Yahoo! Music - Sep 29, 2009
Courtesy of NME.com - Guitarist says there s nothing on the cards for the foursome Graham Coxon has confirmed that Blur have no further plans to play live together or do anything else as a band following...
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Blur are reforming to play live next year, NME can exclusively reveal. The full lineup--Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree--will play their first gigs together since guitarist...
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Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has hinted that the band, including previously absent guitarist Graham Coxon, are to record together in September. Rumors have been ciculating for a while that the original...
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Blur will begin recording their new album in November, according to reports. The definitive lineup, including founding guitarist Graham Coxon, have been at the center of media speculation about new recordings...
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Blur will reconvene in the studio this summer and make a new album with founding guitarist Graham Coxon, Alex James has confirmed. Rumors have been rife for some months about the band s plans for the...
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A Damon Albarn opera will open England s Manchester International Festival this summer, it has been confirmed. The Blur/Gorillaz/Good, The Bad & The Queen star has been working on the production in recent...
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Former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon has admitted he would consider playing with Blur again. As the ongoing saga of his departure from the Britpop stars continues, three years after he left the band, Coxon...
More »USRN - Jun 5, 2003
(6/5/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- The town of Riverhead, New York has denied a permit to the two-day Field Day festival concert, which was to take place this weekend (June 7 and 8) at a former aerospace lot in the...
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(5/7/03, 10 a.m. ET) -- Blur s Think Tank hits record stores Tuesday (May 6). The band used different experimental recording methods to make the album. Bassist Alex James said one unusual technique was...
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(5/2/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Blur s forthcoming album, Think Tank, due out May 6, marks a change in perspective for the band. Bassist Alex James said that Think Tank is very different from its predecessors....
More »USRN - Apr 15, 2003
(4/15/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Beastie Boys, Beck, Blur, the Roots and N.E.R.D. are among the artists confirmed for the Field Day festival in Riverhead, New York, on June 7 and 8. Tickets for the two-day festival...
More »USRN - Sep 7, 2002
(9/7/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Guitarist Graham Coxon has left Blur, according to several reports in the U.K. Fatboy Slim told NME that Coxon and Blur frontman Damon Albarn had an argument that resulted in Coxon...
More »USRN - May 14, 2002
(5/14/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Damon Albarn, the man behind Gorillaz and Blur, has authorized release of Mali Music, an album that was culled from his time spent in Mali in West Africa. The collection hits...
More »USRN - Nov 16, 2000
(11/16/00, 6 p.m. ET) - British guitar-pop heroes Blur return to the record bins on Tuesday, November 21 with The Best Of, a career overview that also includes a limited-edition bonus disc of live songs...
More »USRN - Feb 9, 2000
(2/9/00, 12 p.m. ET) - Blur leader Damon Albarn is amongthe artists on the soundtrack to the upcoming Kevin Spacey and Linda Fiorentino film, Ordinary Decent Criminal . The soundtrack...
More »USRN - Aug 30, 1999
(8/30/99, 1 p.m. PDT) - Fans who missed out on the opportunity to see Blur play some of its greatest hits Saturday (Aug. 28) at the Reading Festival in England will have a chance to hear those songs and...
More »USRN - May 26, 1999
(5/26/99, 4 p.m. PDT) - Alanis Morissette and Blur have been added to the Amsterdam bill of this year s Tibetan Freedom Concerts, which will take place on four different continents on June 13 (LAUNCH,...
More »USRN - Mar 12, 1999
(3/12/99, 1 p.m. PST) - Fans who just can t wait for the March 23 U.S. release of 13, the sixth album by Blur (LAUNCH, 2/12), can hear a different type of music from group leader Damon Albarn. Ravenous...
More »USRN - Feb 12, 1999
(2/12/99, 1 a.m. PST) - The new album by Britpop favorites Blur may not be due until March 23, but the band is giving fans an early taste of Tender, the first single from 13, on its official website....
More »USRN - Nov 19, 1998
(11/19/98, 12 p.m. PST) - Virgin Records is planning to release the next album by British pop quartet Blur in the U.S. on Feb. 9, with a single preceding the album in January. In a break with tradition...
More »USRN - Jun 18, 1998
(6/18/98) - Graham Coxon, guitarist for Blur, will release his first solo album, The Sky Is Too High, on his own Transcopic label on August 11. In the U.S., the album will be distributed by Astralwerks...
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