Damon Albarn and Womack to perform on New Year's Eve

Damon Albarn and Bobby Womack will perform together on Jools Holland's New Year's Eve Hootenanny on Dec 31st 2012. 

The special programme will be the 20th anniversary of Jool's Hootenanny. To mark this celebration, many top artists including Emeli Sandé, Professor Green, Lianne La Havas, Petula Clark and Jake Bugg are lined up to perform. 

Bobby Womack, who released his newest album 'The Bravest Man in The Universe' recently, will be joining the stage with Damon Albarn to perform several songs. Damon will also bring in a special guest - Kwestral the great horned owl, which he commissioned artist Ruben Marcos to make. 

To read more about Damon Albarn and the owl sculpture, as well as the creative process behind the making, click here. 

Tickets for the Hootenanny are not usually available to the public and are invitation-only. However, the show will be available online in BBC iPlayer immediately after the show. Don't forget to tune (to be aired on BBC 2 at 11:10pm UK time).

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Blur to rock in Pronvinssirock Finland for 2013 - European Tour News

Blur has officially been announced as part of Finland's Provinssirock Festival 2013. This is the thirteenth tour that Blur has announced for 2013.

Blur will be playing in Provinssirock on June 14-16, 2013. It's time to mark up the calendars, because Provinssirock is one of Finland's biggest international rock festivals, and will feature artists like In Flames, Bad Religion and Down. It draws an average of 55,000 visitors annually.

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Finland is the latest destination to the band's 2013 European Tour, where Blur are set to play in Finland's neighboring country- Norway's Oya Festival - amongst other countries in Europe. Exciting dates in other areas such as Latin America and Japan have been confirmed - check out a full list of Blur gigs in the coming year in our tour page.

The news was confirmed on Provinssirock’s facebook page a few hours ago.

The last time Blur played in Finland was in 1999, where they performed a spectacular and lively show in front of a large audience. The band did, however, play in Finland's neighbors - Denmark and Sweden - just before their London Olympics Closing Ceremony concert in August 2012.

2013 is going to be an extremely important year for Blur. They may or may not make a new album, and there's no news on whether there will be follow up songs from their recent single 'Under the Westway'.

But one thing is for sure- 2013 is when the band will play numerous festivals and gigs all around the world. Perhaps - just perhaps - there will be some new material out there soon.

Stay tuned for more updates on the Blur 2013 tours.

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Blur to play Tokyo Japan as 2013 Tour continues

BREAKING NEWS: As part of their world tour in 2013, Blur has just been confirmed for Japan in the TOKYO ROCKS festival 2013. Blur will appear in Tokyo's trademark rock festival on the 11th and 12th May 2013 at the Ajinomoto Stadium.

The last time Blur played in Japan was nearly 10 years ago in 2003 for their 'Think Tank' album tour, where they headlined the Summer Sonic festival.

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Other headliners include My Bloody Valentine and Primal Scream, amongst other local Japanese musicians. More will be announced soon.

This is a very exciting time for the reformed Britpop band, who reunited in 2009 after a series of concerts. Blur had been rather active recently, playing in this summer's London Olympics for the prestigious closing ceremony of the games.

Blur has exhibited their pictures, released a new single 'Under the Westway / The Puritan', a live DVD called 'Parklive' and also released a 21 anniversary box set titled 'Blur 21'. What's more, the band announced a European Tour in 2013, where they will play gigs in Belgium, Norway, Russia, Germany and France.

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Blur are also set to play in Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Berlin and a UK charity gig. Now, Japan goes on the list too. For a full list of Blur gigs in 2013, click here.

For more details about Blur's Japan festival 2013, visit the official Facebook page. You can order tickets here.

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Blur announce more dates for Europe Tour- Sziget Festival 2013

Blur is continuing to make musical headlines by announcing more dates for their massive European Tour 2013. Blur are confirmed to be the first act in the Sziget Festival 2013, Hungary, next September where they will be playing on the main stage.

The Sziget Festival takes place in Budapest, Hungary every year. Virtual Festivals provided a comprehensive description of the music festival on their article:

The Sziget Festival is one of the largest in Europe and welcomed 379,000 visitors this summer from just over 70 countries. The seven days of partying is fuelled by 1,000 bands, acts and art installations featured across 60 venues on the 266 acre festival site. Uniquely the festival offers a plethora of other on-site activities, including a cinema, theatre, tattooing, volleyball, tennis, football, indoor rowing, rock climbing, bungee jumping and a life-sized foosball.

