Blur confirmed to headline Poland festival 2012

A new Blur headliner act for their upcoming European Tour has been confirmed just moments ago - and this time Blur is going to play in Poland's Heineken Open'er 2013.

The Heineken Open-er Festival is one of the Poland's biggest music festivals. It takes place at the Gdynia-Kosakowo airfield, Gdynia, Poland from 3rd to 6th July 2013. The 80-hectare airfield space contains 7 massive stages and can feature 120 artists. The location is also a festival town with campsites, a beach, sports grounds and various other merchandise areas suitable for activities and music performances.

Bjork headlined the Open'er festival last year. Mumford & Sons, New Order and Orbital were amongst the other acts who played in the four-day music festival last year in 2012. This year, it will be britpop band Blur's turn on the stage.

So far, Blur have confirmed several countries for their European tour 2013. The locations are Primavera Sound in Spain and Portugal, Rock Werchter in Belgium, and now it's Heineken Open'er in Poland. They are also rumoured to play in France, Australia and Japan, as well as UK's Coachella, Reading and Leeds festivals, although no official confirmation has been issued.

Will this come true ? 

The news quashed rumours about the band ending after their London Hyde Park gig in 2012, where Damon Albarn hinted that "Blur are over" and that the band will not play live again. There was also rumours as early as from 2009 about Blur playing in Poland. This year it looks like the rumour has finally came true.

A four-day Open'er festival ticket (from 03/07 – 06/07) cost approximately £71 and a four-day ticket with 6 days of camping (from 02/07 – 07/07) costs approximately £84.

Order your special early bird tickets for Heineken Open'er Poland by clicking HERE. The tickets are available from now until January 15th 2013 while stock lasts.

Poland's Open'er Festival boasts a massive grand location and atmosphere

Stay tuned for more up-to-date updates on Blur's European Tour in 2013. It's going to be a big year for the iconic band.

What would you like to hear in 2013 ?
	An entire new Blur album
	A new Blur song will do
	No new material - the old blur
	Gorillaz / Various non-blur
	A solo Damon Albarn album
	Graham Coxon's new album
	Other

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Damon Albarn's new composition to hit BBC airwaves

Damon Albarn's newest composition, named "2LO London Calling" has hit the airwaves across 55 BBC Radio stations globally at 5:33pm , on Wednesday, November 14th 2012.  The new song has played across national radio, World Service and the local UK radio stations to mark the 90th anniversary of the BBC yesterday.

Damon created a comissioned musical collage for this special event. It was a mixture of soundbites of radio listeners from all ages all across the UK. More information was revealed via The Guardian's feature:

Albarn's creation, called 2LO London Calling (named after the original 2LO transmitter) is an unconventional affair, featuring Big Ben, bird song and a quote from philosopher Bertrand Russell, relayed in morse code.

It will also feature excerpts from the original broadcast on 14 November 1922 as well as the Greenwich Time Signal "pips".

The broadcast will be "hosted" by Radio 2 DJ Simon Mayo during his drivetime show, live from the Science Museum in west London.

The one-off broadcast, the first time such a wide-ranging simulcast has been attempted by the BBC, could be heard by an estimated 80 million listeners around the world. 

Listen below for Damon Albarn's new song debut. It is an interesting piece of audio, and sounds like a mixture of messages from across the times.

After all, the estimated audience worldwide for the stream was 120 million and each has heard Damon Albarn's 3 minute composition. We particularly liked the ending when music started and the speaking stopped.

Listen and watch the full Damon Albarn interview about his project, inspiration, process and excerpt from the special radio program below. He explains how he tried to collate the soundbites and what it means for him. He even talked a little about Nigeria and his feelings on each sound on the track.

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Dave Rowntree to DJ in London - Death2Disco November

Dave Rowntree is set to DJ in a London club, the Notting Hill Arts Club, on the 14th November 2012.

The promotional flyer for this special night writes that there will be a very special guest DJ called 'Dark Destroyer' from Blur - and it is none other than Dave Rowntree who is the man behind the name.

Dave is also DJing in Madrid, Spain on the 17th November. It looks like the drummer's hectic schedule of being a lawyer, drummer and now DJ means he has to fly to and from England! Read the feature here to get the details.

Check out Death2Disco's official Facebook page for more details and for those Blur fans in London this week, make sure you RSPV for the party and a chance to meet the one and only Dave Rowntree (from 7pm - 2am) by clicking here.

* Dave will start at around 11:00pm 

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Blur confirmed for Poland HERE

Blur Europe Tour News  HERE

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Watch Alex James and Phil Daniels on Pointless Celebrities

Alex James and Phil Daniels appeared on the TV show 'Pointless Celebrities', a game show which aired on November 10th 2012. Watch to learn whether the twosome had enough musical knowledge to win the game.

Fun Blur fact of the week:

 'Song 2' was blasted all across the grounds for the Tennis tournament - ATP Finals Week - in London this week.