Alex James thought Blur may “never happen again” ahead of “wonderful, magic” reunion

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Alex James has shared that he thought Blur might “never happen again” ahead of their 2023 reunion.The bassist spoke about the dynamic of the Britpop band ahead of the release of their brand new documentary, Blur: To The End, and revealed that ahead of their comeback last year, he had doubts about whether the members would ever join forces once again.Speaking with Rich Clarke of Heart Kent last night (July 17), James looked back at their eight years apart, and what it was like to reform for some huge shows at London’s Wembley Stadium last summer, the huge 2023 comeback album ‘The Ballad Of Darren’ and the feature-length film.“It premiered last night in the West End, and it was really great to see all the boys.

I’m really glad we captured all that fun and games,” he said. “There were moments where I thought ‘Is this going to work?’ But as soon as we get together in a room, it’s always fine.“It just tells the story of the band getting back together and doing our biggest ever shows, which were also our best ever.

It was wonderful, magic. It was really good.”He was also asked by the host about how the members have gone years without speaking to one another in the past, but it has never hindered them when they decided to come back together for new material.“We’ve been doing it for a very, very long time… Damon [Albarn] and Graham [Coxon] met at school.

I met Graham at my first day of college, so I was like 18 or 19. We’re all in our 50s now, so it’s vital that we all go off and do other things,” James explained.“It had been eight years since we had last even spoke to each other actually, and I was starting to think it would maybe never happen again.