Posts Tagged ‘blur’

Alex James has given a progress report on the recording sessions undertaken by Blur while on tour in Asia, declaring them a success.

Workaholic Blur frontman Damon Albarn has revealed his latest musical venture is a new solo album which is being recorded with XL boss Richard Russell.

Damon Albarn has once again teased the possibility of a new Blur album arriving in the not-too-distant future after telling a Hong Kong crowd the band are planning to take advantage of some unexpected down time by visiting a recording studio in Japan this week.

Didn’t take long.

Liam Gallagher has offered his thoughts on the much publicised onstage reconciliation between Noel Gallagher and Blur bandmates Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon over the weekend – and unsurprisingly he’s not been gushing with praise.

Blur will return to Ireland for the first time in four years when they perform a one-off concert in Dublin on August 1st.

Blur have announced another clutch of world tour dates for this year, adding to and already busy period of summer festival appearances.

Warner Music Group has won the rights to EMI’s former sub-label Parlophone, according to a report in the Financial Times.

There’s a British charge at the Coachella Festival this coming April with Blur and The Stone Roses confirmed as headliners for this year’s event.

The Primavera Sound festival has revealed its 2013 line-up, with the returning Postal Service and Blur both set for appearances at the Barcelona event.

Blur and The Stone Roses both trail pop bands Take That and The Spice Girls in a newly published ‘Reunion Rich List’ which calculates how much money the many reformed bands of recent years have earned since 2009.