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2 months ago

Blur’s Dave Rowntree: ‘People think music was better in the old days, to which I say: bollocks!’

The drummer for the Britpop band on why Oasis aren’t his nemesis, his failed bid to become a UK Labour MP and how he finally conquered maths

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3 months ago

The Divine Comedy on Something for the Weekend: ‘We hired a statuesque model for the video. I had to stand on a box’

‘I skip one part when we perform it these days. As I’m in my mid-50s it would be creepy’

Having made two albums with a chamber vibe, I was thinking, “Where do I go from here?” I started hearing your S…

Gorillaz review – after 25 years, Damon Albarn’s cartoon band are still riveting and relevant

Copper Box Arena, London
Dressed like a vicar, Albarn leads his band – joined by a choir, a string quartet, De La Soul and more – in renewing Demon Days’ downbeat drama

Gorillaz are 25. In 2000, this c…

Jeremy Clarkson checks out the competition! Star samples a Britpop lager as he takes a break from his Cotswolds farm duties to enjoy Blur star Alex James' local festival

The broadcaster, 65, kicked back in the Cheese Hub and sipped on a pint at the event which takes place in Kingham, Oxfordshire.

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Britpop battle between Blur and Oasis revisited in ‘punchy’ new comedy

John Niven’s debut play explores rivalry between the two British bands who vied for the No 1 spot in the charts in 1995

It was the great Britpop showdown in the summer of 1995, billed as a contest bet…

8 months ago

The staggering sum Blur drummer Dave Rowntree's ex-wife left in her will - before she travelled to Dignitas in Switzerland to die alone

Paola Marra, 53, had been struck with breast and bowel cancer and opted to end her life at the Dignitas clinic in March last year, using her final statement to call for a change in UK law to legalise…

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