Editing Damon Albarn (section)

===Blur===
{{Further|Blur (band)|l1=Blur}}

====Formation and ''Leisure''====
[[File:Blur Newcastle 2009 Coxon Albarn.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Albarn (right) and [[Graham Coxon]] (left) performing with [[Blur (band)|Blur]] at Newcastle Academy in June 2009]]
Albarn enrolled on a part-time music course at London's [[Goldsmiths College]] in 1988, claiming that his sole intention was to gain access to the student union bar.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/AkNvk2MgiCc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100805092955/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkNvk2MgiCc Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkNvk2MgiCc |title=Nardwuar vs. Blur |date=12 May 2007 |via=YouTube |access-date=30 April 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Albarn was in a group named Circus alongside Coxon and drummer [[Dave Rowntree]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Harris |first=John |author-link=John Harris (critic) |date=2004 |title=Britpop!: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock |publisher=Da Capo |isbn=9780306813672}}</ref><ref name="Thompson209">Thompson, pg. 209</ref> [[Alex James (musician)|Alex James]], a fellow student at Goldsmiths, eventually joined as the group's bassist. They changed their name to Seymour in December 1988, inspired by [[J.D. Salinger]]'s ''[[Seymour: An Introduction]].''<ref name="Thompson209" /><ref>Harris 2004, pg. 46</ref> In March 1990, after changing their name to Blur, they signed to [[Food Records]].<ref>Harris 2004, pg. 49–50</ref>

In October 1990, Blur released their first single, "[[She's So High (Blur song)|She's So High]]", which reached number 48 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="Strong" /> The band had trouble creating a follow-up single, but made progress when paired with producer [[Stephen Street]]. The resulting single, "[[There's No Other Way]]", became a hit, peaking at number eight.<ref>Harris 2004, pg. 53–55</ref> As a result of the single's success, Blur became pop stars and were accepted into a clique of bands who frequented the Syndrome club in London dubbed the "[[The Scene That Celebrates Itself|Scene That Celebrates Itself]]".<ref>Harris 2004, pg. 56–57</ref> The recording of the group's debut album was hindered by Albarn having to write his lyrics in the studio. Although the resulting album ''[[Leisure (album)|Leisure]]'' (1991) peaked at number seven on the [[UK Albums Chart]], it received mixed reviews,<ref name="Strong" /> and according to journalist [[John Harris (critic)|John Harris]], "could not shake off the odour of anti-climax".<ref>Harris 2004, pg. 59</ref> Albarn has since referred to ''Leisure'' as "awful".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a46469/damon-albarn-criticises-blur-albums.html|title=Damon Albarn cusses Blur albums|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=12 May 2007|access-date=2 December 2012|archive-date=16 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616163650/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a46469/damon-albarn-criticises-blur-albums.html?|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Britpop era====
After discovering they were £60,000 in debt, Blur toured the US in 1992 in an attempt to recoup their losses.<ref>Harris 2004, pg. 66</ref> Albarn and the band became increasingly unhappy and homesick during the two-month American tour and began writing songs which "created an English atmosphere".<ref name="shite">Harris, John. "A shite sports car and a punk reincarnation". ''NME''. 10 April 1993.</ref> Blur had undergone an ideological and image shift intended to celebrate their English heritage in contrast to the popularity of American [[grunge]] bands like [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]].<ref>Harris 2004, pg. 79</ref> Although sceptical of Albarn's new manifesto, Balfe gave his assent for the band's choice of [[Andy Partridge]] of the band [[XTC]] to produce their follow-up to ''Leisure''. The sessions with Partridge proved unsatisfactory, but a chance reunion with Stephen Street resulted in him returning to produce the group.<ref>Harris 2004, pg. 82</ref>

