Graham Coxon says he’s “up for” an ABBA-style hologram show for Blur – on one condition

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Graham Coxon has revealed that he is open to the idea of Blur getting a hologram show similar to that of ABBA Voyage, but on one condition.The Britpop guitarist discussed the potential of the band getting their own avatars made as part of a hologram show during a new interview with Radio X.

In the discussion, he revealed that while he is open to the prospect, he would only want to entertain the idea if it captured the band when they were “a little younger”.“Well Damon’s sort of tackled that a bit with Gorillaz, ain’t he?” Coxon responded when asked about the idea, referring to frontman Damon Albarn’s other band. “Yeah I’m up for it, I’ll go and see it… If they made us a little bit younger, yeah.

That would be good!”ABBA Voyage launched back in spring 2022, and takes place at a purpose-built venue in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

It immediately became a hit with fans, and welcomed more than one million fans in its first year. It was also given a glowing five-star review by NME’s Andrew Trendell, who described it as “a feel-good sensory overload”.Since then, other artists have expressed their interest in pursuing their own hologram shows – including KISS, who recently wrapped up their farewell world tour and told fans that their avatars were on the way.Fellow Britpop legends Oasis have also discussed the idea of the project too, with Noel Gallagher saying that he would be “bang up” for an Oasis hologram tour earlier this year.“I was very impressed by [ABBA Voyage] to be honest but yeah, if anybody wants to do an Oasis one, give us a shout,” he said “I would be bang up for it.