Well, here’s your lucky day: Blur hits the big screen
2009 was a bit of an emotional roller coaster for us American Blur fans – we all got swept up in Reunion Fever only to find out that Damon & Co. would only be sporting their Fred Perrys within the confines of the U.K. No U.S. dates, no plans for a new album… just a couple of rehearsal gigs and a handful of summer festival shows.
So what actually did go down this year between the cartoon character, the recovering alcoholic, the cheesemaker, and the barrister?
We’ll find out in 2010 with No Distance Left To Run, the upcoming documentary on the Blur reunion. Here’s the trailer, which looks absolutely magnificent:
And just to give you a taste of how good those shows were, check out an utterly blinding “Country House” from their hometown of Colchester (at a railway museum, no less) this past June 13th. “Blow me out”, indeed – here is a band not simply going through the motions:
Just excellent, eh?
Speaking of disbanded Britpop gods, we’d be lying if we said this wasn’t making us salivate for the inevitable release of Acquiesce, which should hit theaters sometime around 2017.
Tags: Blur, Blur Movie, Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, No Distance Left To Run
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