Blur star to run in next UK election
Blur drummer and Labour supporter Dave Rowntree will stand for the party at the next general election. The 43-year-old was selected last week to fight the seat of Cities of London and Westminster, currently held by Conservative MP Mark Field. Last year the musician failed in his first bid for political office, coming third in a London council by-election. The former computer engineer also owns an animation company, Nanomation, and is studying to become a barrister. Last year he admitted fighti

CATCH UP - COXON:"BLUR REUNION COULD TAKE YEARS", DAMON: "BLUR HATE ME" + DAMON & LILY ALLEN
Former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon has been talking exclusively with Xfm about those reunion rumours and whether we should be holding our breath or not.Speaking at the launch of the Crisis charity's Consequences Live campaign (read more), Coxon was rueful about the prospects of a full Blur reunion happening any time soon."I suppose the rumours [of a reunion] are based on some sort of fact," he said. "It's kind of naive to expect a group to get back together after years of not really communicating really wel

Damon Albarn - Blur, Gorillaz & Other Fables - OUT NOW!
                                              Martin Roach and David Nolan bring out a biography of Damon Albarn through Independent Music Press. Released on the 25 October 2007, this book is a biography of Albarn covering his multiple musical personas in depth, with first-hand interviews by those close to Albarn in his formative years, as well as social and musical context that covers the Britpop era and Albarn's re-emergence as the Godfather to the i-Pod gen."

NEW RECORD? DAMON SAYS NOT TO BET ON IT...
In this months Q magazine there is an interview with Damon Albarn, discussing some issues such as "Bananaz" - the new Gorillaz Moive/Documentary. However there is a question that may answer many questions to Blur fans and at the same time disappoint.Q: Would it be wise to put money on there being another Blur record?Damon Albarn: No. You'd be very unwise. I'm starting my own betting service and I'll just keep feeding stuff to the press saying "Maybe, maybe". It's like the polar ice caps staying unfrozen, un

GRAHAM COXON: "I'M RARING TO RECORD WITH BLUR"
Blur WILL reunite next month says Alex JamesBassist tells NME.COM Graham Coxon is onboard for sessions Blur are to set to record together as a four-piece for the first time since 2002, when guitarist Graham Coxon left the band.Speaking to NME.COM, Blur bassist Alex James explained that the band are all in touch again and plan to record together - with the aim of making an album - in the near future."It's going to happen soon," James explained, speaking of imminent recording sessions. "It's looking promisin

HAVE A BLURRY CHRISTMAS - SEE BLUR AS ELVES!
It's that time again, the snow falls, magic and lights everywhere and that warm feeling is in the air. That's right it's nearly Christmas, and why not have a Blurry one?With TWO bigraphies out recently, one of Alex James written by the man himself and one of Damon Albarn written by Martin Roach and David Nolan, and a whole repetoire of first class albums you really can't go wrong!Also, to keep festive, ever wondered what the four piece would look like if they were elves? CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT!

BLUR IN FRONT MAGAZINE
Here's a jpeg of a Blur Classic Album spread in issue 116 of Front, on shelves 1st March.Click on the image for Front Magazine's MySpace page.

Blur Top 20 on Phoenix FM
Gemma Smith will be playing listeners’ top 20 Blur songs on Saturday 10 May, 10pm UK time on Phoenix FM.If you would like to cast your vote, Click Here scroll down the page and you’ll see the voting form. Choose your TOP TEN songs in order. The votes will then be added up (1st=10pts, 2nd=9pts etc).If you’re in Brentwood and Billericay - tune your wireless to 98.0FM.If you live outside the area (or even if you don’t) you can listen on the internet by Clicking HereBroadcast Date: Satur

BLURCAST AND NEW SONG ON PLAYER
Blurcast is now working once again. Blurcast is a website featuring loads of videos, think YouTube but better quality and nothing but Blur videos. Interviews, videos, live performances, ALL here. You simply have to register an account and you can watch any video.Click HereAlso, thanks to MySpace allowing more songs being added to the player, There's No Other Way is now on the the player and ready to add to your profiles.In other news, 'D-Sides' by Gorillaz, which is a collection of B-sides, early demo ra

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coxography
if you have something you might like to add to the live archive then send a little message. BBC Mark Lamarr Sesion (24/8/05) BBC6 Music Session (27/02/06) ICA Acoustic Set (29/10/04) Janice Long Session (05/03/05) Jonathan Ross Show (03/06/06) Kerrang Radio (02/03/06) Live at Camden Dingwalls (11/11/01) Live At Color Bar, Christmas Party Dec '05 Live At Islington (26/07/04) Live At Leeds Festival Live At The Electric Ballroom (08/06/04) Live At The Oxford Zodiac (03/06/04) Live Lounge Session Live Madela Ha

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links
http://www.grahamcoxon.co.uk/ http://forums.grahamcoxon.co.uk/ http://www.transcopic.com http://www.grahamcoxonart.com/ http://www.astralwerks.com/     other interests etc stephen gilchrist's band http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=24789920 http://stuffyandthefuses.net   toby macfarlaine's band http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=28585914 http://reunionsquare.co.uk

now play it
http://www.nowplayit.com/artist/50/ http://www.nowplayit.co.uk/GRAHAM_COXON_NPI_STREAMING_TRAILER.mov.zip  

Consequences single
The Consequences single which Graham was involved in is released digitally on April 21st and on CD/vinyl on April 28th. http://www.clearspring.com/widgets/47bc2c9e2fcd9baa  

crisis supergroup
Graham's involved in a new charity record for Crisis. For more info, go here: http://www.crisisconsequences.com/home http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&title=supergroup_recording_day_3_graham_coxon_&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

guitartv online graham clips
two part Graham piece on his style and various guitars etc.... Coxon+Pt.+1">http://www.guitartvonline.com/play.asp?Title=Graham+Coxon+Pt.+1 http://www.guitartvonline.com/play.asp?Title=Graham%20Coxon%20Pt.%202-%20Live%20Guitars&Category=graham%20coxon stephen prior-graham's guitar tech..... http://www.guitartvonline.com/play.asp?Title=Stephen%20Prior&Category=graham%20coxon