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“He expressed being upset by my horrible remix, which made me even more proud of it!” Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore once mixed a quote from Oasis' Noel Gallagher into a Blur song purely to annoy bassist Alex James, a petty gesture we can all respect

Blur + Oasis x Sonic Youth = one hell of a racket if Thurston Moore's remix of Essex Dogs is anything to go by

Louder

The 50 best albums of 2023, No 8 – Blur: The Ballad of Darren

Blur’s ninth album is a perfect combination of middle-aged regret with swooning pop, a powerful career summation

The Guardian - UK

“Forget grunge music. Get a pint of Guinness down your neck and pick that guitar up”: The rise and fall of Britpop, the Nineties’ other massive guitar movement

The UK got its guitar mojo back in the ’90s with a new generation of rock and indie bands. This is the story of how it all got consumed by the rivalry between Blur and Oasis, and the catch-all category of Britpop

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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's Graham Coxon: "The Coffee + TV chord shapes are just ridiculous"

"That’s another case of me making life very difficult for myself!”

MusicRadar

Blur: The Ballad of Darren review – middle-age regrets voiced in gorgeous tunes

Nostalgic melancholy fills Blur’s ninth studio release, a courageous album that shows the band have something germane to say about getting old

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

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"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

Louder

I saw Blur at Wembley and saw four 'ridiculous old men' put on the show of their lives

Blur are clearly hyped for their first London show since 2015 with guitarist Graham Coxon clenching his fists and screaming ‘come on’ as he walks on stage at Wembley

Daily Mirror

Blur at Wembley Stadium review: fizzed with the vibrant energy of a band in their prime

It was a set full of twists and turns: big populist hits cut with strange idiosyncratic oddities and true emotional heft

Evening Standard

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

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Lauren Cunningham | Bettye LaVette | UK restaurants | Graham Coxon

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Graham Coxon’s cultural highlights

The musician from Blur and the Waeve on the magic of Spain’s Alhambra, chip butties and his love of jazz biographies

The Guardian - UK

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

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Blur: The Narcissist review – a band finally at ease with themselves

The first single from upcoming album The Ballad of Darren chugs along to a motorik beat, rising to an anthemic chorus that seems to be reflecting on the band’s career path

Evening Standard

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

MusicRadar

"How do you tune a B string? You can't." What Blur’s Graham Coxon learned – and didn't learn – from folk legend Bert Jansch

The Blur guitarist and solo artist on the pressures of playing – and even tuning-up – in front of your heroes

Chronicle Live

I visited the Northumberland fishing village of Craster to see how they produce their famous kippers

Craster is a staple of the Northumberland coastline, and I also spoke to tourists who have recently discovered the village

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The Guardian - UK

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

Wales Online

The best-selling albums you won't believe turn 20 in 2023

Two decades sure does seem to have passed quickly when you're reminded of things like this

The Independent UK

Blur’s Graham Coxon says he ‘worried every hour of the day’ because of ‘unhinged’ fans

The guitarist said he suffered ‘months and months of not sleeping’ during the peak of the band’s fame

The Guardian - UK

Graham Coxon: ‘Music has always been there for me’

The Blur guitarist, 53, on his addictive personality, making music as you age and being a Britpop brat

Dublin Live

Blur gig announced for Malahide Castle next year

British pop brand Blur have announced their first Irish gig since 2015

Irish Mirror

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

The Independent UK

Blur at Wembley 2023: How to get tickets

‘We really love playing these songs and thought it’s about time we did it again,’ said Damon Albarn

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