“We only had three things to say in our first interviews: we’re great, we’re not an ‘indie’ band, and don’t judge us now, judge us in four years’ time,” Damon Albarn told British culture guide The ...
Before the Britpop revolution fully took hold, Blur was just another band of underdogs aiming to marry insightful cultural commentary with music that was just as stylistically diverse. That all ...
Blur performed an intimate concert for BBC Radio 2 yesterday at the New Broadcasting House in London. The 13-song performance is available in full to listen to on the BBC website and the British ...
Originally released as a single during the summer of 1994, “Parklife” confirmed Blur becoming one of the most influential bands in the Brit-pop genre. Blur was created amidst the rising popularity of ...
In 1988, three students at London’s Goldsmiths College, singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, and bassist Alex James, formed a band with drummer Dave Rowntree. Initially performing as Seymour, ...
The band’s dark fourth album ‘The Great Escape’ brought the clash with Oasis to a head – and unleashed friction among the ...
The group first broke up in 2003 but got back together in 2009. It's not clear why the band is taking a break, but the "Parklife" singer told a... Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur says the band is ...
Blur are reportedly planning a major music comeback with a huge gig in London. The Britpop legends are said to have been "privately masterminding" their return over the last year and they are hoping ...
Blur's third album Parklife was one of the best and most defining albums of the emerging Britpop scene when released in 1994. Spawning four hit singles in the U.K., it was also the first of five #1 ...
Damon Albarn (born March 23, 1968) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and producer, best known as the frontman of Blur and the co-creator of the virtual band Gorillaz. With a career spanning ...