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Blur will 'definitely" release new album

Music Gossip

10 Feb 2012

Blur will "definitely" release another album. The 'Song 2' group have reformed to appear at this year's BRIT Awards - where they will receive a lifetime achievement trophy - and guitarist Graham Coxon is sure they will make an eighth album…

Blur singer and guitarist to play charity show ahead of BRIT Awards

Music Gossip

2 Feb 2012

Blur's Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon will play a charity show ahead of this year's BRIT Awards. The singer and the guitarist will appear alongside Dry The River and Ed Sheeran at the concert, held on February 19, to raise money for the War Child…

Blur to work with William Orbit

Music Gossip

23 Jan 2012

William Orbit has sparked speculation he is working with Blur. The producer - who previously teamed with the Britpop legends on their 2002 LP '13', their last with guitarist Graham Coxon - revealed on his twitter account that he is going into the…

Alex James hints Blur could play in 2012

Music Gossip

19 Dec 2011

Alex James has further hinted Blur will play shows in 2012. The 'Song 2' group are to receive the Outstanding Contribution to Music prize at next year's BRIT Awards in February, and bassist Alex said being honoured with the prize has made them all…

Blur reunion held back by cheese

Music Gossip

23 Aug 2011

Alex James says making cheese and raising his children are holding back a Blur reunion. The band's bassist - who is also a full time cheese farmer - is planning to meet up with bandmates guitarist Graham Coxon, drummer Dave Rowntree and singer Damon…

Alex James' classical saviour

Music Gossip

1 Sep 2010

Alex James says classical music saved him when Blur were "disintegrating". The band's bassist says that after they originally parted ways with guitarist Graham Coxon in 2002 and the band was left in a state of limbo following their last full album…

Alex James' farm festival

Celebrity Gossip

13 Sep 2009

Alex James hosted a rock festival in his sheep shed. The Blur bassist - who became a cheese farmer when the group went on hiatus in 2003 - asked his land agent Paddy to help him arrange a "small" music event from his 200-acre Oxfordshire estate…

Alex James' flying high

Celebrity Gossip

30 Aug 2009

Alex James thinks flying is better than drugs. The Blur bassist loves taking his friends for rides in light aircrafts because it gives them an amazing "natural high". Recalling a recent flight with his farmhand Paddy, the 40-year-old musician…

Happy gardener Alex James

Celebrity Gossip

23 Aug 2009

Alex James is "happiest" in his garden. The Blur bassist - who became a cheese farmer when the group went on hiatus in 2003 - enjoys spending time outdoors so much he splashed out and built an alfresco kitchen on his 200-acre farm to allow him to…

Alex James' confused kids

Celebrity Gossip

4 Jul 2009

Alex James' children think he is a conductor. The musician - who took part in UK TV show 'Maestro' last year, where celebrities had to learn how to conduct an orchestra - admits his four kids have no idea about his success as a bass player. Alex…

Alex James' 'psychedelic' cheese

Celebrity Gossip

29 Jun 2009

Alex James makes "psychedelic" cheese. The Blur bassist became a dairy farmer when the group went on hiatus in 2003 and his newly-reconciled bandmates have been enjoying the fruits of his labour - with unexpected consequences. Guitarist Graham…

Top 5: Blur Moments

7 Aug 2008

With Alex James coming to chat about his past life as a Britpop superstar, we reflect on the bits of Blur that we remember ‘There’s No Other Way’ As much of a Madchester rip-off as it was (those guitar lines ride in the slipstream of The Stone…