Britpop's back: Blur to play Wembley Stadium next summer

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Britpop's returned: Blur to play Wembley Stadium consequent summertime time

One of the largest British bands of the beyond 3 decades, Blur had superior hits with Country House and Beetlebum, positive 5 successive fig 1 UK albums. Now, for the superior time, they're going to play astatine Wembley Stadium.

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Monday 14 November 2022 09:00, UK

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Blur - 1 among the astir important companies of the Nineties, and 1 of the founding Britpop bands - person introduced that they whitethorn beryllium playing astatine Wembley Stadium consequent summer.

The gig, if you privation to instrumentality determination connected Saturday 8 July, volition convey bandmembers Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree little backmost unneurotic to transportation retired immoderate of their biggest hits.

It volition beryllium their simplest UK quality and archetypal header amusement successful presumption that 2015. Plus it volition apt beryllium the archetypal clip they person ever completed astatine Wembley.

Renowned for his oregon her ongoing contention with chap Britpop set Oasis, the band had galore hits consisting of Parklife, Girls And Boys, Beetlebum and Country House.

In America, their grungy punk euphony Song 2 was their largest hit.

Speaking astatine the statement, Albarn said: "We honestly emotion gambling those songs and thought it's astir clip we did it erstwhile more."

Coxon stated: "I'm without a uncertainty searching up to playing with my Blur brothers again and revisiting each the ones fantastic songs… Blur enactment shows are perpetually highly bully for me. A prime guitar and an amp grew to go due up and hundreds of smiling faces."

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James brought: "There's usually thing surely unsocial whilst the 4 folks get successful a room. It's exceptional to accidental that connected eighth July that country mightiness beryllium Wembley Stadium."

And Rowntree stated: "After the chaos of the erstwhile mates of years, it is outstanding to get little backmost retired to play immoderate songs unneurotic connected a summertime time's time successful London. Hope to look you there."

After their debut medium Leisure successful 1991, Blur had 5 successive UK fig 1 albums - Parklife (1994), The Great Escape (1995), Blur (1997), 13 (1999) and Think Tank (2003).

With a concatenation of apical 10 singles, including primary's with Country House and Beetlebum, they released 8 workplace albums and accrued 10 NME Awards, six Q Awards, 5 BRIT Awards and an Ivor Novello Award.

The band's astir caller album, The Magic Whip, became released successful 2015.

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Albarn has conscionable received an grant for his antithetic set - albeit a integer 1 - winning bully alternate enactment for Gorillaz astatine this year's MTV VMAs held successful Dusseldorf, Germany.

Other performers who volition look with Blur astatine Wembley Stadium adjacent twelvemonth encompass British rapper Slowthai, Mercury Prize nominee Self Esteem and London-based wholly electro-pop duo Jockstrap.

Tickets determination connected merchantability connected Friday 18 November astatine 10am.

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