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Blur: The Ballad of Darren review – mature melancholia spiked with adventure

Comparing it to a surprise baby, late-life Blur’s ninth album finds them on eloquent, emotional form, casting a wistful eye over past glories while pushing forward musically

The Guardian - UK

Blur review, The Ballad of Darren: The band’s best record since 1999

Songs that elevate Damon Albarn’s suburban tristesse into moments of sheer ecstasy

The Independent UK

"It’s the most shambolic performance by Blur possible": Watch Blur perform on Italian TV with a cardboard cut-out of guitarist Graham Coxon

No Graham Coxon? No Alex James? No problem for Blur

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Blur review – glorious reunion buzzes with energy and ragged joy

The enduring friendship between Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree shines through in a set that veers from lairy capers to bittersweet ballads

The Guardian - UK

Blur realise Wembley goal with triumphant performance

Blur frontman Damon Albarn said the band had been waiting all their lives to play Wembley at the first of two gigs at the stadium.

Evening Standard

Injury throws Blur’s comeback Wembley shows into doubt

Blur’s Wembley Stadium comeback concerts have been thrown into question after drummer Dave Rowntree injured his knee.

Evening Standard

Blur pull out of France’s Beauregard festival after Dave Rowntree suffers leg injury

The announcement comes just days before the band’s planned return at Wembley Stadium

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Blur at Wembley Stadium: Dates, set times, and support acts

Their first album in eight years will be released later this month

Evening Standard

Blur’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

As they return with their first new music since 2015, we rate the best of a band who ponder heartache, London, fame and more – and used Britpop to contemplate Britishness

The Guardian - UK

Blur tour: how get tickets for the newly announced intimate gigs and other Europe dates

Blur are stopping off in a couple of small venues before embarking on their big European summer tour

Evening Standard

Britpop icons Blur reveal they were nearly AXED by record company before success

New documentary Britpop: The Decade That Changed Music starts on Channel 5 hears Blur drummer Dave Rowntree admit the band were given their 'last chance' with record company bosses

Daily Mirror

Blur’s Dave Rowntree: ‘I still wake at 3am thinking I’ve frittered my life away’

Drummer, lawyer, composer, politician… Blur’s busiest member on the troubled childhood that influenced his new solo album, and the band’s summer reunion gigs

The Guardian - UK

Blur to return to Ireland for 'very special show' in first headline gig since 2015

Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree will come together as blur to perform their iconic and much-loved songs in the band’s first ever Malahide Castle show

Irish Mirror

How to get tickets to see Blur perform for the first time at Wembley

The group will return to the stage next summer at Wembley for the first time

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Blur to reunite for one-off Wembley show next year

Band will headline at the London stadium on 8 July for their 35th anniversary, supported by Slowthai, Self Esteem and Jockstrap

Chronicle Live

Blur fans rejoice as band reunites for 2023 Wembley show with tickets on sale this week

Fans hailed the announcement as the 'best news ever' as the Britpop band revealed that the one-off show will take place in July

Daily Mirror

Blur fans in meltdown as iconic band will reunite for one-off Wembley show next summer

Blur, who are often credited with helping define the Britpop genre, are joined in the line-up by singer-songwriter Self Esteem, British rapper Slowthai and electro-pop duo Jockstrap, next summer at Wembley

Wales Online

Blur to reunite for first live UK show since 2015

The band are joined in the line-up by singer-songwriter Self Esteem, British rapper Slowthai and electro-pop duo Jockstrap

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Evening Standard

The growing pains of Graham Coxon

With a new memoir charting the hedonism of his Nineties heyday and the ensuing fallout, Blur’s reluctant guitar hero is finally making himself heard, finds Emily Phillips

The Guardian - UK

‘Music can save people’: Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess on success, sobriety and being a hands-on dad

As Tim Burgess releases his latest solo album, the indie star talks about the incredible success of his lockdown Listening Parties. By Johnny Davis

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