Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tales From the Parkside: Our 1994 Blur Feature Blur performed a couple of major rarities last night (July 8) during its first of ...
Two decades have passed since Damon sung of the travels of the mystical lager-eater and mused on the sun, sea and sex of Club 18-Dirty in bonkers Britpop form. To mark Girls & Boys’ anniversary, ...
Today marks 20 years since the release of Blur’s seminal pop hit Girls & Boys, from their album Parklife. To remember the mischief and mayhem of the Britpop act, here’s a selection of images from the ...
Not since England won the World Cup, not since Michael Caine, Jean Shrimpton, and David Bailey ate whelks in Carnaby Street, not since Lady Diana lowered her eyes and whispered "I do," has there been ...
All the Britpop fans, this one’s for you. Blur and Oasis have long been compared to each other as two of the U.K.’s indie-rock darlings. However, 1994 marked the start of something bigger: the Battle ...
'Popscene' was one of Blur's earliest singles and was supposed to be included on their excellent second album, 'Modern Life Is Rubbish.' But it bombed, barely cracking the charts in the U.K., so it ...
Alex James, Dave Rowntree, Damon Albarn, and Graham Coxon of Blur. Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images “You’re taking the fun out of everything” goes the first line of Blur’s breakthrough U.K. hit, ...
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Parklife, Blur are releasing a 1994 BBC Radio 1 session on 10" vinyl (and digital formats) on August 2. Recorded for Mark Radcliffe on March 7, 1994 – six weeks ...
Criticism of celebrity culture swings like a pendulum from one polar extreme to another and back again. One moment we’re criticizing celebrities’ indifference to the world at-large, but they become ...
In 1988, three students at London’s Goldsmiths College, singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, and bassist Alex James, formed a band with drummer Dave Rowntree. Initially performing as Seymour, ...
Blur performed a couple of major rarities last night (July 8) during its first of two shows at London’s Wembley Stadium. The band performed the Parklife closer “Lot 105” for the first time since 1994 ...