Blur

Public vote now open for BRIT Awards 2024

Fans are eligible to vote for who they think should win the ceremony's five genre awards.

1st February 2024, 12:30pm

DIY’s Tracks of the Year 2023

From debut singles to established artists breaking bold new terrain, this is what's dominated our collective headphones since January.

8th December 2023, 5:00pm

DIY’s Albums of the Year 2023

It's safe to say that it's been a stellar twelve months on the musical front, but what have DIY's writers had on repeat?

7th December 2023, 6:00pm

Blur: Holding on for Tomorrow

Back with a stunning new album following their enormous stadium tour, Blur’s Graham Coxon and Dave Rowntree tell us why Blur are still the least nostalgic reunion band around.

20th July 2023, 5:30pm

Blur - The Ballad Of Darren

4 Stars

Older, wiser and more reflective.

19th July 2023, 8:00am

Blur announce global livestream performance of new album ‘The Ballad of Darren’

The show will take place at London's Hammersmith Apollo on 25th July.

11th July 2023, 11:57am

Wembley Stadium becomes a ball of infectious energy for Blur’s biggest moments yet

It’s a two-hour reminder of just how they earned their place at the top.

10th July 2023, 5:59pm

Blur’s Wembley shows have been a (very) long time coming

Ahead of taking to one of London’s most iconic stages, Britpop icons Blur spoke to DIY about playing Wembley.

5th July 2023, 5:14pm

Queens of the Stone Age are the cover stars of DIY’s July 2023 issue!

This month's packed issue also features Blur, Ashnikko, PVRIS, Be Your Own Pet and loads more!

5th July 2023, 4:58pm

Blur cancel appearance at French festival due to injury of drummer Dave Rowntree

The band are still scheduled to perform their Wembley shows this weekend.

3rd July 2023, 4:50pm

Blur release new track ‘St Charles Square’

It’s only one week till the Britpop giants take to Wembley.

29th June 2023, 6:06pm

Blur to play string of UK warm up shows in May

The shows take place before their Wembley dates in July.

25th April 2023, 12:00am

Blur, Sigur Ros and more announced for Lucca Summer Festival

The festival will run in the Tuscan town of Lucca across June and July

13th April 2023, 12:00am

Blur announce Wembley Stadium show

It’ll be their first headline show since 2015.

14th November 2022, 10:04am

Tim Burgess is running weekday album listening parties with Liam Gallagher, Franz Ferdinand and more

The parties will be taking place every night at 10pm.

23rd March 2020, 12:00am

A surprise Blur reunion happened at the weekend…

The four-piece played a couple of songs at Damon Albarn's Africa Express event in London.

1st April 2019, 12:00am

Watch Gorillaz play Blur’s ‘Song 2’ with Graham Coxon

The reunion happened at the Los Angeles leg of the band's Demon Dayz Festival.

22nd October 2018, 12:00am

Blur’s Alex James calls band reunions “grotesque”

The band's Graham Coxon has recently refused to rule out a new album from the Britpop heroes.

16th July 2018, 12:00am

Graham Coxon on the possibility of a new Blur album: “I really don’t see why not?”

He was appearing on the Kyle Meredith With… podcast.

25th June 2018, 12:00am

It's my birthday

Blur announce 25th Anniversary ‘Leisure’ reissue

The blue 12” will be out next month.

27th July 2016, 12:00am

Feature

Blur: New World Towers

The film touches on the band’s togetherness and its vulnerability.

1st December 2015, 3:25pm

Blur air ‘This Is A Low’ clip from ‘New World Towers’

New documentary tracks the group’s comeback trail from Hong Kong to Hyde Park.

30th November 2015, 12:00am

Watch

Blur to give New World Towers documentary special one night only screening

You can also watch a trailer for the doc, along with a clip taken from it.

30th November 2015, 12:00am

Blur share clip from ‘Blur: New World Towers’ documentary

Out December, the documentary follows Blur en route to Hyde Park.

12th November 2015, 12:00am