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New Blur album to feature Gourock Outdoor Pool artwork as fans hope for Scots tour

The band chose a popular Scottish outdoor pool to feature as the cover of their comeback album The Ballad of Darren, which will be released on July 21.

Daily Record

Blur: The Narcissist review – a band finally at ease with themselves

The first single from upcoming album The Ballad of Darren chugs along to a motorik beat, rising to an anthemic chorus that seems to be reflecting on the band’s career path

The Guardian - UK

Blur announce new album The Ballad of Darren ahead of Wembley Stadium debut

The release marks the band’s first album since 2015’s The Magic Whip

Evening Standard

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Blur announce first album in eight years, The Ballad of Darren

Band are playing their first headline show at Wembley Stadium this summer

The Independent UK

Residents object to liquor licence to serve booze at next month's Malahide Castle concerts

Depeche Mode, Paolo Nutini, Blur, Sam Fender, Florence and The Machine, Sting and Hozier will headline over seven nights from June 14th to 30th

Irish Mirror

Blur tour: how get tickets for the newly announced intimate gigs and other Europe dates

Blur are stopping off in a couple of small venues before embarking on their big European summer tour

Evening Standard

Blur announce special Newcastle show this May in a surprise treat for fans

Ahead of Blur's big double-date at Wembley this summer, the band will perform four warm-up gigs including one at the 02 City Hall which will be offering early access tickets from this Wednesday morning

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With NFTs, the only constant has been change. How full-time artists are navigating the chaos

The argument over creator royalties at NFT marketplaces has artists like Melissa Wiederrecht adjusting to a new reality.

Fortune

Busted are back – and so are Blur and Blue. Why are we so hooked on replaying the past?

Nostalgia rules this wave of arena tours. When we look back at the culture of the 2020s, will it have any flavour of its own, asks culture writer Rachel Aroesti

The Guardian - UK

This Week in the Metaverse: NFT market jumps to $4.7 billion, Drone Racing League enters the chat, and Wildcard is hosting a public mint

The NFT market had a great first quarter, but with the rise of Blur and lower creator royalties many artists are questioning their futures.

Fortune

This week in the metaverse: Solana loses y00ts and DeGods collections, Argentina gets Web3 plane tickets, and Grimes launches NFTs

The move by y00ts and DeGods is a loss for the Solana blockchain, but SOL is still up roughly 100% since the start of the year after getting hammered post-FTX collapse.

Fortune

"How do you tune a B string? You can't." What Blur’s Graham Coxon learned – and didn't learn – from folk legend Bert Jansch

The Blur guitarist and solo artist on the pressures of playing – and even tuning-up – in front of your heroes

MusicRadar

Bottomless brunches to enjoy in Newcastle as Victors adds to mix with Bank Holiday special

Here's a top pick of restaurants, bars and pubs around Newcastle where you can enjoy a summer season of boozy brunches including a new one-off option for this Saturday

Chronicle Live

Britpop icons Blur reveal they were nearly AXED by record company before success

New documentary Britpop: The Decade That Changed Music starts on Channel 5 hears Blur drummer Dave Rowntree admit the band were given their 'last chance' with record company bosses

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Fortune

Here's the week's top NFT and metaverse news

NFT volume reached $2 billion—the highest level since May.

Fortune

Upstart NFT marketplace Blur has left OpenSea in the dust—for now

Over the past 30 days, Blur has recorded $1.04 billion in trading volume compared with OpenSea’s $479 million.

The Independent UK

Gorillaz, Cracker Island review: Damon Albarn’s band of apes return with their best album since 2005

There’s a loose-limbed elation to the indie-funk groove of their eighth record – helped along by Stevie Nicks, Tame Impala and Thundercat

Daily Mirror

Steve Davis to DJ in front of 90,000 as Blur Wembley support - 36 years after last visit

The six-time world snooker champion Steve Davis now has a thriving new career as a DJ and will open up for Britpop legends Blur at two packed-out Wembley Stadium shows

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The Guardian - UK

Gorillaz: Cracker Island review – smaller, subtler, and better for it

Damon Albarn has reined in the excess – though there are still cameos from the likes of Bad Bunny and Stevie Nicks – for a trim album that is one of the band’s best

Axios

NFTs are down, but they're not dead

While the frenzy has come out of the market, more than $480 million worth changed hands in the past 30 days — and the market is changing in a fundamental way.

Fortune

Here's the week's top news on NFTs and the metaverse

After being shunned for years, NFTs took a big step this week.

The Independent UK

Why this is the perfect moment for an Oasis reunion

Rumours of a Liam-Noel reunion have dragged on for as long as a soppy soap storyline but with a renewed love for Britpop and the 30th anniversary of ‘Definitely Maybe’, Mark Beaumont makes the case for why 2024 is the ideal moment for Oasis to reform

Dublin Live

Dublin pub pleads for return of iconic Blur 'Coffee & TV' milk carton

The Big Romance said the milk carton has huge sentimental value and has pleaded for its safe return

Evening Standard

My London: Dave Rowntree

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree romances in the shadows at Tamarind Kitchen, clothes his pets at Bow Wow and once had a rather unusual overnighter in Kentish Town

The Guardian - UK

Blur’s Dave Rowntree: ‘I still wake at 3am thinking I’ve frittered my life away’

Drummer, lawyer, composer, politician… Blur’s busiest member on the troubled childhood that influenced his new solo album, and the band’s summer reunion gigs

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