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New Fan Site - Blurballs
17-Jan-12
A nice new Blur web site that is kept up to date regularly can be found here... www.blurballs.com
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.blurballs.com/...
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN: Gig celebrating 40 years of Greenpeace
20-Oct-11
For the first time since 2008, Damon Albarn, Tony Allen, Paul Simonon and Simon Tong will come together for a show, a special one-off The Good, The Bad and The Queen gig at London's Coronet, New Kent Road on Thursday 10th November, 2011, celebrating 40 years of Greenpeace and the arrival of the new Rainbow Warrior III in London.
"We've always supported Greenpeace and their amazing work. It should be a great night, we're really looking forward to it." Paul Simonon
John Sauven, Executive Director of Greenpeace added "I can't think of a better way to celebrate our 40th Anniversary than with The Good, the Bad and the Queen. What makes it really special is that this show will coincide with the arrival of Greenpeace's brand new Rainbow Warrior to its new mooring on the Thames."
The Good The Bad And The Queen debuted with a show at The Roundhouse, London in October 2006, with an eponymous album released by Honest Jon's/Parlophone the following January, which garnered wide spread acclaim and was described by The Times as "..a tear inducing, beautiful record". A string of dates followed, including a farewell show to the Hammersmith Palais and an outdoor performance overlooking the River Thames at the Tower of London.
Greenpeace is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. What began as small group of campaigners sailing into a US nuclear testing sight in 1971 to try and halt nuclear proliferation, has 40 years later expanded into a environmental organisation with over 3 million supporters world wide that is leading the fight against global warming, the exploitation of areas in the Arctic for oil and the destruction of the rainforests in South East Asia and Latin America.
Tickets are available from this Friday 7th October at 9am from the usual outlets and on 0844 249 1000 / 0844 811 0051 / 020 7734 8932 / 0844 844 0444 / coronettheatre.co.uk / gigsandtours.com / ticketline.co.uk
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http://www.thegoodthebadandthequeen.com/...
Offical Gorillaz News
11-Jun-10
Gorillaz headline Friday night at Glastonbury on June 25th. This will be broadcast on BBC2 and BBC4. Experience the new Gorillaz album 'Escape to Plastic Beach' on the Plastic Beach tour. For more information about all of the Escape to Plastic Beach tour dates, including how to book tickets for shows in the UK, Ireland, Italy and Germany visit the tour pages of Gorillaz.com.
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE "On Melancholy Hill" the new video from Gorillaz
The latest single from Gorillaz will be available on iTunes from June 15th 2010 - find it at iTunes.com/Gorillaz
If you've not seen all the fantastic videos in the Plastic Beach story - you can find them on YouTube.
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.blur.co.uk...
The Britpop Story
11-Jun-10
Friday 11 June, 9:15pm - 9:45pm, BBC4
The musical line-up on BBC4 continues with an unlikely transition from hot-blooded Italian opera (La bohème at 7.30pm) to tongue-in-cheek indie. The Britpop Story (9.15pm), first shown in 2005, looks back at those heady days when virtually any English-accented guitar group could have a hit. Suddenly, it was cool to be British, even cooler to be working class, and fresh-faced Prime Minister Tony Blair felt compelled to invite Oasis to tea. In No Distance Left to Run, after a ten-year hiatus, a middle-aged Blur forget their quarrels and get in shape for their 2009 reunion tour (9.45pm). Their triumphant comeback performance at Glastonbury, featuring a choked-up Damon Albarn, follows at 11.30pm.
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=10&channelId=47&programmeId=116780613&jspLocation=/j...
New Blur Single Fool's Day is available from www.blur.co.uk
18-Apr-10
Blur's new song Fool's Day recorded especially for Record Store Day has sold out on limited edition 7 inch vinyl record. Fool's Day was available across the UK at independent music retailers participating in Record Store Day. 1000 7 inch vinyl copies were pressed.
Blur's manager Chris Morrison has said it is important that the song was made available to fans legally. "To avoid fans having to illegally obtain an inferior copy of this track from pirate sites - we have made it freely available through the band's website".
Fool's Day is available from www.blur.co.uk at midnight this evening, Saturday April 17, 2010.
Recorded in London earlier this month, Fool's Day is the first song 4 members of Blur have recorded together since Battery In Your Leg from the album Think Tank (2003).
Click the source link below for the full story.
blurfanclub.co.uk...
NME - Exclusive interview with Graham Coxon
28-Jul-09
In this weeks issue of NME (released 1st August) we have an exclusive interview with Graham Coxon talking about the possibility of recording a new album with Blur.
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.nme.com...
Live CDs from Hyde Park
20-Jul-09
You can now buy the live Hyde Park gig CDs here;
http://blur.sandbag.uk.com/Store/DisplayItems-1-0-0.html
Also blur.co.uk has a good new forum, long gone are the days of the blurtalk board!
http://forums.blur.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=9&sid=3da31add50eca97493fede7a1910f6b1
Click the source link below for the full story.
blur.co.uk...
Lots to catch up on (from blur fan club)
2-Apr-09
Firstly, support acts have been announced for the Manchester date as The
Klaxons and Florence & The Machine.
