Blur play new track ‘Thought I Was A Spaceman’ from The Magic Whip as part of their epic return to the New York live scene after 15 years. A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry Send ...

Damon Albarn: the man who simply refuses to sit still. As he prepares to release his second solo album later this year, and as Gorillaz head out on tour again, he’d be forgiven if afterwards he ...

If 'Thought I Was A Spaceman' showed us the evolution of Blur, 'I Broadcast' -probably by design- takes us completely the other way. This is the most old-Blur thing here, and could easily have been a ...

Blur’s made-in-Hong-Kong album, their first for 12 years, overflows with lovely songs and touchingly reveals a band now happily reconciled There are two kinds of band re-formation. The first is so ...

For an album that was looking like it'd never come out, The Magic Whip is a pretty special piece of work. Those looking for a musical or thematic follow up to 2003's excellent Think Tank may be ...

Blur kickstarted the next phase of their comeback with a tiny, fanclub-only gig in London Friday night, airing songs from their new album The Magic Whip for the first time. Taking to the stage at West ...

UPDATE 2/19/15 9:39 a.m.: Watch the video for "Go Out" above. Crazy times: right when Gorillaz have sprung back to action, Damon Albarn's main band Blur have announced their first record in eleven ...

Blur headlined London’s Hyde Park for the third time since 2009 last night, bringing material from new album ‘The Magic Whip’ and their ’90s hits to the British Summer Time Festival. Arriving on stage ...