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Alex James hails Oasis comeback as a ‘wonderful’ moment for British music

Years after his band warred with the brothers’ group, Blur bassist Alex James has spoken of his delight at Liam and Noel Gallagher’s reunion – hailing their Oasis comeback as a “wonderful” moment for British music.

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Coachella 2025 Crisis: From Rihanna's boycott to Blur's fury - as the festival descends into influencer circus

Once the world's coolest festival now overrun by freeloading influencers and ‘no porta potties’ in sight... music fans revolt

Evening Standard

“What they do harkens back to classic rock and real musicianship”: Amadou Bagayoko, singer and Malian guitar great, dies at 70

Half of the enormously successful duo Amadou & Mariam, Bagayoko developed a powerful guitar style that blended classic rock influences with more traditional West African sounds, jammed with David Gilmour, and collaborated with Damon Albarn

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“It came very close to where I wasn’t going to do the album; I didn’t feel that what we’d agreed was fair”: How Pink Floyd made The Division Bell

Pink Floyd explored the theme of communication on 1994 album The Division Bell – despite their infamous communication issues

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Blur drummer Dave Rowntree's ex-wife left staggering sum in will before ending her life in Dignitas clinic

The last wishes of Blur drummer Dave Rowntree’s ex-wife have been revealed one year after she travelled to Switzerland to end her life.

Evening Standard

“That song is overplayed now": Blur's Graham Coxon has had enough of Parklife

Guitarist also claims he knows all the words to Bat Out Of Hell

MusicRadar

"It's got the filthiest tenor saxophone solo ever." Blur guitarist Graham Coxon reveals the prog rock song that changed his life

Blur guitarist Graham Coxon was a progressive rock fan as a teenager, and one song in particular captured his imagination

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You can stick your Manchester and stick your London: here’s 10 reasons why Essex is responsible for the UK’s best ever artists (as decided by an Essex boy)

Who do you have to thank for Blur, Depeche Mode, punk, Underworld and many more? Not Kent, that’s for sure!

Louder

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight to produce Oasis reunion tour film

Film will be directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, the pair behind NYC music doc Meet Me in the Bathroom and LCD Soundsystem concert film

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“An album misinterpreted by lesser talents”: What do Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers, Peter Hammill and Robert Fripp have to do with Britpop? See Blur’s Modern Life Is Rubbish for details

Okay, it’s not all-out prog – but the band’s second record contains the spirit of the genre, with its English eccentricities, non-linear approach to playing and rule-breaking flair

Louder

‘If I’d written Happy Birthday, I wouldn’t be in comedy’: Josh Widdicombe’s honest playlist

The comedian gets a nostalgic rush from the Smiths and would have the Beatles soundtracking his funeral, but which Welsh indie classic can he no longer bear?

The Guardian - UK

‘There was a little bit of the devil in her’: Damon Albarn and Rufus Wainwright remember Marianne Faithfull

The Blur frontman remembers a boisterous songwriting session, while Wainright recalls a week of partying and conversations about ‘music, sex and the craziness of life’

The Guardian - UK

Marianne Faithfull was a towering artist, not just the muse she was painted as

The late singer made her share of bad decisions – but someone this artistically adventurous and unafraid was never going to have an ordinary life

The Guardian - UK

“I become a Colossus of Maroussi, I can do anything!”: Michael Stipe on the period when R.E.M. became a stadium band and he embraced his inner showman

It’s 30 years since the Athens, Georgia legends began a huge tour to support Monster and frontman Stipe had no choice but to up the flamboyance in his frontman game

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This top-rated English Sparkling Wine is refreshingly affordable — and also has an enticing low-ABV option in the range

Blur bassist founds Britpop Alex James

Louder

“I got him a drink and it went from there”: how Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher buried the hatchet and became unlikely friends and collaborators

The Blur frontman and Oasis leader spent the 90s at loggerheads but a chance meeting paved the way to a blossoming friendship

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Blur's Alex James kicked out of church party for using 'antique figurine of naked baby Jesus' as an ashtray

Alex James won't be smoking in a church building anytime soon.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Nicola Walker’s juicy divorce drama The Split returns

The Defoe family head to Barcelona for a wedding in this special two-parter. Plus: the story of Maria Callas, ahead of Angelina Jolie’s biopic. Here’s everything to watch this evening

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The Guardian - UK

Tidy! Ruth Jones to read Shipping Forecast as Nessa to mark centenary

Gavin and Stacey actor among celebrities including Ellen MacArthur and Damon Albarn who will join celebrations

The Guardian - UK

‘We listen to it to remind us of home’: 100 years of the Shipping Forecast

An enigmatic nautical bulletin that has transmitted across dark waters for a whole century, it has beguiled everyone from Carol Ann Duffy to Blur – and offered a very British comfort to people across the globe

The Guardian - UK

Blur: To the End to The Fall Guy – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

A glorious and intimate look at the run-up to the Britpop band’s big Wembley reunion, plus Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt flex their comedic muscles in a fun stuntman flick

The Guardian - UK

Parkas, bucket hats and union jacks: how the Oasis reunion tour is fuelling a comeback for the Britpop look

With Noel and Liam set to return, the style they popularised in the 1990s is back in the spotlight – but what will the Insta-fashion-conscious Gen Z make of it all?

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Alex James reveals why he thought a Blur reunion would' never happen

Alex James thought a Blur reunion would "never happen" because life had become so different for him since their heyday.

The Guardian - UK

Over the Rainbow: Tales from an Unexpected Year by Alex James review – Blur reunited

The britpop bassist tears himself away from cheese just long enough to play with his old bandmates in this joyfully chaotic memoir

The Guardian - UK

Over the Rainbow by Alex James review – blessed is Blur’s cheesemaker

The Britpop bass player’s engaging memoir of the last Blur reunion reads like a freewheeling adventure without consequences – except when he crosses ‘the boss’

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