Blur
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Loaded: 09/10/2009...date is local battle-of-the-bands winners John E Vistic. This year, Michael Eavis seriously raised the bar with three knockout headliners in Blur, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. Rumours abound that 2010 will feature a selection of the... In this article: Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Vampire Weekend, Robin Pecknold, Live Forever, Idioteque, Nigel Godrich, Rick Rubin, and Fleet Foxes |
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ITN Headline News - Showbiz news | June 17, 2009
Cost of festivals revealed
...the cameras on to the site for the first time for a sneam preview. The festival, featuring Bruce Springsteen, Blur, Neil Young and The Prodigy, kicks off on June 24. We take a closer look at the Glastonbury site a week ahead of the...
In this article: Lovebox Weekender, Creamfields, T in the Park, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, The Prodigy, Victoria Park, and Leeds
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Punknews | May 27, 2009
Glastonbury to include F*cked Up, Brand New, Specials, Bloc Party, Bruce Springsteen, Nick Cave, Blu
...has announced the lineup for the 2009 edition of the festival. The event will feature Animal Collective, Art Brut, Bloc Party, Blur, Brand New, British Sea Power, Bruce Springsteen, Chief, Enter Shikari, Franz Ferdinand, Fucked Up,...
In this article: Bloc Party, Glastonbury, Brand New, Bruce Springsteen, Punknews.org, Bread, Gaslight Anthem, British Sea Power, and The Streets
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Reuters | June 22, 2009
Sunny weather and The Boss to shine on Glastonbury
Old favorites will dominate Glastonbury this year as Neil Young, Tom Jones, Status Quo and Blur join Springsteen on the main stage, marking a return to the festival's guitar-based roots after rap superstar Jay-Z headlined last year. This...
In this article: Glastonbury, Thomson Reuters, Bruce Springsteen, Small business, Little Boots, Lady Gaga, The Wombats, Met Office, and Time Magazine
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NME News | December 12, 2008
Blur, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young for Glastonbury 2009
...Kaiser Chiefs. Meanwhile, festival resource website eFestivals.co.uk lists Young, Springsteen, Blur and Kaiser Chiefs as "strong rumours" to play the festival, along with Kanye West, The Specials, The Coral and Squeeze. The first act to...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Kaiser Chiefs, Holy Moly, The Specials, The Coral, Kanye West, RATM, and The Shins
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BBC News | May 25, 2009
Status Quo booked for Glastonbury
...in the final line-up for this year's Glastonbury Festival. They will join previously announced headliners Blur, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young at the Somerset event. Abba tribute band Bjorn Again, Dizzee Rascal, Lily Allen, Jarvis...
In this article: Status Quo, Tom Jones, Dizzee Rascal, Roots Manuva, Spinal Tap, Glasvegas, Jamie Cullum, Lily Allen, Will Young, and Echo and the Bunnymen
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Independent.co.uk - Music | April 16, 2009
Get into shape for summer
...adventure this time, as Glastonbury plumps for rock mammoths Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young, and Gallagher's old nemeses, the freshly reunited Blur. Ever since the Boss' 2006 album We Shall Overcome: the Seeger Sessions, which included 13...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Doves, Basement Jaxx, Florence and the Machine, Dizzee Rascal, Fleet Foxes, Lily Allen, Razorlight, and Ornette Coleman
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New Kerala | May 26, 2009
Status Quo lined up for Glastonbury Fest 2009
...and performing arts festival in the world. The veteran rockers will entertain the crowds with headliners Blur, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young at the Somerset event running from 26-28 June. Joining the Brit band in the ranging final...
In this article: Tom Jones, Dizzee Rascal, Spinal Tap, Glasvegas, Lily Allen, Will Young, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Bruce Springsteen, Doves, and ABBA
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New Kerala | June 27, 2009
Glastonbury temporarily turns into Michael Jackson shrine
...fields. Top acts, including Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and reformed British rockers Blur, were also being rumoured to play cover versions of Jackson hits in tribute to the star during the annual three-day event. "I've been...
In this article: Michael Jackson, The Daily Star, Twitter.com, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Punjab, and West Bengal
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | June 28, 2009
Blur comeback brings Glastonbury to a close
...brings Glastonbury to a close Indie rockers Blur returned to Glastonbury Festival for the first time in 11 years to close out three days of music that included sets by Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. The recently re-formed Brit pop...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Ladyhawke, Bat for Lashes, Michael Jackson, and Green Fields
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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
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