um yes, blur are getting back together.

[Zoomerang96]

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Blur confirm summer reunion gig

Blur are reforming to play a huge live show in London's Hyde Park next summer - nine years after their last concert as a four-piece band.

Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree will reunite for the concert on 3 July.

It will be the first time the band have played in public since performing at London's Royal Festival Hall in 2000, before Coxon left the group in 2002.

Tickets for the gig, which will cost £45, go on sale at 0900 GMT on Friday.

this is quite possibly the best news i've heard in a very long time.
anyone else going to try and go?
EHHHHHHH??!?!?
HAAAAAAUUUUUHHH?!?!??!?!

 

[Zoomerang96]

people should be welcoming this news the same way parents feel upon news of a wanted pregnancy.

 

[mad1]

I know Laz is very excited about it.

yes, well I remember the old Blur, this reunion could be good for classics but not the classic image.

 

[UberBeaver]

This is great news - but I'm nowhere near London, so the joy is cancelled out by the fact that I won't be able to see it.

 

[mad1]

DVD Uber, DVD.

 

[phanan]

I'll be more excited if they decide to do another album.

 

[pgv]

Best news EVER, I'll definitely be trying to get tickets for this!

 

[LemonMelon]

I'll be more excited if they decide to do another album.

Same here. There's no possible way I could get to this gig.

 

[gareth brown]

I received an email today telling me as a mailing list member I get to buy tickets in the presale tomorrow morning! YES! Fucking best news in ages. Been listening to blur loads recently, can't fucking wait!

 

[Ava79]

YAY! That is great news!

 

[Pearl]

Whoo-hoo!

 

[phillyfan26]

If this is filmed in some way, I'm pumped.

 

[Zoots]

This is great news - but I'm nowhere near London, so the joy is cancelled out by the fact that I won't be able to see it.

I'll be more excited if they decide to do another album.

If this is filmed in some way, I'm pumped.

 

[No spoken words]

Same as said earlier....great news, better if they do new work, and a shame I cannot even attempt to go at this stage.

 

[UberBeaver]

I would perhaps consider going to see the Stone Roses, honestly. But not Blur.

 

[No spoken words]

I would perhaps consider going to see the Stone Roses, honestly. But not Blur.

You can't even afford to buy a book right now, so you're not flying off to England to see a reunion. An interference gathering, sure, but not a concert.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

You can't even afford to buy a book right now, so you're not flying off to England to see a reunion. An interference gathering, sure, but not a concert.

The United States of RECESSION!

 

[UberBeaver]

You can't even afford to buy a book right now, so you're not flying off to England to see a reunion. An interference gathering, sure, but not a concert.

There are something's money can't buy. For everything else GFY.

 

[No spoken words]

there are something's money can't buy. For everything else gfy.

lol, even if it's "some things". SJU!

 

[lazarus]

YES!!

I won't be able to go to the show either, but I'm sure someone will record it for posterity.

And of course, a new album would be even better news. But this is the first step, right?

Oh yeah, FUCK OASIS.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Oh yeah, FUCK OASIS.

What does Oasis have to do with any of this? Don't tell me you're still worked up about a "feud" that ended like 12 years ago.

 

[lazarus]

For them, maybe.

 

[No spoken words]

It never ends. And, it's always worth bashing an overhyped, overrated bunch of alcoholics.

 

[intedomine]

Verve like reunion, gigs then album?

Doubt Blur could ever release something as brilliant as Parklife....

 

[Zoots]

Oh yeah, FUCK OASIS.

Right. And in the meantime Oasis have released 2 stunning albums this decade whereas Blur have released one album which got mixed reviews.

GAF is right. Blur vs. Oasis is so 1996.

 

[lazarus]

Mixed reviews? How about an 83 rating on Metacritic, which translates as "universal acclaim", plus a 9.0 user rating?

Regardless, Oasis could never even dream of recording something as original and brilliant as Think Tank. I'll take one of those over two predictable Brit pop albums, which have Metacritic ratings of 64 and 66, by the way. That's what I call "mixed".

Thanks for playing.

Oh yeah, fuck Coldplay and Viva la Vida (72) too.

 

[phillyfan26]

Blur > Oasis.

Oasis is very overrated. They're not bad, they're just nothing special.

 

[LMP]

Mixed reviews? How about an 83 rating on Metacritic, which translates as "universal acclaim", plus a 9.0 user rating?

Regardless, Oasis could never even dream of recording something as original and brilliant as Think Tank. I'll take one of those over two predictable Brit pop albums, which have Metacritic ratings of 64 and 66, by the way. That's what I call "mixed".

Thanks for playing.

Oh yeah, fuck Coldplay and Viva la Vida (72) too.

For those keeping score at home:

Blur = Scorsese
Oasis = Spielberg
Coldplay = M. Night Shamalamadingdong

 

[lazarus]

Blur=Scorsese
The Beatles=Hitchcock
Coldplay=DePalma
Oasis=M. Night
The Monkees/Beach Boys=Spielberg

 

[LMP]

Okay, that makes more sense.

Bob Dylan = Woody