The second Blur album, ''[[Modern Life Is Rubbish]]'', was released in May 1993 and peaked at number 15 on the British charts,<ref name="UKChart">"[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/blur/ Blur Single & Album Chart History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022195217/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/blur/ |date=22 October 2012 }}". [[Official Charts Company]]. Retrieved 21 August 2012.</ref> but failed to break into the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling only 19,000 copies.<ref>Duffy, Tom. "SBK, Blur focus on U.S. market". ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. 28 May 1994.</ref><ref name="allmusicawards">"[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/blur-mn0000758444/awards Blur – Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727010751/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/blur-mn0000758444/awards |date=27 July 2020 }}". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 August 2012.</ref> Despite the album's poor performance, Albarn was happy with the band's direction and wrote prolifically for Blur's next album. ''[[Parklife]]'' was released in 1994 and revived Blur's commercial fortunes, with the album's first single, the disco-influenced "[[Girls & Boys (Blur song)|Girls & Boys]]", achieving critical acclaim and chart success. ''Parklife'' entered the British charts at number one and stayed in the album charts for 90 weeks.<ref>Harris 2004, pg. 142</ref> Enthusiastically greeted by the music press, ''Parklife'' is regarded as one of Britpop's defining records.<ref>Dee, John. "Blur – ''Parklife''". ''NME''. April 1994.</ref><ref>Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r202255|pure_url=yes}} ''Parklife'' review]". [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved 16 June 2008.</ref> Blur won four awards at the [[1995 Brit Awards]], including [[Brit Award for British Group|Best British Group]] and [[Brit Award for British Album of the Year|British Album of the Year]] for ''Parklife''.<ref>Harris 2004, pg. 192</ref> Coxon later pointed to ''Parklife'' as the moment when "[Blur] went from being regarded as an alternative, leftfield arty band to this amazing new pop sensation".<ref name="totalguitar">Tuxen, Henrik; Dalley, Helen. "Graham Coxon interview". ''[[Total Guitar]]''. May 1999.</ref> Albarn was uncomfortable with fame, however, and he suffered from [[panic attacks]].<ref name="pulse" />

Blur began working on their fourth album ''[[The Great Escape (Blur album)|The Great Escape]]'' at the start of 1995.<ref>Harris 2004, pg. 222</ref> Building upon the band's previous two albums, Albarn's lyrics for the album consisted of several third-person narratives. James reflected, "It was all more elaborate, more orchestral, more theatrical, and the lyrics were even more twisted ... It was all dysfunctional, misfit characters fucking up."<ref>Harris 2004, pg. 223–24</ref> The release of the album's lead single "[[Country House (song)|Country House]]" played a part in Blur's public rivalry with Manchester band [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] termed the "[[Battle of Britpop]]". Partly due to increasing antagonism between the groups, Blur and Oasis decided to release their new singles on the same day, an event the ''NME'' called the "British Heavyweight Championship". The debate over which band would top the British singles chart became a media phenomenon, and Albarn appeared on ''[[ITV News at Ten|News at Ten]]''.<ref name="liveforever">''Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop''. Passion Pictures, 2004.</ref> At the end of the week, "Country House" outsold Oasis' "[[Roll with It (Oasis song)|Roll With It]]" by 274,000 copies to 216,000, becoming Blur's first number-one single.<ref>Harris 2004, pg. 235</ref>

