Blur on Reuniting, New Album & World Tour.

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  • Опубликовано: 23 май 2023
  • Blur return with their new album "The Ballad of Darren" and lead single "The Narcissist". The band chat to Andy Bush about getting back together, their upcoming Wembley shows and their plans for a world tour.
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  • @alyssasbackrolls4910
    @alyssasbackrolls4910 Год назад +432

    Is it just me or is Damon a lot more excited on this interview than usual 🤣

    • @thatmarchingarrow
      @thatmarchingarrow Год назад +25

      Yeah, that's good to see

    • @Leedzboyz
      @Leedzboyz Год назад +39

      Probably so he's doesn't seem as socially awkward when he's boys are with him ☺️ (not sure if he is socially awkward just how I am so a hunch) 😅

    • @JuanMcGonzalez
      @JuanMcGonzalez Год назад +42

      Maybe just you…😅 As usual I see him as a grumpy man difficult to interview and having a laugh of some of the questions as if they were stupid. I think he doesn’t like James that much neither, he gets very sarcastic for no reason

    • @charliebrogan1141
      @charliebrogan1141 Год назад +1

      Just you obvs.

    • @andydixon2980
      @andydixon2980 Год назад

      @@JuanMcGonzalez Some of the questions are stupid. Typical dumb ass DJ.

  • @marktaylor6491
    @marktaylor6491 11 месяцев назад +22

    Alex James - Works in an IT department
    Graham Coxon - Runs IT department
    Dave Rowntree - Assistant head of IT department
    Damon - Works in marketing and came down to get his laptop looked at

    • @ScrewyDriverTheMan
      @ScrewyDriverTheMan 2 месяца назад

      Alex - the old lady with the handbag slapping around creeps
      Graham - the creepy peeping tom looking for the next target
      Dave - waiting for his opportunity to be the next creep
      Damon - been there, done that, didn't know he was creepy
      LMAO

  • @dwb1980
    @dwb1980 Год назад +121

    Love Blur. Still all the same members. Sounding as great as ever!
    Modern life is better with them :)

    • @MarcusLager
      @MarcusLager Год назад +1

      Nice one! Love that record. Don't you think Modern Day is the best one? Well, I do. Sooooo good. Coxahm's guitar playing is peak performance in that one.

    • @dwb1980
      @dwb1980 Год назад

      It used to be my favourite for years. It's in the top 3 for me definitely. All the songs a great and the album is top start to finish.

    • @Dreamcatcher9000
      @Dreamcatcher9000 Год назад +1

      Yeah, it's not rubbish anymore!
      (Ok, sorry... :p).

    • @user-ih9dg3uz5y
      @user-ih9dg3uz5y Год назад

      what utter tools

    • @dwb1980
      @dwb1980 Год назад

      @HAL 9000 it was rubbish, probably still is rubbish theoretically but it was and still is better with blur making new albums and touring..
      Catch my drift?

  • @leewoodard5871
    @leewoodard5871 Год назад +90

    Love how consistently grumpy Damon is in any public setting....its one of life's constants...

    • @glennoc8585
      @glennoc8585 Год назад +12

      I don't really think he's as grumpy as some performers. I think he's hilarious at times with that English wit .

    • @benwhite8924
      @benwhite8924 Год назад +10

      That's coz modern life is rubbish

    • @evab2274
      @evab2274 Год назад +8

      I don't think you've encountered many grumpy people in your life... I'm married to one. What you're seeing here is not grumpiness. It's just the way most British people are. Low-key, a bit shy and awkward, low energy, and a bit negative/self-deprecating and skeptical, which often takes the form of banter, irony or even sarcasm. You need to really be used to this culture to understand it and appreciate it and not make wrong assumptions about people's behaviour, especially when comparing them to Americans (apples and pears).

    • @leewoodard5871
      @leewoodard5871 Год назад +6

      @@evab2274 Hey Eva...im from London/Essex and am same age as Damon...worked in the building where Gorillaz had their first office and he was often in the bar next door. His interviews are well known for being a tad difficult...he knows it...recently he spoke about it...he only really wants to make music, the rest he sees as getting in the way.

