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Dave Rowntree - "I think Blur will definitely do something else"

Blur will return to musical oasis, says Dave Rowntree

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree is to publish a book of photos on the early days of the Britpop icons and after much-heralded comeback gigs two years ago has not ruled out another collaboration.

Music • 01 Jul

Dave Rowntree: It is important Blur is not full time

Blur's Dave Rowntree has said it is important the band is "no longer a full-time thing" to "preserve our friendship and our sanity."

Music • 17 Jul 24

Damon Albarn and Alex James om stage at Wembley Stadium last July

Blur to release Live at Wembley album this July

A year after they played two sell-out shows at Wembley Stadium in London, Blur are set to release a live album and a feature-length concert film of the event.

Music • 05 Jun 24

Watch: trailer released for new Blur documentary

The first trailer has been released for blur: To The End, a new feature-length documentary charting the British band's surprise return with their first record in eight years, The Ballad of Darren.

Music • 07 May 24

Older, wiser, and wounded, Blur are wrapping themselves in the cotton wool of resigned contentment. Inertia and ennui has rarely sounded more blissful

Tesco disco!! Blur are back with The Ballad of Darren

Blur fondly embrace middle age on an album of majestic melancholia. You'll weep, you'll sigh . . .

Music • 21 Jul 23

Damon Albarn (R) and Graham Coxon of Blur perform at Wembley Stadium on Saturday in London, England. (Photos by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)

Blur score big with triumphant Wembley performance

Blur frontman Damon Albarn said the band had been waiting all their lives to play Wembley at the first of two gigs at the stadium on Saturday night.

Music • 10 Jul 23

Blur: older, wiser, happier. Photo Credit: Reuben Bastienne-Lewis

Woo hoo! It's the A to Z of Blur!

Ahead of their sold-out gig tonight at Malahide Castle in Dublin and the release of their new album, The Ballad of Darren, we present your very own click on and keep A to Z of Britpop kings Blur!

Music • 23 Jun 23