Sziget Festival 2013 will be on Óbuda Island in the city of Budapest in 5th to 12th August 2013.

Other major headline acts and bands for this Hungarian festival include Placebo, The Stone Roses, The Horrors, Hurts, Snoop Dogg and Friendly Fires.

Click here to purchase tickets for the festival. Visit the official festival (http://www.sziget.hu) website for more information and the full line-up.

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Blur confirmed to headline Berlin Festival 2013

Time to say another 'Woo-Hoo', because Blur has just been confirmed as one of the main headliners in Germany's Berlin Festival 2013 .

Blur will share the main stage as headliners with Pet Shop Boys for this special Germany gig as part of their European Tour 2013. The gig will take place in the 6th and 7th September 2013 for two consecutive days. The last time Blur played in Germany was nine years ago.

The band has also recently confirmed places at festivals in Mexico, Spain, Russia, France and Norway. This was amidst speculations for a Blur world tour, along with rumours of a new album or new songs being released in 2013. Blur are also playing at a Teenage Cancer Trust gig in UK later this year.

Watch the promotional video for a taste of what the festival is like - with Blur in it, it will definitely be a show worth going to for those who can make it to Germany.



Tickets will go up for sale on 14th December at 9am at Eventim. From 21st December on, tickets will also be available from Berlin Festival's official website- visit http://www.berlinfestival.de/ for more information about the Berlin Festival 2013 lineup, news and ticketing information.

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Blur wins Artrocker Awards - 2012

Blur has won an award at this year's Artrocker Award. The Reissue of the Year prize went to the ‘21: The Box’ from Blur.

To see a full list of winners, click here. Congratulations to the band and to everyone who voted for them!

Blur to play in Norway Oya Festival - Europe Tour 2013

And more Blur 2013 tour news keeps on coming! Blur is confirmed to play in Norway for the Oya Festival, marking the first time the band have played in the nation for 10 years.

This announcement came immediately following the band's news to play in France's Eurocks Festival and Russia's Afisha Picnic music festival early next year. Blur has announced a string of new dates in the last month , sparking rumours about their rumoured world tour and new album for the upcoming year.

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The Oya Festival will take place on the Wednesday, 7th August 2013, where Blur will be headlining the main stage of one of Norway's boldest music pop festivals ever.

This is going to be a landmark, and remarkable gig for the band, who has been long awaited by Norwegian fans.

Visit the Oya Festival's official website for more details by clicking here.

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Blur to headline France Eurockéennes Eurocks - 2013

A new Blur tour gig has been revealed and confirmed - this time it is in Britain's close neighbor France. The band will be playing in this year's coming Eurockéennes de Belfort, which is one of France's largest rock music festivals.  This year's festival took place between 29 June and 1 July 2012.

The festival, also called Eurocks, runs from 4 to 7 July 2013. Blur is one of their biggest headlining act who will close the festival on July 7, 2013.

The news of Blur in France followed hours before the Russian announcement, where it is confirmed that the band will headline one of Russia's biggest rock festivals of the year. Check out coverage of the Russian Blur gig by clicking here. Blur are also playing in a charity gig in UK with former rival Noel Gallagher in March 2013.

Head over and like the Eurocks Festival's Facebook page (complete with their new Blur cover photo) for updates. Watch the promotional video below featuring Blur.



The day tickets are priced at €45 . The Weekend passes are selling at the price of €79. All prices and more ticketing information are available from Eurockeennes' official website HERE.

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Blur to headline Russia music festival - July 2013

Breaking news: A new Blur concert has been confirmed in Russia for July 13, 2013. Blur will headline the mains stage at The Afisha Picnic in Moscow, Russia.

Afisha Picnic is a one day outdoor festival in the area of Kolomenskoye, a state-owned nature reserve and cultural site located near Moscow's city centre. Since it's start in 2004, the Afisha Picnic has followed the concept that mixes professional music festival featuring performances of international artists and local independent musicians.

The festival brings together 50,000 visitors annually - this is one of Blur's biggest gigs for 2013. This modern music festival has various types of entertainment- you can see markets, arts, crafts, amusement rides, lectures and workshops while enjoying the acts playing live.

Another act for the Russian gig will be UK musician and Youtube sensation Little Boots.

Blur are on a roll , with tour after tour being announced this week. Many European dates (Spain, France, Portugal, Belgium amongst others), a Mexico date and now Russia. Perhaps Australia and America will be next.

Visit the official website of Afisha Picnic  (in Russian) HERE.

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