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Damon Albarn Melbourne 2014, photo ros ogorman

Damon Albarn Writes Score For Lewis Carroll wonder.land Musical

Blur’s Damon Albarn has composed the score for the music ‘wonder.land’, based on Lewis Carroll’s iconic story Alice In Wonderland.

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Splendour In The Grass 2016 Dates Announced

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Splendour In The Grass will happen again in July and the dates have been finalised.

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Damon Albarn And Goldie Receive Queen’s New Year’s Honours

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Blur and Gorillaz star Damon Albarn has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) medal for services to music.

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Blur Tops Amazon Best Albums Of 2015 List

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Amazon.co.uk has revealed its ‘Best of 2015’ album list, with The Magic Whip by Blur taking pride of place at #1.

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Blur Share New World Towers Trailer

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New World Towers is the new documentary film on Blur, spanning the last few years of the band’s life.

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Blur To Release New World Towers Documentary

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Blur’s New York shows will be released as the documentary ‘New World Towers’.

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Q Awards Nominees, The Complete List

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Britain’s Q magazine has unveiled the nominations for the audience voted categories for The Q Awards 2015, in association with Absolute Radio.

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Damon Albarn Joins Tony Allen Review

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Damon Albarn has joined the line-up for the Tony Allen Review at Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 13 September.

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Blur Play First Australian Show In 18 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Blur performed their first Australian show in 18 years at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on Saturday, 25 July 2015.

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Splendour In The Grass Concerts To Be Streamed Live

by Paul Cashmere

Splendour In The Grass will stream full sets from Blur, Royal Blood, Of Monsters and Men, Peking Duk and Jarryd James this year.

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Blur Ticket Price Slashed For Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Blur ticket prices for the Australian tour have been slashed two weeks before tour time.

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Blur Play London #REVIEW

by Music-News.com

A not-so-affable vendor shouts ‘Let’s ‘ave it,’ at potential customers. They respond favourably and, despite his bomber jacket and Fred Perry polo, the salesman relents and launches into a song.

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Blur 2015 Setlist Offers A Bit Of Every Album

by Paul Cashmere

Blur have kicked off their tour for 2015 and while the setlist from show to show varies slightly, the basic format of what Australia can expect next month is in play.

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Tony Hung, the award-winning British-born Chinese artist, has directed the video for Blur’s latest track, the “warm-hearted chant-along declaration of fidelity” which is Ong Ong, taken from the group’s latest chart-topping album The Magic Whip.

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Blur Discuss Working At Abbey Road

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Blur’s Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon talk about their experiences at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios.

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Blur The Magic Whip Debuts At No 1 in UK

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Blur has officially scored their sixth straight number 1 in the U.K. with The Magic Whip.

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Blur Play First NY Show In 16 Years SETLIST

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Blur have returned to New York for the first time in sixteen years.

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Blur The Magic Whip Outselling Other Albums Five To One In UK

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Taking twelve years off sure has whipped Blur fans into a frenzy.

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New Music Releases For 24 April 2015

by Gavin Ryan

New music releases this week include albums by Blur, Josh Groban, Millencolin, Ruby Boots, Reba McEntire and The Airborne Toxic Event.

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Blur Splendour Sideshow Dates Are Here

by Paul Cashmere

Blur will perform in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth as well as their Splendour In The Grass headliner in July.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, Blur, Jamie T, music news, Splendour In The Grass

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Splendour In The Grass Sells Out In Less Than One Hour

by Paul Cashmere

Splendour In the Grass tickets were snapped up fast and the event sold-out within an hour of going on sale today.

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Blur Release Lonesome Street Video

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Blur have launched the official video for ‘Lonesome Street’, the third and final track to be sent to fans ahead of release of The Magic Whip.

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Blur To Headline Isle Of Wight Festival

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Blur will headline the Isle of Wight Festival on Saturday night this year.

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Blur Release Lonesome Street From Magic Whip LISTEN

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Lonesome Street, the third and final track to be sent to fans ahead of release of The Magic Whip, is available now.

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Blur Complete First Album In 12 Years Magic Whip LISTEN

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Blur have made a sudden announcement their first album in twelve years, Magic Whip, has been completed and will be released in April.

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REVIEW: Damon Albarn, Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Damon Albarn seems comfortable with this heritage. The rare Albarn intimate show in front of 3000 fans at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre was an alternate summary of a career that began with Blur back at the start of the 90s.

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Blur To Release 1995 Japanese Concert

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Blur fans will soon be treated to a 1995 concert by the band filmed in Japan.

Tagged as: 90s, Blur, Live At The Budokon, music news, pop, rock, UK

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Damon Albarn Melbourne Date Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

Damon Albarn’s Melbourne show has been announced for December.

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Damon Albarn To Play Sydney Opera House

by Paul Cashmere

Damon Albarn will head to Australia in December for a show at the iconic Sydney Opera House.

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ITS OFFICIAL: Big Day Out Dumped For 2015

by Paul Cashmere

Big Day Out will not happen in 2015 of Austin based C3 became the sole owners of the event after director AJ Maddah sold out last week.

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Big Day Out Co-founder Ken West Has Died At Age 64

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Bob Lefsetz To Interview Paul Kelly and Ken West for Australian Music Week Podcasts

American music industry analyst Bob Lefsetz will set down with Australian songwriting legend Paul Kelly and Big Day Out co-founder Ken West for his Podcast programs while he is in Australia next week for Australian Music Week.

November 1, 2019

Is Big Day Out Over And Out?

The future of Big Day Out 2015 is looking unlikely with the departure of director AJ Maddah from the executive structure and shareholding.

June 26, 2014

Eddie Vedder Opens Solo Tour In Perth SETLIST

Eddie Vedder shed Pearl Jam and stayed back in Australia after Big Day Out for his own solo tour.

February 10, 2014

Big Day Out Faces Massive Losses But Will Return

Big Day Out promoter AJ Maddah has confirmed that the Australian music festival will face massive losses from the 2014 event but the show isn’t over yet.

February 8, 2014