Blur have announced four intimate warm up shows next month ahead of their Wembley Stadium performance in July. The run will see the band play a hometown show in Colchester and officially re-open The Halls in Wolverhampton.Announced in November last year, the Wembley Stadium show will be Blur’s only large-scale performance in the UK this year.
That and the newly announced gigs are also their first headline performances since 2015.Commenting last year, guitarist Graham Coxon said: “I’m really looking forward to playing with my Blur brothers again and revisiting all those great songs.
Blur live shows are always amazing for me. A nice guitar and an amp turned right up and loads of smiling faces”.Bassist Alex James added: “There’s always something really special when the four of us get in a room.
It’s nice to think that on 8 Jul that room will be Wembley Stadium”.Yes, that’s right, the Wembley show will be on 8 Jul. Thanks, Alex.
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