Let's Make Some Music
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
LONDON (AP) — The members of Britpop band Blur announced Tuesday they are reuniting to play a concert in London next summer.
The band said the July 3 show in Hyde Park would feature the original lineup of Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree. Tickets go on sale Friday.
Albarn told New Musical Express magazine that more shows were likely.
"It just felt it was right again," Albarn was quoted as saying. "It somehow feels like there's something for us to do again, we're not completely useless or pointless, we've got a reason to exist."
The band members last performed onstage together in 2000. Their last album was released in 2003.
Blur was one of the biggest acts of the 1990s explosion of alternative "Britpop" guitar bands and had a high-profile public feud with rival band Oasis.
Since then, Albarn has had success with bands Gorillaz and The Good, the Bad and the Queen. Coxon has released solo material, James makes cheese on his farm, and Rowntree ran unsuccessfully for political office.