  • @Ziggy_Shakespeare
    @Ziggy_Shakespeare Год назад +59

    I love the way Damon whistles when he speaks.

  • @Ziggernaut
    @Ziggernaut Год назад +98

    Love to see they slowly growing old and enjoying each other company after all the hassles 😅😅😅

  • @warrenbeer2737
    @warrenbeer2737 Год назад +65

    Saw them at Wembley on the 8th July and they were fantastic. Fourth time watching them live and just as good as when I first saw them back in the nineties. Thank you Blur for such a great night and the last thirty odd years.

    • @UnlimitedDreams-ui3if
      @UnlimitedDreams-ui3if Год назад +4

      Such a great band. I saw them in Malahide Castle in Dublin a few weeks ago and they were great.
      I have to get to a show in Wembley. The modern stadiums are normally brilliant for music.

    • @user-di5xy7vx6q
      @user-di5xy7vx6q 8 месяцев назад +1

      I saw them on the 8th too! My first concert. It was a good first experience with a concert because the crowd was so nice🫶

  • @capo3rdfret
    @capo3rdfret Год назад +118

    Is anyone else getting chills just seeing the four of them sitting together in 2023

  • @glennoc8585
    @glennoc8585 Год назад +66

    I only saw blur once in the mid 90s and id love to see them again. I'm the same age and seeing these guys still mates and being creative is so inspirational.

    • @user-ih9dg3uz5y
      @user-ih9dg3uz5y Год назад

      I saw Blurr I want my f....kin money back

    • @jameswyer772
      @jameswyer772 Год назад

      That’s beautiful

    • @user-ih9dg3uz5y
      @user-ih9dg3uz5y Год назад +1

      @@jameswyer772 Well I am in a sour mood
      I would think the Beatles are Tools today
      I am as sour as a Hairy lemon

    • @barbaritag.9642
      @barbaritag.9642 11 месяцев назад

      I don't think they're still mates... They're just here for the money, but they're great together! ❤

  • @cactaceous
    @cactaceous Год назад +53

    Mr. Albarn and Mr. James butting heads since the 1990’s.

    • @glennoc8585
      @glennoc8585 Год назад +9

      I never really felt that vibe tbh. I think they share some banter together which is great fun

    • @mungofinalfi4480
      @mungofinalfi4480 Год назад

      So that jargon is tradition? I haven't seen that many early interviews.

  • @B4godtherewaslight
    @B4godtherewaslight Год назад +18

    They were amazing at Wembley last weekend…utterly smashed it

  • @AA-os1df
    @AA-os1df Год назад +12

    Graham is so handsome in the thumbnail I think I'm gonna pass out 😭

  • @paulwalford9122
    @paulwalford9122 Год назад +56

    I’m glad they are grown up enough to get back together make a new album and give the fans what they want unlike a fellow 90’s band…

    • @peterpinsent9304
      @peterpinsent9304 Год назад +41

      Yes. The lack of new material from Mansun is unforgivable.

    • @JoelWolstencroft
      @JoelWolstencroft Год назад +1

      @@peterpinsent9304 this is my favourite comment

    • @braddersthemod
      @braddersthemod Год назад

      @@peterpinsent9304 😂😂😂

    • @ChainNonSmoker
      @ChainNonSmoker Год назад

      Yeah Gaz Coombes should get his head out of his arse and call his mates once again.

    • @mikeycraig8970
      @mikeycraig8970 Год назад

      Yeah, but the two of them will be watching this reunion with interest.

  • @marc1128
    @marc1128 Год назад +88

    Brilliant to see them back and the new music sounding fantastic

  • @thomasandersen6719
    @thomasandersen6719 5 месяцев назад +7

    I love how Damon looks at his watch at 12.20 and then talks about something that happened 35 years ago

  • @lucywing8490
    @lucywing8490 Год назад +36

    so excited to see them at wembley ❤ i never thought i’d be able to see them live. i’m seeing pulp first then blur a week later. happy days!

