Blur have announced an intimate warm-up show ahead of their performance at this year’s edition of Coachella.The Britpop icons took to their official social media pages to share a flyer of the intimate show, which is set to take place on Wednesday, April 10 at the Fox Theatre in Pomona, California.
The show will take place roughly three days before Damon Albarn and co are due to hit the stage at Coachella on Saturday, April 13.Opening support for the gig will come from Jockstrap.
General ticket sales for the show will commence on Friday, March 1 at 12pm local time. Visit here to purchase tickets.A post shared by Blur (@blurofficial)Blur’s announcement as performers for the Californian music festival came as a surprise as back in late 2023, Albarn was pretty adamant about Blur’s upcoming plans, saying “it is time to wrap up this campaign,” back in December. “It’s too much for me.
It was the right thing to do and an immense honour to play these songs again.”The intimate gig marks one of their first US shows in almost a decade (they last played New York in 2015) and return to Coachella after an 11-year absence.
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