Blur to reform for Hyde Park gig next year

[El Jefe]

So what?

you missed my point, brainiac.

 

[Silva]

You're an Oasis fan, aren't you?

Heavens no I just think that Albarn & Coxon often indulge themselves too much and start to extend the album and lose coherency. Other than Parklife and Blur all their albums start to get a bit messy after a while. The Great Escape is a good example, I can't remember more than five tracks out of the fifteen in it. The "artsy" dig was directed at that tendency of them to extend things over their need, not in a "artsy posh middle-class ladyboys" fashion.

 

[Augie March]

They've said they're gonna play some smaller venues as well. If they don't play Essex uni I'll eat my hat.

I hope they play The Twist.

 

[cliche guevara]

A couple of people today have said to me that Blur have said they'll be playing a series of lower key gigs around Essex, possibly including Braintree Towerlands. I can't find much on google though, anyone got any more info?

 

[El Jefe]

Albarn was on Front Row yesterday - they're definitely going to play lots of low-key gigs in places that mean something to them, including around Colchester.

 

[cliche guevara]

Sweet. Getting ticket will be a fucking nightmare tho

Towerlands is a cool venue, quite big but easily accessible. I've only seen one gig there, that was Prodigy a few years back, but the sound was fantastic.