    • @glennoc8585
      @glennoc8585 Год назад +2

      Are pulp back together?

    • @lucywing8490
      @lucywing8490 Год назад +1

      @@glennoc8585 somewhat. they’re doing some concerts this year. steve mackey already wasn’t going to be joining them but sadly he died a couple months ago. no signs of a new album though

    • @fotoautomatmusic
      @fotoautomatmusic Год назад +2

      Seen both bands but would bloody love to see em both again.

  • @mattjackson9859
    @mattjackson9859 Год назад +19

    Good to see them back.
    Always amused the way Graham sounds exactly like Nigel Tufnel in Spinal Tap!

  • @sebastianwrites
    @sebastianwrites Год назад +29

    Graham Coxon has come out with some most 'excellent...' music, so often since leaving Blur!
    I think it's also much underrated.

    • @joelshields8807
      @joelshields8807 Год назад +4

      His soundtrack record for "The End of the F***ing World" is absolutely stellar

  • @theclay8217
    @theclay8217 Год назад +7

    Omg watching them together like this made me realised am old too 😢

  • @asyria
    @asyria Год назад +5

    it’s so great to see them back together!

  • @RhuDrummer
    @RhuDrummer Год назад +18

    Damon just loves having digs at Alex does he? 😂

  • @michaelk8405
    @michaelk8405 Год назад +8

    Bush is obviously nervous but excited to interview his favourite band. Alex was very pleasant to him, Damon could learn a thing or two.

    • @LucySkyz
      @LucySkyz Год назад +2

      Alex is always a charmer and great interviewee :)

  • @Froggumdrops
    @Froggumdrops Год назад +36

    This is such a good light hearted interview lol

    • @bex82uk
      @bex82uk Год назад +2

      I agree, feel like it would be so cool to sit and have a cuppa tea and chat with them 😂❤

  • @bankliang
    @bankliang Год назад +28

    thank god you back.blur is my favorite band

  • @easkeybikes1966
    @easkeybikes1966 Год назад +6

    "I got the feeling we was going to go from irrelevant to forgotten, and I wasn't 'aving none of that."

  • @adev9764
    @adev9764 Год назад +6

    Just saw them last night ! They were amazing ❤

  • @20thCenturyPox
    @20thCenturyPox Год назад +15

    There's a real purity to their ongoing reconnections and it's lovely to see. That it produces more worthwhile music is a nice bonus.

  • @redred9882
    @redred9882 Год назад +1

    Top lads. Into Blur since a wee kid. So pumped about the news of a new album 😀

  • @sodiumlights
    @sodiumlights Год назад +2

    Really enjoyed this, nice to see them having a laugh!

  • @romelovesdan
    @romelovesdan Год назад +3

    Ready for this! patiently waiting in the US...

  • @ameliebouillon3527
    @ameliebouillon3527 Год назад

    Love you guys so much !

  • @Andyc515
    @Andyc515 Год назад +2

    Awesome to have Blur back,fantastic 👌👏👏

  • @hi_im_ana
    @hi_im_ana Год назад +3

    I'm so happy about them! 😊 🎉❤❤❤❤

  • @marthamydear5869
    @marthamydear5869 Год назад +2

    It was so amazing xxx❤❤❤

  • @firekind1980
    @firekind1980 Год назад +14

    Great bunch of lads. Iconic legends the four of them. Coxton still sounds like someone you want to look after like a little brother or something.

  • @oliverbrown8038
    @oliverbrown8038 Год назад +6

    I bought Graham Coxon a drink in Camden about 10 years ago, we exchanged music ideas, he even gave me his email to send him stuff. Nice guy........nice band!

    • @cactaceous
      @cactaceous 2 месяца назад

      A drink? Graham has been sober, according to him, since 2003.

  • @paulrhyslloyd1
    @paulrhyslloyd1 Год назад

    What a fantastic interview.

  • @brianbozo2447
    @brianbozo2447 Год назад +3

    The one person who seems quietly happiest is Graham Coxon as he now has a creative outlet after a long musically solitary winter

  • @paulgomusic
    @paulgomusic Год назад +8

    I still fucking love these blokes, how can you not???

