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Blur Share “Lonesome Street” From ‘The Magic Whip’

The creativity of Damon Alburn never ends. This time around, his breakout band, Blur, is finally releasing new material. And so far, since the announcement, we’ve heard two new songs, and it has done nothing but increase our level of excitement. The third song, and apparently the last that will be shared prior to the […]

Blur Announce First New Album in 12 Years, Share “Go Out”

Damon Albarn has said time and time again that Gorillaz will reunite. Fans know to take his word with a grain of salt, but recently that proved to be true. Every promise of a new Blur album, though, seemed far more of a stretch given it’s been 12 years since their last album. Turns out […]

Damon Albarn Hints At New Gorillaz Album in 2016

Damon Albarn has been busy this year promoting his debut solo album, Everyday Robots, which was met with high praise upon release. This means he is keeping the status of famed UK rock outfit Blur under wraps, where he serves as frontman for the band. Most recently though, he came out of the clouds with another project […]

Blur Attempting To Record Another Album

That headline is accurate, though don’t take it like a guarantee another album will come. Back in May, Blur‘s Damon Albarn said “So we have a week in Hong Kong, and we thought it would be a good time to try and record another record,” according to NME. What’s more than that, recently Alex James […]

Blur Reunion Continues, Likely Tour in 2013

UK rock band Blur reunited in 2009, but have mainly left themselves in the dark with future touring or recording plans beyond this year. Now, they’ve announced that they will headline the Rock Werchter festival, which takes place in Belgium from July 4 through 7. This may also foreshadow a tour. On their Facebook, Blur said […]

MUSIC VIDEO: Blur – Under the Westway

UK rockers Blur have been quiet (musically) for some time now and have finally released a set of in-studio visuals for their new song “Under the Westway.” Live performances of this track and “The Puritan” were released earlier this week and we could not get enough. Looks like UTG has nothing to complain about anymore. […]

Blur Announces ‘Blur 21’ Box Set

Colchester rockers Blur have recently announced their career-spanning box set, called Blur 21, and features the band’s seven studio albums and much more. The set will feature four albums of rarities, three unreleased footage DVD’s, collectible 7″ track “Superman,” and a book full of interviews with the band themselves. Blur are going all-out on this […]

Graham Coxon (Blur) Announces UK Solo Tour

Blur’s own Graham Coxon has announced his solo UK Tour in April and will feature opening acts that his fans vote for. This thirteen-date tour run will be a great chance to catch an intimate show and rock out with Graham. If your band would like the chance to open please submit your songs to […]

Blur’s Alex James introduces cheese range

Alex James, bass player of the band Blur, is launching a new cheese range for Asda. The former winner of the British Cheese Awards had this to say: “I’m hugely passionate about this range and I’m so excited that I’ve been able to bring it to life. Seeing it stocked in Asda will give me […]

Thrice performs on The Daily Habit

Check out a video of Thrice as they perform their song “Blur” on Fuse’s The Daily Habit. This track will appear on the band’s upcoming album, Major/Minor, in stores on September 20. Click past the jump to view the video.

The Get Up Kids cover Blur’s “Girls and Boys”

Watch The Get Up Kids perform their cover of Blur’s hit “Girls and Boys” right here on Under The Gun. How do you think the band did with the cover? Let us know by commenting.

Blur documentary coming to DVD

Courtesy of Pitchfork: Back in November, we reported that a Blur documentary called No Distance Left to Run was set to debut in the UK this month. Well, NME reports that the film, from directors Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, will indeed begin a UK theatrical run next week. It premiered last night at London’s […]