BLUR legend Alex James is changing tempo to give Britpop a classical twist – with the help of a symphony orchestra. The musician, 56, will lead a unique Scots gig featuring Nineties anthems from ...

PLEASURES and Blur’s collaboration line, which dropped on Friday, Feb. 10, celebrates the anniversary of the U.K. quartet’s classic 1997 album Blur, which featured iconic songs such as “Beetlebum” and ...

With Blur on hiatus, Alex's main focus has been the running of his own festival - The Big Feastival - on his farm in the Cotswolds. The event combines food from some of the country's top chefs with ...

In the ’90s, Blur fought hard not only to outdo other Britpop artists, but also to out-rock the grunge scene in America. As Blur saw it, the American pop culture scene was vapid and superficial, and ...

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Britpop is back! We’ve been hearing so much of that these past few years, we’re starting to forget when it actually came back, or when it went away for that matter. Because at some point it did go ...

Two decades ago, Blur and Oasis released their highly-anticipated new singles on the same day, setting up the biggest showdown in chart history. The Battle Of Britpop gripped the nation, reinvigorated ...

The post Oasis vs. Blur: How the Battle of Britpop Foreshadowed the Age of Internet Tribalism appeared first on Consequence. Imagine this: Sunday afternoons spent with your siblings crowded by the ...

Blur were Britpop flag-bearers of the 1990s, waging a media-driven battle with Oasis for the musical soul of Cool Britannia. Since that distant era, the band's members have traded the laddish attitude ...

London (CNN) — In an era when the elder statesmen of rock might start to consider hanging up their microphones and leather pants, Blur stomped onto Britain’s biggest stage this weekend to stake their ...

The second wave of Britpop was a product of its time. Bands like Pulp and The Verve may have dominated the '90s with catchy singles, but they faded away. The genre’s inability to strike itself as one ...

Blur were Britpop flag-bearers of the 1990s, waging a media-driven battle with Oasis for the musical soul of Cool Britannia. Since that distant era, the band’s members have traded the laddish attitude ...