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Full Blur lineup to record in September?
7/13/2007, Yahoo! Music

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...  more >

Blur plan their return
6/5/2007, Yahoo! Music

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...  more >

Blur plan comeback
5/2/2007, Yahoo! Music

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...  more >

Damon Albarn readies opera
3/27/2007, Yahoo! Music

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...  more >

Possible Blur reunion in the works?
11/21/2006, Yahoo! Music

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...  more >

Radiohead, Beastie Boys, Beck To Play Scaled Down Field Day Festival
6/5/2003, USRN

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...  more >

Blur Releases 'Think Tank'
5/7/2003, USRN

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...  more >

Blur Stays On Positive Tip For 'Think Tank'
5/2/2003, USRN

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...  more >

Beastie Boys, Roots, Beck, Blur Join Radiohead For Field Day
4/15/2003, USRN

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...  more >

Blur Guitarist Graham Coxon Quits
9/7/2002, USRN

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...  more >

Blur/Gorillaz's Albarn Goes 'Mali' On July 30
5/14/2002, USRN

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...  more >

Blur Best-Of Due Next Week
11/16/2000, USRN

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...  more >

Blur's Albarn Contributes To Soundtrack
2/9/2000, USRN

Blur leader Damon Albarn is amongthe artists on the soundtrack to the upcoming Kevin Spacey and Linda Fiorentino film, Ordinary Decent Criminal . The...  more >

Blur Singles Out New Dates, Creates Drug Controversy
8/30/1999, USRN

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...  more >

Alanis And Blur Added To Tibetan Freedom Concerts Bill
5/26/1999, USRN

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...  more >

Blur's Damon Albarn Whets Fans' Appetites On 'Ravenous' Soundtrack
3/12/1999, USRN

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....  more >

Blur Gives Fans A Bit Of 'Tender'ness
2/12/1999, USRN

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...  more >

Blur Goes Into Orbit On Next Album
11/19/1998, USRN

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...  more >

Blur Guitarist Goes For Solo High
6/18/1998, USRN

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...  more >

What Bands Really Really Want
2/25/1998, USRN

It seems the days of touring bands insisting that the brown M&Ms be removed from their dressing rooms are far from history: a look at the tour riders for a few artists on...  more >

Village Voice Tabs Dylan, Hanson
2/20/1998, USRN

The 24th Or 25th Annual Village Voice Pazz and Jop Poll (a title as quirky as the publication) has named Bob Dylan's Time Out Of Mind and Hanson's "MMMBop" as the top album...  more >

Berry: Don't Take My Wife, Please
11/25/1997, USRN

EMI Music head Ken Berry took the unusual step last week of denying that his company's music artists are sleeping with his wife. Responding to a vicious article in Forbes...  more >

So MuchMusic, So Little Time
9/17/1997, USRN

MuchMusic, the Canadian equivalent (and in many ways, superior) of MTV, will hold its own MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto on September 18th. Performing at this year's...  more >

Damon Albarn...A Football Hero?
9/17/1997, USRN

Blur's foxy frontman Damon Albarn has composed the theme song for Britain's Channel 5 European football (soccer) coverage this season. Albarn's first solo songwriting...  more >

Damon Albarn Blurs The Beatles' Past With Radio Play Role
9/17/1997, USRN

Blur frontman Damon Albarn will reportedly play a role in the upcoming British radio play Up Against It, originally penned by playwright Joe Orton for the Beatles before he...  more >

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