14-11-2022

Blur, reunion live a Wembley e una data anche in Italia nel 2023

Non può forse definirsi una reunion a tutti gli effetti, non essendo mai stato annunciato ufficialmente uno scioglimento della band. Tuttavia la notizia del ritorno dei Blur dal vivo, con non meglio precisati ospiti speciali, l'8 luglio al Wembley Stadium di Londra, è già sufficiente per fare brillare gli occhi dei milioni di fan che non hanno notizie del gruppo portacolori del britpop dai tempi di "The Magic Whip". Biglietti in prevendita a partire dal 18 novembre.
Ma non è tutto: i Blur saranno anche in Italia per uno spettacolo molto speciale presso l’area di fianco le Mura di Lucca sabato 22 luglio 2023. Sarà l’unico concerto dei Blur in Italia e il primo spettacolo nel nostro paese dal 2013.

Damon Albarn ha parlato della reunion dei Blur in una conversazione con Matt Wilkinson per Apple Music 1. Eccola qui di seguito.

Damon Albarn on Blur reforming for Wembley Stadium

Matt Wilkinson - I think the interesting thing about your band is it's not about Blur anyways. It's not even that surprising because individually, every time Dave does an interview or Graham, Alex does an interview, you all get asked, would you reform Blur? And everyone's always like, Yeah, if the time's right and if we don't hate each other, it's all, we just need diaries to align.

Damon Albarn - Yeah, no. It's not a big deal. It's a real joy when we do it. And obviously the reason why I'm talking to you here is because of those three other musicians. I wouldn't, you know what I mean? It was a massive part of my life and their lives. So we all cherish those memories, but we wouldn't want to ruin them.

Matt Wilkinson - Yeah, you haven't done though. I mean all the stuff that Blur have done since.

Damon Albarn - To date, we haven't. Well, I know they work, so I don't have to worry about that. It's just, can we play them with the integrity that they deserve because it's kind of like time travel, isn't it? And people don't really want to see you mess about with that stuff. It's like, no, hey, we're going to a whole concert, but there's like reimaginings of all our songs. No, no one's interested in that.