Blur Reforming... But Only For Rehearsals

The road to Blur reforming has been a long one, with many bumps on the way. But it looks as if it’s finally set to happen, although the reunion is only initially going to take the form of rehearsals.

As far back as October 2007, there was talk of a Blur reunion, but that ended up being just a lunch meeting, with all four former members once again going their separate ways straight afterwards. Fast forward a year, and the old arguments resurfaced, with Damon Albarn claiming “Blur is over.”

But November has brought good news, with Damon Albarn starting the month by stating that he could rejoin Blur at some stage in the future. Now he’s added detail to that in a pre-show chat with DJ Janice Long on BBC Radio 2.

“Blur are certainly going to rehearse and see if we’re into it.”

Short, sweet, and to the point. But it’s really all I need to know because it indicates that the former members of Blur are talking to each other and making plans to come together next year. That leaves me optimistic that a full reunion could take place one day.

According to the NME, Albarn was at BBC Radio 2 performing a special one-off of Monkey: Journey To The West, his new opera. You can catch the performance on Radio 2 on Saturday (Nov. 29) at 7pm.

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