8 years ago
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 earlier than leaving house in her teenagers to...
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Graham Coxon -
9 years ago
The Blur guitarist is likely one of the contributors to an album of songs related to the good English people singer to be released for Document Retailer Day. Have a pay attention and tell us what you assumeShirley Collins’s standing as one of the gre...
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Graham Coxon -
9 years ago
The former Britpop superstars stunned everyone by saying their first album together for 16 years. Guitarist Graham Coxon explains how it began with an opportunity assembly in Hong Kong …When a big-name pop band gets again together after an extended h...
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Graham Coxon -
9 years ago
The Magic Whip features 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 tracksFans of Britpop pioneers Blur had cause to rejoice on 19 February, bec...
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Graham Coxon -
9 years ago
BBC Radio 2 listeners have picked their favorite riffs in music, with Led Zeppelin’s Entire Lotta Love topping the record. However what of the extra unconventional methods of enjoying? BBC Radio 2 listeners have picked their top riffs from of an inve...