  • @victoriarozdolska1671
    @victoriarozdolska1671 11 месяцев назад +1

    I’m gutted I missed them - we need more !

  • @johnfarenden1080
    @johnfarenden1080 Год назад +5

    blur, are the only band that i can think of, that have come back with 2x brilliant albums

  • @PauloRicardo-hn8pn
    @PauloRicardo-hn8pn 10 месяцев назад +3

    Blur is a band that caught my attention from the start,there's something about the music end the videos that struck a chord on me I can't explain. That song Tender breaks me in a million pieces. Some say artists are the antennas of mankind and I believe it!

  • @markhamer7220
    @markhamer7220 8 месяцев назад +1

    Saw them in Bogota very recently. Absolutely fantastic.

  • @blathersz
    @blathersz Год назад +1

    i love these guys

  • @jamrs5201
    @jamrs5201 Год назад

    Love this and just came out of the blue. Sound track to me youth.

  • @oscarruizzea604
    @oscarruizzea604 9 месяцев назад +1

    They are back and better than ever.

  • @lavendermystic
    @lavendermystic Год назад

    I’m super excited 🎉

  • @credenceia3572
    @credenceia3572 Год назад +2

    i love blur so much

  • @hawsrulebegin7768
    @hawsrulebegin7768 Год назад +18

    For a 53 yr old seeing Alex missing a tooth and sporting a big belly makes me feel better about myself. We were all young and skinny once.

    • @sued6221
      @sued6221 7 месяцев назад +1

      I was thinking the same thing!

    • @andrew6978
      @andrew6978 7 месяцев назад +2

      That'll be the copius amounts of cheese and cider.

  • @SeattleSpursFan1882
    @SeattleSpursFan1882 Год назад +2

    I had to treble check to ensure this video wasn't 10 years old of something like that. What a fantastic bit of news!!!

  • @powerofpop8747
    @powerofpop8747 Год назад +3

    Oh bring me back to the 90s!

  • @AngelicusImmortus
    @AngelicusImmortus Год назад +8

    Some of you might find it strange, but as an Eastbourne resident, it got announced they would be playing the winter gardens and quite literally the tickets were gone and we had loads of people in the town, right up to today, pissed off that they didn’t get a chance to get a ticket.
    These old folk… there are grannies down here with a WhatsApp group for a knitting group, another for the bowls club…
    I was in Costa about a week ago with an 80 yr old explaining WhatsApp to her son (even though he knew about it) then go on to say “I’ve got eight or nine WhatsApp groups and then there’s the family ones…”
    Her own son (from earwigging it) came down from Birmingham to see her, was stunned.
    I was just laughing. My neighbour is a 76yr old guy, he’s got his mobility scooter and a blue tooth speaker and goes along the seafront with Iron Maiden blaring out, he was telling me a while back he had to delete a WhatsApp group because he accidentally put his ex-wife and ex-girlfriend in the same group as his current girlfriend…
    So Eastbourne may well fill the Winter Gardens when Blur play, with loads of absolutely mental OAP’s
    Tuesday, an old guy was sat outside my place in a battered VW camper van, smoking a huge spliff listening to Eminem at an ear splitting volume.

  • @orange58729
    @orange58729 Год назад

    Im so happy happy I will get to seek them live for the first time in Porto in 2 weeks

  • @ijeff2005
    @ijeff2005 Год назад +6

    Looking forward to the new album after hearing "The Narcissist" single. To me it sounds fresh and different but still essentially Blur. In other words, it hints at a nice evolution of their sound from where they left off with their last album.

  • @christianveitner
    @christianveitner Год назад +1

    These guys are just adoreable... Sweet

  • @bex82uk
    @bex82uk Год назад

    Love themmmmmmm

  • @tinytechs482
    @tinytechs482 Год назад +2

    Saw them at Malahide Castle Dublin end of June. Amazing gig, as an English lad i felt quite proud among yhe Itish, them all having a good old British singalong
    They actually came out to the theme tune to Crossroads, i reference lost on EVERY crowd member, except me (im 50) ... crossroads was rubbish but i remember Mum watching it !

