Blur Archives
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
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”
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...
Alex James: No plans for new Blur recordings
BBC News recently reported that the latest summer performances by Blur may mark the end of the band. Blur bassist Alex James comments: “That was what we said we’d do and we did it and it was great. It hasn’t been mentioned, the idea of doing anything else but hey, it was great.” James has also commented on how overwhelming...