Secondly, there are some UK Graham shows on sale for May. They are:
3 May Norwich Arts Centre
4 May Brighton Digital
6 May Tunbridge Wells The Forum
7 May Hertford Marquee
12 May Cambridge Soul Tree
15 May Wolverhampton Civic Hall Bar
Thirdly, the Gorillaz documentary, Bananaz, gets a DVD release on 1 June
with an on-line premiere on 20 April. There is now an official site
counting down to those events - http://www.bananazfilm.com/
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.blurfanclub.co.uk...
Blur perform together on stage for the first time in 9 years
26-Feb-09
Awful qality but its something to wet the appetite! Thanks to BFC
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovm3_UjISiQ...
Blur, Manchester MEN, June 26. (News from blurfanclub.co.uk)
10-Feb-09
In the lead up to the Hyde Park and Festival appearances this year, Blur
will play the Manchester MEN Arena on Friday June 26.
Tickets go on general sale from Friday 13 February from 9am.
Booking lines are: 0844 847 8000; 0871 2200 260 and 0844 826 2826
Also available from www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.blurfanclub.co.uk...
Blur booked to play 'T in the Park' and 'Oxegen'
8-Feb-09
The latest on the blur comeback trail....
TEXT FROM OXYGEN: Blur, one of the most important bands of the past twenty years are set to play OXEGEN 2009 ….a tremendous coup for the festival and fantastic news for music fans! This one and only appearance in Ireland this year will be a welcome return for these superstars who burst onto the scene more than a decade ago and who have not played live since 2003. This will be an extremely rare opportunity to catch the band that shaped a generation and is one not to be missed!
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.oxegen.ie/2008/node/483...
Damon presenting the Zane Lowe show on Radio 1 (News from blurfanclub.co.uk)
9-Jan-09
Damon will be presenting Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show on Wednesday of next week:
There are unconfirmed reports that Damon will use the opportunity to showcase some as yet unreleased material.
Also, there is a BBC4 programme on Suzi Winstanley, Damon's partner, at 10pm on 2 Feb. I'm unsure if the programme features Damon, but promises to be an interesting documentary on her work as a wildlife artist.
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/takeover_2009.shtml...
Alex backstage at Hyde Park (News from blurfanclub.co.uk)
17-Dec-08
The Independent newspaper, for which Alex writes, is holding it's annual
charity auction. One of the lots is 2 tickets and a meeting with Alex backstage at Hyde Park. To bid, visit the ebay listing:
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.blurfanclub.co.uk/...
Alex's cheeses available to purchase (News from blurfanclub.co.uk)
17-Dec-08
Paxton & Whitfield have Alex's cheeses available to purchase mail order:
Blue Monday, his New Order inspired soft blue cheese, Fairleigh Wallop,
Alex's 2nd Goats cheese, Little Wallop - the original goats cheese available
in the New Brits gift pack, and all three, along with chutney and crackers
in an extravagant gift pack for the more affluent. Go here to purchase or just drool.
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk/index.php...
Blur Tickets and Interviews on Absolute Radio
11-Dec-08
Absolute Radio have a pre-sale happening for their Hyde Park gig, it commences at 9am Thursday and tickets will be available from http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/tickets
They have a top 10 chart which is going out tonight between 11pm and 12 midnight, as voted for by Absolute Radio listeners. The vote results will be published shortly.
They have 4 live session tracks from a few years ago on the site too, here's a link: http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/artists/blur/article/3541.html
And last but by no means least, Damon and Graham popped in Tuesday night and Alex James the other day, they have both interviews and some photos here:
http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/artists/blur/article/3550.html
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/tickets...
Damon and Graham were on Zane Lowe's Radio 1
10-Dec-08
Thanks to Martin at Blur Fan Club for the news;
Go to I-Player and listen again:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio/bbc_radio_one?page=2
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio/bbc_radio_one?page=2...
Blur Reunion - NME Cover Strory!
9-Dec-08
In this week's NME... (08/12/08)
In this week's special issue of NME, dated December 10, we put the Blur rumours to bed for the final time and confirm in a world exclusive interview that Blur are definitely back.
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.nme.com/magazine...
Blur will play a live show in Hyde Park in summer 2009
9-Dec-08
Thanks to Martin at Blur Fan Club for the news;
Graham Coxon will join Alex James, Dave Rowntree and Damon Albarn onstage
for this first time since their Royal Festival Hall performance in 2000.
The concert will take place at London’s Hyde Park on Friday 3rd July 2009.
Tickets will be on general sale from 9am Friday 12th December 2008 at
www.livenation.co.uk. All tickets are £45.00, are limited to six per person,
and subject to a booking fee. Promoters recommend fans purchase tickets from
official outlets only.
Blur.co.uk page has been updated with video of the band.
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.blur.co.uk...
Damon Albarn: 'Blur are reforming for rehearsals'
25-Nov-08
All four band members will reunite in 2009, says singer.
Damon Albarn has confirmed that Blur will be reuniting next year.
The singer revealed his old band, including guitarist Graham Coxon, will be working together. Albarn made the comments just before a special one-off performance of his opera 'Monkey: Journey To The West' at the BBC Radio Theatre in London this afternoon (November 25).
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.nme.com/news/blur/41282...
Quotes from Damon
20-Nov-08
"The truth be known Graham and I have been hanging out together a bit. We had lunch the other day," Damon Albarn told BBC Newsbeat. "He's great, it's fantastic to get my old friend back."
And it appears Albarn may get his old band back too: "It's very possible I'll go back to Blur," he said, "it really is very possible."
Click the source link below for the full story.
http://www.spin.com/articles/blur-reunion-very-possible...