  • @Droxcy
    @Droxcy Год назад +11

    Damon throwing jokes glad they're having fun together

  • @Digital_Snowflake
    @Digital_Snowflake Год назад

    Love Blur. Yes!!!

  • @wertcon
    @wertcon Год назад +51

    Great interview! Now, I want to see Blur on a new Nardwuar episode.

  • @Kaisersozze
    @Kaisersozze Год назад +28

    I wish they did a few shows in Canada. I can't afford to see them in Europe. Very happy that there's a new album.

    • @alejandrocastillo9209
      @alejandrocastillo9209 Год назад +2

      They’re coming

    • @Kaisersozze
      @Kaisersozze Год назад +1

      @@alejandrocastillo9209 When? I don't see any Canadian dates.

    • @alejandrocastillo9209
      @alejandrocastillo9209 Год назад +4

      @@Kaisersozze I’m sure once they announce the North American dates they will

    • @Kaisersozze
      @Kaisersozze Год назад +4

      @@alejandrocastillo9209 Fingers crossed then

    • @alejandrocastillo9209
      @alejandrocastillo9209 Год назад +1

      @Helmut Salvatore I’d like to say they’re bigger now and they would be missing a big Chuck of dough if they didn’t tour in the States

  • @davidpearson6785
    @davidpearson6785 Год назад +2

    Glad the boys had a chance meeting! 🤣

  • @imeatinggoldfish
    @imeatinggoldfish Год назад +1

    Love Blur

  • @redimade
    @redimade Год назад +4

    their new song is an earworm, thanks blah

  • @ANDREWMACCONNAL-MASON
    @ANDREWMACCONNAL-MASON Месяц назад

    I just love the fact that the "subtitles" managed to convert "Kaleidoscopic" to "Colitis Car Pig". It's like a Bowie / Burroughs 'cut up' lyric. Magnificent.

  • @BedeLaplume
    @BedeLaplume Год назад +4

    Agree with Andy Bush, Graham Coxon, is among the greatest Brit guitar players.. He is underrated and has done great melodic riffs and parts..

  • @borderalp
    @borderalp Год назад +1

    wow wow wow is this a dream or what ♥

  • @TheSkorge68
    @TheSkorge68 Год назад +2

    Wembley was amazing.

  • @IBoyan
    @IBoyan Год назад +2

    Come to Africa guys, I would be over the moon if I can attend a Blur show!

  • @maartentoors
    @maartentoors Год назад

    Running wild-hot in anticipation for the gig @ Ziggo-Dome in Amsterdam (27-6)!
    Fist time full-concert for me (just seen you guys @ festivals).
    PLEASE play 'The Universal' (and if I may be so bold; 'Charmless Man')?
    LOVE from Amsterdam!

  • @celioazevedoofficial
    @celioazevedoofficial Год назад +1

    Great!

  • @jonnycomics
    @jonnycomics Год назад +2

    Outsource the set list, that's fantastic.

  • @liamwalters5029
    @liamwalters5029 Год назад +9

    Met Alex James the other day nice bloke

  • @yokosomike
    @yokosomike Год назад

    Japan!!.?… when and where.? Love it.

  • @elfboy29
    @elfboy29 Год назад +1

    Deep love

  • @blee8609
    @blee8609 Год назад +1

    (Relieved sigh), There is again hope in our dim dark world.

  • @richatlarge462
    @richatlarge462 Год назад +1

    I thought this was a great interview, with all participants adding thoughtful comments. Then I read this comments section and can only shake my head.

  • @MrLozza70
    @MrLozza70 Год назад

    Please come to Australia!!!!!!!!

