The hook to Blur’s biggest song doesn’t have words. And before they were duking it out with Oasis for control of the Britpop kingdom, Damon Albarn and his band were keeping the Madchester ...

Blur guitarist Graham Coxon has nominated King Crimson's Ladies Of The Road as the song which changed his life. Coxon revealed his choice in an interview for The Guardian website's Honest Playlist ...

Blur fans with a sharp eye may have spotted a subtle detail in their 'Parklife' music video. Decades on, fans of the Damon Albarn-fronted band are scratching their heads over a mysterious detail.

As a young indie band on the rise, 1988-91, Blur were rowdy and puppyish ... but it’s to their credit that when it came the crash fuelled music that bore the scars, in the scratchy comedown vibe of ...

Road well travelled: Blur bassist Alex James has toured worldwide but loves being at home with his family at their farm in the Cotswolds - Dan Baskerville ...

He is best known as the guitarist of the Britpop band Blur, a key figure in the 1990s music scene. Coxon’s distinctive lo-fi sound and guitar work became central to Blur’s identity ...

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Blur's Damon Albarn is ... lead singer of the English rock band on Twitter Monday, slamming his claim in a recent interview that she doesn't write her own music. "@DamonAlbarn I was such a big ...

Subsequent albums contained influences from lo-fi, electronic and hip hop music. In 1998 ... being the frontman of the alternative rock band Blur as well as vocalist and principal songwriter ...

As Steve Lamacq marks the 25th anniversary of the famous Blur v Oasis Britpop chart battle on 6 Music with special editions of his Album Club, it's your chance to put your Britpop trivia to the test.