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Blur bassist Alex James: ‘I’m so happy for Oasis. Liam is an incredible singer, and he can’t help being a rock star’

The musician on struggling to fit into his Britpop pants, his ambition to make giant Frazzle, and the football song that keeps him fed

The Guardian - UK

Alex James has already spent Blur reunion money

Blur star Alex James has confessed he's already spent all of the money he earned from the band's recent reunion - revealing he brought in enough cash to convert a barn on his farm into an annexe.

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Blur’s Alex James recalls ‘car crash’ meeting with bandmates before reunion tour

‘I’ve sort of blocked it out,’ said guitarist

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“Damon Albarn was like a living ATM. You’d press a button and a hook would come out of him”: how the Blur frontman altered the course of his career by forming Gorillaz

Diving into the beginnings of Gorillaz, Damon Albarn’s virtual pop side-project that became even bigger than Blur

Louder

Scottish rockstar blasts Blur bassist for hanging out with David Cameron

FRONTMAN for Scottish rock band Primal Scream Bobby Gillespie has hit out at Blur bassist Alex James over a picture he took alongside ex-Tory Prime…

The National (Scotland)

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie hits out at Blur’s Alex James for ‘hanging out with David Cameron’

‘That’s obviously social climbing going on there, right?’ he said, adding, ‘I don’t mean it like that’

The Independent UK

NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #251 (Saturday, November 9 2024)

We help you find today's Strands answers with some useful hints and tips to win.

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Blur drummer says UK law on assisted dying is ‘psychopathic’

Dave Rowntree speaks out about his ex-wife’s choice to take her life at Dignitas in Switzerland

The Guardian - UK

‘Julian Cope told me: you’re unemployable in the real world’: David Wrench, the Welsh studio wizard behind pop’s A-list

Wrench has mixed music for Frank Ocean, FKA twigs, Blur and dozens more – all drawn to what have been called ‘the finest ears ever’. He explains how he went from the dole to the big time

The Guardian - UK

A moment that changed me: I first heard Oasis at 14 – and they gave me the swagger to come out

Definitely Maybe spoke to me as a working-class Glasgow teenager and gave me hope. Be Here Now brought it all crashing down

The Guardian - UK

‘We were banging our heads against a wall – the wall won’: the genius pop and tragic demise of Boys Wonder

They swaggered into the late 1980s, a potent brew of punk, glam and classic rock. But they went nowhere, then had to watch as their recipe conquered the charts. Now they’ve returned – so are they looking back in anger?

The Guardian - UK

A Look Back At Oasis’ Legacy Because Their Supersonic Rise To Fame Is One For The Books

It’s been a legacy 30 years in the making.

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Oasis ‘set to be supported by Richard Ashcroft and Cast on reunion tour’

In another rumour about the final line-up of the group’s warm-ups acts, it’s been reported Oasis are set to be supported by Richard Ashcroft and Cast on their reunion tour.

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SNL enrages UK viewers with ‘cringe’ Oasis sketch that’s ‘agony to watch’

‘Never knew Oasis were secretly from London,’ one person wrote

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'It's good for fans': Blur guitarist Graham Coxon is thrilled about the Oasis reunion

Blur guitarist Graham Coxon has expressed his delight that the band's old rivals Oasis will be reuniting after Noel and Liam Gallagher ended years of feuding.

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Blossoms are ready and waiting for Oasis support slot

Blossoms do not know yet whether or not they will be supporting Oasis on the band's reunion tour next year but are desperate for a place on the bill and are confident they would "smash it".

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Oasis announce Australian dates for 2025 world tour

Oasis have confirmed two Australian gigs for their 2025 world tour.

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Oasis immediately sell out North American tour dates

Oasis' first international tour dates for their eagerly-awaited reunion sold out in just an hour.

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Digital Camera World

Take a look at the iconic winners of the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards 2024

Winners at Abbey Road Music Photography Awards include images of Blur, Darren Styles, and Billy Harper

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Liam Gallagher teases Richard Ashcroft, Blur and Manic Street Preachers as Oasis support acts

In a chat on X, Liam Gallagher has teased Oasis fans about the prospect of Richard Ashcroft, Blur and the Manic Street Preachers supporting the band at their reunion gigs.

Louder

The Anchoress announces new Versions: Encore vinyl EP

The Anchoress covers Joy Division, Blur and more on new vinyl covers EP out today

Digital Camera World

Take a look at the iconic winners of the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards 2024

Winners at Abbey Road Music Photography Awards include images of Blur, Darren Styles, and Billy Harper

Louder

Watch 'The Battle of Britpop' play out on a football pitch, as Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher squares up to Blur's Damon Albarn in this resurrected archive footage

Revisiting one of the world's truly iconic sporting encounters, as elite athletes Liam Gallagher and Damon Albarn faced off in a kickabout in an East London stadium

Evening Standard

Oasis tickets: What other indie bands could go on tour in Britpop renaissance?

Never say never....

Louder

“A comedy with teeth.”1995's Blur vs Oasis 'Battle of Britpop' to be dramatised in a new play staged in London next year

Novelist (and former British record industry A&R man) John Niven is writing The Battle, about the rivalry between Blur and Oasis

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