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Blur have unveiled two brand new songs. Blur released their ninth studio album, The Ballad Of Darren, last week. It marked their first LP in eight years.

All four members of Blur (Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree) join Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music 1 to discuss details around their new album ‘The Ballad of Darren’, out now. The band discuss the early days in Soho, their recent Wembley Stadium shows and how Graham and Damon are similar to Wham!. They also share details on recent single ‘St Charles Square’, how they felt about making the new record, the characters that feature on the album and the theme of sadness that comes from Damon’s lyrics.

Damon Albarn is working on an opera. Albarn has revealed he's putting 1807's 'The Magic Flute Part II' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the sequel to Mozart's 'Magic Flute', to music for the first time.

Blur are back on tour for the first tour since The Magic Whip 2015 tour. ‘The Ballad of Darren’ is focused on the ninth Blur album of the same name, due 21 July 2023.

Blur have cancelled their headline slot at Festival Beauregard after drummer Dave Rowntree suffered an injury.

Blur have released a second preview of their next album ‘The Ballad of Darren’, due 21 July 2023.

Gorillaz have cancelled their entire US tour before it began citing “scheduling conflicts” as the reason for the no-show.