Coxon: Blur Have No Further Plans

The Blur reunion lead to much celebrating by fans of the original Britpop band yet it all seems to have come to a rather abrupt end. After playing several gigs, including a much-vaunted headlining set at the 2009 Glastonbury Festival, the four members of Blur have now each gone their own separate ways again. What on earth is going on?

Damon Albarn suggested it was over again when he said, “This is our last gig,” after playing the opening song of the Glasto set. Then Alex James made it clear that as much as they all enjoyed coming back together to play live again, there were no plans in place for anything further.

And now Graham Coxon has backed up that claim by insisting Blur have no further plans at this moment in time.

According to NME, Coxon said:

“We’re in touch and we say ‘Wotcha’ and all that but nothing has been mentioned about any more shows or anything else. Everyone’s slipped back into what they do when the Blur creature isn’t heaving around. Law and cheese and music, I suppose.”

Coxon is back doing his solo thing already, with a short tour in November which will see him perform with special guests under the moniker, The Graham Coxon Power Acoustic Ensemble. Albarn probably has his fingers in lots of different pies as usual, and James and Rowntree have fallen off the radar.

I think Blur have a lot more to give, both live and on record. So I’d truly love to see them back in the studio working on new material and preparing for a full tour. But at this point in time that doesn’t look likely. Unfortunately.

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