Confirman concierto su debut de Blur en Chile !

Blur confirmó su debut en Chile 

Ya en noviembre de 2010 Damon Albarn había adelantado algo sobre una posible reunión con sus ex compañeros Graham Coxon, Alex James y Dave Rowntree. Ahora, el gran sueño de miles de fans chilenos está a punto de hacerse realidad.

Porque el 7 de noviembre Blur llegará a nuestro país para presentarse en la Pista Atlética del Estadio Nacional, en Santiago.

Todo comenzó cuando, durante los juegos olímpicos de Londres 2012, la banda confirmó su regreso a los escenarios con varios shows por el Reino Unido. Junto a esto se sumó, como sorpresa,  nuevas e inéditas canciones como “Under The Westway” y “The Puritan”, escritas para su concierto en Hyde Park del 15 de agosto, y estrenadas vía streaming a todo el mundo en julio pasado.

Las entradas para el show se pondrán a la venta el próximo domingo 19 de mayo, a través del sistema Puntoticket. Los encargados de traer a Blur a Chile son la gente de la productora DG Medios.

Te dejamos con los precios y ubicaciones, para que te hagas una idea de cómo será este espectacular concierto.

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Gig spotlight: Blur at Big Sound Festival Indonesia 2013 (Videos and Pictures)

Blur played a concert in Jakarta, Indonesia on May 15th 2013 as part of their phenomenal world tour this year, where they headlined one of Indonesia's biggest music festivals- Big Sound Festival 2013. Images of Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree in Indonesia, at the gig, with fans, at the airport and playing pingpong backstage at the concert have surfaced. 

Here's a first look at the Jakarta gig: 

Blur in Indonesia - Photo gallery 

Setlist: Blur at Big Sound Festival, Jakarta Indonesia 2013

• Girls and Boys
• Popscene
• There's No Other Way
• Badhead
• Beetlebum
• Out of Time
• Caramel
• Coffee & TV
• Tender
• Country House
• Parklife
• End of a Century
• Death of a Party
• This is a Low
• Westway
• For Tomorrow
• The Universal
• Song 2

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Blur interview for Kompas TV Indonesia - May 15th 2013



For more images of Big Sound Fest di Jakarta, visit this gallery.

Stay tuned for a review and more exclusive photographs of the show.

Blur Tour 2013 - Full dates and rundown  HERE

Blur @ Coachella- video and image gallery HERE 

Damon Albarn- "We are going to try to record a new album" HERE

Blur Europe Tour News  HERE

Order the new Blur: Parklife (Live at Hyde Park CD / DVD) HERE

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Blur recorded a new demo tape in Hong Kong

Damon Albarn has surprised Blur fans yet again. The frontman announced during Blur's first Hong Kong gig (May 6th 2013) that the band "will try to record a new record" in a week-long period during their stay in the vibrant city, and the news (captured in our exclusive video) had taken the world by storm. 

The Blur forums have been given a revamp, Damon's been spotted abroad the Hong Kong MTR train, Graham Coxon was seen in the city's "Soho" Lan Kwai Fong, plus Dave's been tweeting meticulously about Hong Kong. Something's definitely up. 

A few days ago, a Hong Kong music sharing page "Zenegeist" shared a photo of a new Blur demo in their official Facebook page. The photo has the text "Front of House" written in front, as well as some technical details of the brand new demo tape. 

New Blur demo (Facebook.com/zenegeist) 

The original post message was in Chinese: 剛才在Avon 樓下碰到blur 的roadie Steve . Steve 透露樂隊已完成在港的錄音工作，並已錄下數首demo. 曲風仍然很blur 和帶有lofi 感覺。 Blur 將會在明天離港

The text can be translated into "We just bumped into Blur at Avon and met their roadie Steve. Steve revealed that the band had completed their recordings in Hong Kong, and produced a few new demo tracks. Blur's new demos still retain the original 'Blur' sound and has a very low-fi feel. Blur will leave Hong Kong tomorrow." 

As with many news recently, this is speculation as to whether the information is legitimate or not. The picture seems real albeit the weight, and Damon Albarn indeed announced in front of thousands of live audiences in Hong Kong that they were going to try making new material last week. However, as some fans pointed out, the item in the picture weights 83kg - impossible for a small demo tape.

Graham Coxon also posted a picture of biscuits on what seems like studio equipment on Twitter, presumably from the studio they hired in Hong Kong after the announcement.

Biscuits on studio equipment - speculations on Blur's new recordings 2013

It could very well be that Blur will polish up these demo after their tour, or perhaps finally gather all their previous recordings from the old William Orbit sessions and release a new Blur album. Or perhaps the band will choose not to use the new tracks they recorded in Hong Kong this week. Or, will Damon Albarn change his mind again and decide to drop Blur after the world tour?

Is the demo tape real?
	Yes - I believe it's real
	Nope - fake / photoshopped
	Don't know / Maybe
	Don't care - it's something new

Amidst rumours of a new album, new Blur EP and new tour venues for the latter part of the year, anything can happen.

One thing's for sure - the recent Blur news are all pointing to a positive direction, and the band's prospects for releasing a new album are looking rather positive.

Blur Tour 2013 - Full dates and rundown  HERE

Blur @ Coachella- video and image gallery HERE 

Damon Albarn- "We are going to try to record a new album" HERE

Blur Europe Tour News  HERE

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Blur's Alex James directs and produces new track for Virgin Media Shorts (video)

For the premier of the Virgin Media Shorts short film competition, Alex James, bassist and cheese-maker from Blur directed, scored, wrote and acted in his very own short film, all under the main motif of the contest- "Life is Short". For the film, Alex James was given a sponsored Nikon D5200 and asked to let his creative juices spill.

The Blur bassist's final film is a mere 2.20 minutes long, but manages to include an exclusive, new Alex James song titled "Superordinator". The brand new track is the background music to the short film and will definitely keep Blur fans hoping for new sounds satisfied.

Scene from Alex James's directing debut for the Virgin Media Shorts competition

Alex's film, titled "Slice of Life" was filmed in Los Angeles, USA, and features Alex James dancing to the beat, shaking his head, brushing his teeth and walking around the sunny Los Angeles streets.

The film highlights that colorful, high-resolution scenes can be created using a normal-priced DSLR camera. Additionally, the background track also sounds somewhat like an early Blur demo . It also has a surprise ending which you can find out by scrolling down and watching the full film.

Watch: "Slice of Life" - a film by Alex James 

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