Here's some more Blur related news
for all fans out there. For those of you who want all the details about the
band's future gig(s) in preparation for the London Olympics at Hyde Park 2012-
Graham Coxon did an interview
with NME on 29th February
2012.
Watch the most recent interview
backstage at the 2012 NME Awards below:
Regarding Blur's summer plans, Graham says: "We're going to start
rehearsing soon and we've been back playing together for a bit. We're going to
concentrate on making it a really nice experience in the summer.
"We're going to
try and get it up a notch from 2009, which seems almost impossible to me in a
way because the Glastonbury appearance was so phenomenally amazing."
"We're going
to try and go one better." he added. Graham hopes that this year will be
more trump the 2009
Hyde Park reunion show, where Blur played a one-off massive gig under the sweltering
summer heat.
Graham Coxon and Alexa Chung
presented an award to The Vaccines for Best New Band during the ceremony. Coxon is working on his new 80s sounding album A+E and crafting a varied solo career. He
also expressed desire to work
with The Vaccines and join
them on stage in the future, or perhaps during the summertime.
Slightly shaky footage of Coxon and Chung presenting an award to The Vaccines
Blur will play the outdoor closing ceremony show on August 12 for the games' closing ceremony. They have
announced that they will headline two concerts in Denmark and Sweden just
before the big Hyde Park gig.
Blur made a dramatic return to the
stage in the 2009 NME Awards. Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon appeared on stage
together for the first time in 9 years. They performed "This is a Low" from their 1995 hit album Parklife.
A touching
performance of This is a Low - the performance was raw and emotional
It's exciting knowing that Blur will start rehearsing soon - hopefully there will be more warm-up gigs announced soon. Stay tuned for more up to date Blur news.
Read all about Blur being BASHED AT THE BRITS HERE,
Olympics Gig HERE,
New potential album HERE
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