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Blur Returns with “The Ballad of Darren”
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Blur Returns with “The Ballad of Darren”

Blur has returned with their first album in eight years. “The Ballad of Darren” came about after the band was offered to play at Wembley Stadium. After getting together again, they unexpectedly put together a full album’s worth of new material.

Blur Returns With First Studio Album in a Dozen Years
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Blur Returns With First Studio Album in a Dozen Years

Blur has released its first album in 16 years as a four-piece outfit and its first studio record since 2003 for the three-piece version of the British band. The Magic Whip features bassist, farmer and farming columnist Alex James, drummer Dave Rowntree, vocalist Damon Albarn and guitarist Graham Coxon. The music for the album began life while the band was...

Blur Releases “Parklive”
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Blur Releases “Parklive”

Blur released its Parklive collection December 3, a two disc set and companion DVD capturing their Hyde Park performance at the close of the London 2012 Olympics. Parklive will come with a 60 page book featuring exclusive photos from the summer’s gigs.  Originally released for download just 24 hours after the Hyde Park show, the current release includes not only...

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Bad Lieutenant formed with Blur Bassist

The band New Order officially finished with the loss of bassist Peter Hook last year, but the remaining band-mates singer-guitarist Bernard Sumner, drummer Stephen Morris and guitarist Phil Cunningham, have found their sound with the addition of Blur bassist Alex James. The buzz is that the band has already completed an album due for release in October.