Graham Coxon US Tour Dates

January 22nd, 2005 by Pete

Here is the full list of dates for Graham’s forthcoming tour of the USA:

Thu-Mar-17 Austin, TX SXSW
Sat-Mar-19 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
Sun-Mar-20 San Francisco, CA Pop Scene
Tue-Mar-22 Portland, OR Roseland
Wed-Mar-23 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
Fri-Mar-25 Chicago, IL Double Door
Sat-Mar-26 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Mon-Mar-28 Boston, MA Paradise
Tue-Mar-29 Philadelphia, PA Northstar
Wed-Mar-30 Washington, DC Black Cat
Fri-Apr-01 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

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Blur on Best of Glastonbury DVD

January 18th, 2005 by Pete

The release details for the highly anticipated Glastonbury Festival DVD, entitled “Glastonbury Anthems - The Best Of 1994 to 2004″ have just been revealed, with tracks by Coldplay, Blur, Radiohead and Ash all included.

“Glastonbury Anthems - The Best Of 1994 to 2004″ will be released on March 21 on EMI Records and will be the first ever official Glastonbury DVD compilation, containing 20 performances taken from the last 10 years of the festival’s history.

The tracklisting was chosen by fans via an official Glastonbury website poll at www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk with over 30,000 punters casting their vote for the defining moments in the event’s past decade.

The DVD opens with Blur’s “This Is A Low” in ‘94 and includes seminal Glastonbury moments from Radiohead, Coldplay, Basement Jaxx, The Manic Street Preachers, Franz Ferdinand and 2004’s unforgettable performance of “Hey Jude” by Paul McCartney.

The DVD also includes an exclusive short film showing some of the other experiences at Glastonbury called ‘Visit To The Glastonbury Greenfields’ as well as a four minute clip from the legendary Glastonbury Fayre film shot at the 1971 Festival.

Additional material includes an interview with Michael and Jean Eavis filmed in 1995, a photo gallery and an aerial tour of the site from the 2004 festival.

The full tracklisting of “Glastonbury Anthems - The Best Of 1994 to 2004″ is:
Blur - “This Is A Low” (1994)
The Levellers - “One Way Of Life” (1994)
Elastica - “Connection” (1995)
Prodigy - “Breathe” (1997)
Radiohead - “Karma Police” (1997)
Placebo - “The Crawl” (1998)
Robbie Williams - “Angels” (1998)
Fun Lovin’ Criminals - “Scooby Snax” (1999)
Manic Street Preachers - “A Design For Life” (1999)
The Chemical Brothers - “Hey Boy Hey Girl” (2000)
Moby - “Why Does My Heart” (2000)
Travis - “Driftwood” (2000)
Coldplay - “Yellow” (2002)
Faithless - “We Come 1″ (2002)
Ash - “Shining Light” (2002)
Supergrass - “Pumping On Your Stereo” (2003)
Primal Scream - “Rocks” (2003)
Basement Jaxx - “Good Luck” (2004)
Franz Ferdinand - “Matinee” (2004)
Paul McCartney - “Hey Jude” (2004)

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The Return of Blur Radio

January 15th, 2005 by Pete

To celebrate 15 years of Blur, a brand new internet radio station, named Blurcast, has been launched which is dedicated to the band’s entire back-catalogue.

The station launches on Thursday 20th January 2005, Blurcast will be launched with an exciting programme of b-sides, rarities, solo material, collaborations, interviews and live tracks… 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

Blurcast is free to listen to with only a Live365 registraction required, which is also free.

To find out more goto www.blurcast.com

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