Alex James has spoken on BBC 6 about the possible Blur reunion and whether it's official or not. Looks like it's not, but hey that's not new news. Here's what he said, taken from BBC's twitter account:
May 30, 2011
Alex James talks Blur Reunion 2011
May 9, 2011
Graham Coxon new gigs UPDATE (Summer Sundae + Truck Festival) 2011
Summer Sundae Festival was headlined by Seasick Steve, Tinchy Stryder andMumford and Sons in 2010. See Summersundae.com for more information.
The line-up for the Summer Sundae Festival so far is:
The Maccabees
Graham Coxon
Newton Faulkner
The Bees
Bellowhead
The Cuban Brothers
Wilko Johnson
John Cooper Clarke
Little Comets
CW Stoneking
Liam Bailey
Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Mama Rosin
Raghu Dixit
Skinny Lister
The Black Atlantic
Dizraeli And The Small Gods
Various Cruelties
The Maccabees |
I covered this in my previous post HERE, but once again, Graham Coxon and Radiohead's Phil Selway are among the latest additions to this year's Truck Festival line-up.
Set to take place July 22-24 at Hill Farm, Steventon, the weekend should be somewhat of a homecoming for Oxfordshire-based musician Selway, who'll play a solo show there.
This year Truck are teaming up with record labels Transgressive, Bella Union andHeavenly to curate the second stage.
Coxon will headline the stage on the Friday, under the Transgressive banner, withSelway appearing on the Sunday, when Bella Union are in charge.
Other new acts on the bill include The Go! Team, Edwyn Collins, Dry the River andGaggle.
See Thisistruck.com for more information.
To check the availability of Truck Festival tickets and get all the latest listings, go toNME.COM/TICKETS now, or call 0871 230 1094.
The line up for Truck 2011 is:
Graham Coxon
The Go! Team
Philip Selway
Edwyn Collins
Truck Festival All-Stars
Tunng
Dean Wareham (plays Galaxie 500)
Roddy Woomble
Justin Townes Earle
Admiral Fallow
Dry The River
Pete Molinari
Alessi's Ark
Sea of Bees
Justin Robertson
Richard Norris (Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve)
Mechanical Bride
Gaggle
The Rockingbirds
Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou
James Walbourne
Lanterns on the Lake
Cashier No9
Two Fingers of Firewater
Gruff Rhys
Bellowhead
Saint Etienne
Johnny Flynn
John Grant
The Duke & The King
Cherry Ghost
Fixers
Trophy Wife
Jonquil
Chad Valley
Caitlin Rose
Marques Toliver
Treefight For Sunlight
Marcus Foster
Jonny
Richmond Fontaine
Dreaming Spires
Graham Coxon last year |
May 8, 2011
Dave Rowntree's 47th birthday
Happy 47th Birthday to Mr. Dave Rowntree of Blur, The Ailerons, Gorillaz (contributor - drums) and politician fame.
Here's a funny Q&A I found online from here:
- When is Dave Rowntree's birthday?
- Dave Rowntree's birthday is April 8th, 1964.
- What is Dave Rowntree's horoscope/astrology sign?
- Dave Rowntree's astrology/horoscope sign is Aries.
- How old is Dave Rowntree?
- Dave Rowntree is 47 years old.*
- Dave Rowntree's Biography
- Dave Rowntree was born on April 8th, 1963.
- (*if alive today)
What's with the last line ? Ha ha ha. [EDIT: 47, he's 47, not 48 years young. I must be posting one year in advance!]
May 6, 2011
Graham Coxon quashes Blur rumours - NO NEW SONGS
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April 28, 2011
Graham Coxon to play Glastonbury 2011
According to THIS LINK, Graham Coxon will be playing at Glastonbury this year! He will share the Park Stage with ...
The Park Stage
Wild Beasts
James Blake
Special Guests
Tame Impala
The Walkmen
Graham Coxon
Those Dancing Days
About Group
Baelearic Folk Orchestra
Ellen & The Escapades
Awesome news for us fans. Perhaps he'll play something from his new album ?
Graham looking suave at last year's Blur mega glastonbury gig |
April 23, 2011
New Damon Albarn Demo with Kid Koala
Damon Albarn is not the kind of guy who can sit still and leave a couple of years (or more) in between albums.
He’s just finished with Gorillaz, more rumors of further Blur dates keep surfacing, and now it appears he’s been working on new material with Dan the Automator and Kid Koala.
The latter just appeared on Tim Sweeney’s Beats in Space radio show, where he dropped this as-yet untitled demo, which is a choppy, trip hop-style collaboration between the trio.
Albarn’s plaintive vocals help increase the already-downcast nature of the track, which is wrapped around a neat stuttering framework. Is this a long-term project for these three artists? We don’t know yet, but this demo certainly sounds promising.
Listen HERE.
It sounds quite unfinished to me! Apparently it's just a modified version of a song released 4 years ago...
Hmm, why wasn't this released ever ? I think this is the only Gorillaz song I don't own yet!
What do you think ?
April 12, 2011
Graham Coxon - DESIRE with lyrics
Remember when I promised I will upload Graham Coxon's new song "Desire" featuring Paloma Faith and Bill Ryder-Jones if I get permission from Converse? Well, I did get permission from their lovely Internet Team and I uploaded a lyrics video for the awesome new song.
Check it out HERE or watch below.
For those of you who don't know, I have a youtube channel that uploads everything Blur, Gorillaz, Damon and Graham....with bits and pieces of Alex and Dave. I'm making sure my account does not get suspended or removed, because there will be much less Blur in the cyber-sphere if I do get deleted.
So I'm chuffed I get to share with all of you and the world this amazing song DESIRE.
Do subscribe, rate and comment please! Keep me going!
April 10, 2011
Graham Coxon NEW SONG - "Desire" with Paloma Faith
Put Paloma Faith, Graham Coxon and Bill Ryder-Jones together in a studio and what do you get? Desire.
I am actually trying to upload the song to my youtube channel UKTAHHH but I already have 2 strikes. One more and I'm out of youtube yet again (for those of you who know me, I had an account called "Uktah" that had all the videos I have now, but uploaded a year earlier, the account was deleted due to copyright issues). I emailed Converse about this, and if all goes well, I will have permission to upload it and share to you guys. For now, just listen on the website and enjoy the awesome interface.
EDIT***
I uploaded it on youtube with permission. Here it is:
April 9, 2011
Graham Coxon at Truck Festival 2011
A little about the festival...
Truck Festival is an annual independent music festival in Oxfordshire, England. It was started in 1998 by the Bennett family (including the brothers Robin and Joe of the band Goldrush), who decided that mainstream festivals such as Glastonbury had become too commercial and predictable. It is held in July at Hill Farm in Steventon, near Abingdon. The festival also gave birth to the Truck Records label in 1999.
Truck has grown somewhat since its inception, but with an annual attendance of around 5,000 it is dwarfed by the likes of Glastonbury (around 150,000 people) and Reading/Leeds.