''The Great Escape'' was released in September 1995 to positive reviews, and entered the UK charts at number one. However, opinion quickly changed and Blur found themselves largely out of favour with the media. [[BBC Music]] writer James McMahon recalled how the "critical euphoria" surrounding the album lasted "about as long as it took publishers to realise Oasis would probably shift more magazines for them".<ref name="bbcmusic2">{{cite web |last=McMahon |first=James |date=2011 |title=''The Great Escape'' review |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/8qwx/ |access-date=2 January 2017 |publisher=[[BBC Music]] |archive-date=26 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126092235/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/8qwx/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the worldwide success of Oasis' ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]'', the media quipped that Blur "wound up winning the battle but losing the war."<ref>[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine|Erlewine, Stephen Thomas]]. "[{{AllMusic|class=song|id=t1315546|pure_url=yes}} 'Country House' song review]". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 June 2008.</ref> Blur became perceived as an "inauthentic middle-class pop band" in comparison to "working-class heroes" Oasis, which Albarn said made him feel "stupid and confused".<ref name="liveforever" /> Bassist James said: "After being the People's Hero, Damon was the People's Prick for a short period ... basically, he was a loser – very publicly."<ref name="select">Maconie, Stuart. "The Death of a Party". ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'' (August 1999).</ref> In the ''New Statesman'', [[Stuart Maconie]] noted "Albarn... was mocked as the posh boy of Britpop when in fact he’d gone to a comprehensive in Essex and his family was just mildly bohemian. Nowadays he’d be decidedly 'below stairs'".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2015/02/privileged-are-taking-over-arts-without-grit-pop-culture-doomed | title=Stuart Maconie: The privileged are taking over the arts – without the grit, pop culture is doomed | date=4 February 2015 | access-date=16 October 2022 | archive-date=16 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016015516/https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2015/02/privileged-are-taking-over-arts-without-grit-pop-culture-doomed | url-status=live }}</ref>

====Post-Britpop and hiatus====
An early 1996 ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' interview reported that relations between Blur members had become strained; journalist Adrian Deevoy wrote that he found them "on the verge of a nervous breakup."<ref name="select"/> Coxon, in particular, began to resent his bandmates<ref name="select"/> and, in a rejection of the group's Britpop aesthetic, made a point of listening to noisy American alternative rock bands such as [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]].<ref>Harris 2004, pg. 259–60</ref> Albarn grew to appreciate Coxon's tastes in lo-fi and underground music, and recognised the need to change Blur's musical direction once again. "I can sit at my piano and write brilliant observational pop songs all day long but you've got to move on," he said,<ref name="select"/> and decided to give Coxon more creative control over their new album. Albarn visited Iceland during this period: "I used to have a recurring dream, as a child, of a black sand beach. And one hazy, lazy day [laughs], I was watching the TV and I saw a programme about Iceland, and they had black beaches. So I got on a plane ... I was on my own. I didn't know anybody. I went into the street, [[Laugavegur (Reykjavík)|Laugavegur]], where the bars are, and that was it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://damonalbarnunofficial.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/damon-albarn-gorillaz-heroin-and-the-last-days-of-blur-the-guardian-april-2012/ |title=Damon Albarn &#124; 'Gorillaz, heroin and the last days of Blur' – The Guardian: April 2012 &#124; damon albarn unofficial archive |publisher=Damonalbarnunofficial.wordpress.com |date=6 March 2013 |access-date=30 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221193335/http://damonalbarnunofficial.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/damon-albarn-gorillaz-heroin-and-the-last-days-of-blur-the-guardian-april-2012/ |archive-date=21 February 2014 }}</ref>

After initial sessions in London, the band left to record the rest of the album in Iceland, away from the Britpop scene.<ref name="select"/> The result was ''[[Blur (Blur album)|Blur]]'', the band's fifth studio album, released in February 1997. Although the music press predicted that the lo-fi sonic experimentation would alienate Blur's teenage girl fanbase, they generally applauded the effort. Pointing out lyrics such as "Look inside America / She's alright", and noting Albarn's "obligatory nod to [[Beck]], [and promotion of] the new Pavement album as if paid to do so", reviewers felt the band had come to accept American values during this time – an about-face of their attitude during the Britpop years.<ref>Collins, Andrew. "Blur: Keeping It Simple". ''Q''. March 1997.</ref> Despite cries of "commercial suicide," the album and its first single, "[[Beetlebum]]", debuted at number one in the UK.<ref name="melody">Sutherland, Mark. "Altered States". ''[[Melody Maker]]''. 21 June 1997.</ref> Although the album could not match the sales of their previous albums in the UK, ''Blur'' became the band's most successful internationally,<ref name="melody"/> particularly in the US, helped by the successful single "[[Song 2]]". After the success of ''Blur'', the band embarked on a nine-month world tour.<ref name="select"/>
[[File:Damon Albarn live29.07.2013 in Rome 4.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Albarn with [[Blur (band)|Blur]] at the [[Rock in Roma]], 2013]]

