Blur

...it has been a bit victimised," says promoter Geoff Ellis. He has downsized gigs in the past, Radiohead and Blur included, following poor ticket sales and no-one batted an eyelid. This time, it's made front-page news. "If you're a...

In this article: Paolo Nutini, Annie Lennox, Franz Ferdinand, Teenage Fanclub, Deacon Blue, Glasvegas, Lloyd Cole, and Midge Ure

Born from the scene surrounding Glasgow's celebrated School of Art, this skinny-tied quartet have one foot in the grand art-student tradition that spawned countless pop innovators from the Beatles to Blur and Roxy Music to Radiohead. Art...

In this article: Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand, Sheffield, Tate Modern, Glasgow, Art rock, Lucid Dreams, and Take Me Out

What they should play next time: 1987's "Echo & the Bunnymen." Why go? So many great bands were influenced by the Pixies, including Nirvana, Blur, Weezer and Radiohead. Working alongside R.E.M., Husker Du and Throwing Muses in the '80s, the...

In this article: Devo, Steely Dan, Pixies, Roger Waters, Echo & the Bunnymen, Walter Becker, Aja, Freedom of Choice, and Ocean Rain

The managers have branded comments from The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) - a group fronted by musicians from bands including Radiohead, Blur and singers such as Tom Jones, Annie Lennox and Kate Nash - as "outrageous" and "mad". FAC...

In this article: File sharing, Arctic Monkeys, Pink Floyd, Peer-to-peer, Jools Holland, and David Gilmour

Blur and Radiohead slam piracy plans Blur drummer Dave Rowntree says proposals to kick file-sharers off the internet could make Some of the biggest names in the music business have hit out at government proposals to kick file-sharers off...

In this article: Radiohead, BBC News Website, Dave Rowntree, Music Producers Guild, Ed O'Brien, and Billy Bragg

...accounts suspended. The Featured Artists' Coalition, whose board includes Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien, Blur drummer Dave Rowntree and Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, spoke out last week against the sanctions. They joined forces with...

In this article: Lily Allen, James Blunt, Ed O'Brien, Music Producers Guild, Gary Barlow, Nick Mason, Dave Rowntree, Radiohead, and Pink Floyd

...over proposed piracy laws Blur and Radiohead are among a host of bands calling on the Government to abandon proposals to cut off the internet connections of people who illegally download music. Blur and Radiohead are among a host...

In this article: Radiohead, File sharing, Pink Floyd, Peer-to-peer, DVD, British Phonographic Industry, and Ed O'Brien

...indie music scene for 20 years. Oasis was famously discovered there; Radiohead and Blur played the club before going big; Beck and the Strokes chose it as the site of their first Scottish gigs. Tickets generally run GBP5 to GBP15.

In this article: Glasgow, Sandwich, Sauchiehall Street, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Ricotta, Romesco, and Mingles

...Mercury, any plans for Oasis were scuppered when the Gallagher brothers both fell into a terminal sulk, Blur are too busy making cheese and Radiohead might just depress everyone into going home. Hold on a second though! What's that in the...

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