Blur
Band
Oxegen 2009...to perform at Oxegen 2009, interrupting their time spent touring with U2. They dedicated "Shut Your Eyes" to Lily Allen in their Main Stage performance before Blur . Blur were said to have been paid EUR500,000 to perform at Oxegen 2009,... In this article: Kings of Leon, Lily Allen, Snow Patrol, Blur, Dublin, Gary Lightbody, The Blizzards, Noisettes, Niall Breslin, and The Coronas |
-
Independent.co.uk - Music | October 26, 2009
Muse named world's best band in British awards
...and Oasis. Arctic Monkeys scooped the best live act award, following a battle with U2, Blur and Take That among others, while indie rockers Kasabian took home the prize for best album for "West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum". Led Zeppelin...
In this article: Muse, Arctic Monkeys, U2, Mr Hudson, Q Awards, Relax, Cat Stevens, Lily Allen, and The Specials
-
ITN Headline News - Showbiz news | October 26, 2009
Muse 'best act in the world'
...departure of guitarist Noel Gallagher. They also missed out in the best live act category, which was scooped by the Arctic Monkeys, following a battle with acts such as U2, Blur and Take That. Florence & The Machine was one of the...
In this article: Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Q Awards, Lily Allen, Oasis, U2, Florence & The Machine, Mercury Prize, and Noel Gallagher
-
Sunday Mirror | October 26, 2009
Oasis lose Q Award for 'best act in the world' to Muse - and full list of winners
...Leon, Arctic Monkeys, and Coldplay. The band also missed out in the best live act award category, which was scooped by the Arctic Monkeys, following a battle with acts such as U2, Blur and Take That. Florence & The Machine was one of the...
In this article: Oasis, Q Awards, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Florence & The Machine, Noel Gallagher, Coldplay, Kings of Leon, and Take That
-
Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
Synthpop
...to experiment with electronics and pop music; examples include Bjork, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt, Smashing Pumpkins, Blur , U2 and R.E.M.. Synthpop has also begun to re-emerge as some indie artists have incorporated the sound,...
In this article: Giorgio Moroder, Duran Duran, Daniel Miller, Donna Summer, Radiohead, Moog, The Human League, Kraftwerk, 1990s, and Nine Inch Nails
-
Nicholas Wayman-Harris
Wayman-Harris has worked on music videos with some of the biggest artists in the music world, including Radiohead, U2, Puff Daddy, The Spice Girls, Bjork, Blur , Depeche Mode, George Michael, The Verve, Oasis , Kylie Minogue and OK Go. His...
In this article: Nicholas Wayman-Harris, Oscar, Kristian Levring, The King Is Alive, Olympia Dukakis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, A Little Worm, Buffalo Niagara Film Festival, Audi, and 2002 Cannes Film Festival
-
www.theherald.co.uk
We meet again as Dame Vera is back in the charts after 60 years
...after 60 years Second World War forces' sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn is officially the oldest pop star in town after her new album overtook bands including U2, the Stone Roses, Elbow and Blur in the charts yesterday. The 92-year-old...
In this article: Vera Lynn, Second World War, We'll Meet Again, Decca, Elbow, Winston Churchill, and Stone Roses
-
Elbow (band)
...candid lyrics, Elbow have received vast critical acclaim and been endorsed by major artists Radiohead, Coldplay, Blur , R.E.M. and U2 despite minor commercial success during much of their career (The Velvet Underground's co-founder John...
In this article: Elbow, Guy Garvey, I Am Kloot, The Seldom Seen Kid, U2, Mercury Music Prize, Cast of Thousands, and Coldplay
-
Guardian Unlimited | February 25, 2009
NAQ: Is there really money in online music subscriptions?
...on the new approach, they might not be the last. Their label, EMI, boasts cult artists including The Beastie Boys and Blur - as well as current big hitters such as Coldplay and Kylie Minogue. It's been a good month for music subscription all...
In this article: Itunes, Depeche Mode, JavaScript, Napster, MySpace, Yahoo, Steve Jobs, Beastie Boys, and Coldplay
-
PR-Inside.com Entertainment News | July 09, 2008
ALBARN SLAMS LIVE 8
...in: Entertainment - PR-inside Entertainment News @ 8:54 am Former BLUR star DAMON ALBARN has slammed BONO and SIR BOB GELDOF for isolating Africa with their goodwill efforts. The rocker has criticised the Live 8 concert - supported by...
In this article: Live 8, Damon Albarn, Bob Geldof, Bono, U2, and Africa
Trends
Loading...
More on Blur
Description from Wikipedia:
Blur are an English alternative rock band that formed in London in 1989. The four members of the band are: Damon Albarn (vocals), Graham Coxon (guitar), Alex James (bass guitar) and Dave Rowntree (drums). Blur's debut album Leisure (1991) incorporated the influence of Madchester and shoegazing. Following a stylistic change in 1992—influenced by English guitar groups such as The Kinks, The Beatles and XTC—they released Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995). As a result, the band helped to popularise the Britpop genre and achieved mass popularity in the UK, aided by a famous chart battle with rival band Oasis dubbed "The Battle of Britpop".
By the late 1990s, with the release of Blur (1997), the band underwent another reinvention, influenced by the indie rock and lo-fi style of American bands such as Pavement, in the process finally gaining success in the U.S. with the single "Song 2". The last album featuring the band's original lineup, 13 (1999) found Blur experimenting with electronic music and gospel music. In May 2002, Coxon was asked to leave Blur during the early recording of their seventh album Think Tank (2003). The album contained electronic sounds, simpler guitar playing, and was largely marked by Albarn's growing interest in African music. Since the 2003 tour, Blur have done no studio work or touring as a band, and members have engaged in other projects. They maintain that while relations within the group are amicable, they have no concrete plans of working together in the immediate future.
- Name:
- Blur
- Origin:
- Colchester, Essex, England
- Years Active:
- 1989–2003 (on hiatus)
- Current members:
- Associated With:
- The Ailerons
- Gorillaz
- Me Me Me
- WigWam
- The Good, the Bad & the Queen
- Fat Les
- Genre:
- Britpop
- Record Label:
Explore everything named Blur...