  • @lauraleon6537
    @lauraleon6537 Год назад +4

    Visionary talent

  • @mediamonarchyplus
    @mediamonarchyplus Год назад +1

    awww boys i love you

    • @mediamonarchyplus
      @mediamonarchyplus Год назад +1

      you coulda knocked me over with a feather when i got the email announce

  • @anitasoraya7796
    @anitasoraya7796 11 месяцев назад +4

    This interview revealed the fact that Alex James is truly forntman of Blur 😂

    • @LucySkyz
      @LucySkyz 10 месяцев назад +1

      Yup. He's a true charmer 😄

  • @jimmysavageultrabrutal8130
    @jimmysavageultrabrutal8130 Год назад +6

    They are in great shape.
    Their live sound sounds even better and more full of energy, and vitality than maybe 20 something years ago.
    Back on your feet lads, please do us and yourselves a big favour, make noise, music, gigs, shows, in other words... keep doing what you are doing because there are thousands, maybe millions of people who need to to listen to real great tunes.
    You guys are the very few around who can make great beautiful sings and outperform yourselves like it is something easy to do.
    There's plenty of youth in your eyes, and if the eyes are a reflection of the souls, you have more than you need to place lots of songs at the top of every chart, billboards, you name it. So make the most of it.
    GOD BLESS EACH ONE OF YOU.

  • @ChainNonSmoker
    @ChainNonSmoker Год назад +1

    Graham at 12:23 "Oh John Squire? Now it doesnt' mean as much"
    Haha

  • @simonarcher1510
    @simonarcher1510 Год назад +6

    24 gigs between May and November 2023.

  • @DE-eVOLVED
    @DE-eVOLVED Год назад +1

    Song 2 and Beetlebum 😎👌

  • @reinpost
    @reinpost Год назад

    Thanks so much ... truly a colitis car pig journey.

  • @Lorebd29
    @Lorebd29 Год назад

    I love to see them in the age as if they were my parents

  • @paulrhyslloyd1
    @paulrhyslloyd1 Год назад +1

    2009 was an expensive year for me, it was the year of my brothers 18th so I got me and him weekend tickets to download so I could see Faith No More, then I won tickets to Sonisphere to see Metallica and then Blur announced they were reforming and playing shows in Hyde Park. I couldn’t pass that up, they were brilliant live and if I get the opportunity I will be going to see hem live again but hopefully somewhere a bit closer to home.

    • @the_oslovian
      @the_oslovian Год назад

      I flew in from Norway for Hyde Park. I had wanted all that time. 😊

    • @paulrhyslloyd1
      @paulrhyslloyd1 Год назад

      @@the_oslovian I had wanted to see them since I was 13 or 14 and then when I finally got a chance I was 27.

  • @elliottsilverman7931
    @elliottsilverman7931 Год назад

    Its afternoon this interview i imagined it to be morning earlier

  • @mathiasbustskytta6938
    @mathiasbustskytta6938 Год назад

    It's more like 25 shows, Alex

  • @Tamar-sz8ox
    @Tamar-sz8ox Год назад +3

    Let’s have it ! 🇬🇧 Knebworth Blur & Oasis reunion ! 😂 with love ❤️ USA 🇺🇸

  • @wolfkingsigma2795
    @wolfkingsigma2795 Год назад +7

    Graham, should play a new Inspector Clouseau! Reminds me of Peter Sellers.

  • @seamless_rhymes
    @seamless_rhymes Год назад

    Great interviewer.

  • @gpeddino
    @gpeddino Год назад +4

    Alex mentioned four gigs in South America, but only Argentina and Colombia have been announced. I hope Brazil is about to be confirmed as well.

  • @LyricsVideo4U
    @LyricsVideo4U Год назад

    00:54 Nice one, keep it up!

  • @EILONadiv
    @EILONadiv Год назад +3

    I really love to see an oasis blur playing gig
    Both bands playing songs together

  • @vladkrus5796
    @vladkrus5796 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks blur in 90s i was caught wieghing which is the best and to choose between Blur and Oasis. Its really hard to choose if only one 😢

  • @michaelajohnston7760
    @michaelajohnston7760 Год назад +3

    “That they feel our pain” 😂

  • @joshjuanfifarek7382
    @joshjuanfifarek7382 Год назад +2

    ❤Fuck Yes!❤ The lads look great

  • @adamacote
    @adamacote Год назад +1

    Wish there were no edits. Would love to see the whole interview .