December 2011
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John Lennon could never listen to his voice until it had been triple-tracked and...
– Damon Albarn, Blurb 1997
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behatedbehate asked: Hey, the Stereotypes video was shooted at Great Escape tour's stage? Do ya have any info, photos, video about that awesome stage?
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plasticbottlesonly asked: I loooove your tumblr! *O* Damon Albarn is sooo hot haha (:
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Except that Street is unsure about two lines, and makes Damon do take after...
– During The Great Escape recordings, MOJO Magazine, 1995
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Any song is a celebration. Song is celebratory. It’s ennobling whatever it is...
– Damon Albarn, Blurb 1995
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Blur’s Alex James has confirmed that the Britpop legends will play at the Brit...
– Alex James, NME 2011
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I go to churches partly for the theatre, partly for the sonics. When we got...
– Damon Albarn on attending a Coptic Mass at a cathedral in Addis Ababa, The Sunday Times 2010
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No single person here can change the philosophy of this college.” The...
– Martin Roach and David Nolan, Damon Albarn: Blur, Gorillaz & Other Fables
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To be successful you need to be bland, and being bland is the death of music.
– Damon Albarn
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Damon was asked whether “he was a bisexual who had never had a homosexual...
– From an eye-witness report of a Q&A after a screening of Starshaped” - The Best of Blurb, The Fanzine Years (via 24hoursofrubbish)
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The new Blur album has two or three tracks that derive from what I’ve done, but...
– Terry Hall 1995 (via sunsetcomingon)
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Blur updates
Blur announced that a new website is coming soon. Head over to blur.co.uk to sign up for updates!
Blur also have a new twitter account (blurofficial)
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Blur to get outstanding contribution award at...
Blur are set to be honoured at next year’s Brit Awards for their outstanding contribution to music.
It comes 21 years after their debut and 17 years since they won four Brits off the back of their Parklife album.
“It’s great to have recognition for all the work and all the heartache and all the joy that’s gone into this band,” said frontman Damon Albarn.
The...
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Alex James: 'Blur are meeting up over Christmas –...
beach-coma:
He added: “We’ll probably record again.” James hinted that the band may not release a full album though, commenting: “Is there such a thing as an album? Does music have to come 12 tracks at a time?” The bassist added that he didn’t know what the music would sound like due to “Damon doing operas.” He added that it would be like” getting The Blues Brothers back together.” When asked...
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fyi
its come to our attention that there’s been some confusion on twitter. drblurillaz is not us. whoever runs it is not associated with this blog or the other sites that shelley and i run. they’ve been tweeting all of our posts on their account somehow but we’d like to point out that the only twitter account associated with this blog is the one on our page here! those of you who...
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Bobby Womack… I’m actually recording with him at the moment in this...
– Damon Albarn, Vinyl Revival 2011
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Vinyl Revival with Damon Albarn (mp3 download) →
lienatik:
ayrtonisgod:
Recorded the show in mp3. Includes setlist and info.
Thank you!