Blur's sixth studio album ''[[13 (Blur album)|13]]'', released in March 1999, saw them drift further from Britpop. Albarn's lyrics – more heartfelt, personal and intimate than on previous occasions – were reflective of his break-up with [[Elastica]] frontwoman [[Justine Frischmann]], his partner of eight years.<ref name="guardian">Sullivan, Caroline. "[https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,,313434,00.html Down and outstanding] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174209/http://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,,313434,00.html |date=3 March 2016 }}". ''[[The Guardian]]''. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2012.</ref> Recording for Blur's next album began in London in November 2001. Not long after the sessions began, Coxon left the group.<ref>Greeves, David. "[http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul03/articles/benhillier.asp Recording Blur, Tom Rae & Elbow] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307205637/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul03/articles/benhillier.asp |date=7 March 2012 }}". Sound on Sound. July 2003. Retrieved 11 September 2012.</ref> Coxon stated "there were no rows" and "[the band] just recognised the feeling that we needed some time apart".<ref>"[http://www.the-fly.co.uk/news/article/4812/Graham-Coxon-Explains-Blur-Split/ Graham Coxon Explains Blur Split] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606144707/http://www.the-fly.co.uk/news/article/4812/Graham-Coxon-Explains-Blur-Split/ |date=6 June 2012 }}". ''[[The Fly (magazine)|The Fly]]''. May 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2011.</ref> ''[[Think Tank (Blur album)|Think Tank]]'', released in May 2003, was filled with atmospheric, brooding [[Electronic music|electronic]] sounds, featuring simpler guitar lines by Albarn, and largely relying on other instruments to replace Coxon. The guitarist's absence also meant that ''Think Tank'' was written mostly by Albarn. Its sound was seen as testament to Albarn's increasing interest in [[African music|African]] and [[Middle Eastern music]] and to his control over the group's direction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1475339/20030804/blur.jhtml|title=Blur: The Undiscovered Country|last=Bottomley|first=C.|date=12 August 2003|website=VH1 Interviews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001030713/http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1475339/20030804/blur.jhtml|archive-date=1 October 2007 |access-date=9 May 2016}}</ref> ''Think Tank'' was another UK No. 1 and achieved Blur's highest US position of No. 56.<ref name="UKChart" /><ref name="allmusicawards" /> The album was also nominated for best album at the 2004 [[Brit Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/2004 |title=2004 |publisher=Brit Awards |date=17 February 2004 |access-date=30 April 2014 |archive-date=7 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807024604/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/2004 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Reunion====
[[File:Blur - Hyde Park 3rd July 2009 (09).jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|Blur performing at [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] in July 2009]]
In December 2008, Blur announced they would reunite for a concert at [[Hyde Park, London|London's Hyde Park]] on 3 July 2009.<ref name="BBCHydePark">"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7771000/7771915.stm Blur confirm massive outdoor show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212085616/http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7771000/7771915.stm |date=12 December 2008 }}". BBC. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.</ref> Days later, the band added a second date, for 2 July.<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7779000/7779399.stm Blur add second date at Hyde Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221212019/http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7779000/7779399.stm |date=21 February 2015 }}". BBC News. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2012.</ref> A series of June preview shows were also announced, ending at Manchester Evening News arena on the 26th. All the shows were well received; ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s music critic [[Alexis Petridis]] gave their performance at Goldsmiths College a full five stars, and wrote that "Blur's music seems to have potentiated by the passing of years ... they sound both more frenetic and punky and more nuanced and exploratory than they did at the height of their fame".<ref>Petridis, Alexis. "[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jun/23/review-blur-live-goldsmiths-college Blur, Goldsmiths College, London] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327081440/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jun/23/review-blur-live-goldsmiths-college |date=27 March 2017 }}". ''The Guardian''. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2009.</ref> Blur headlined the [[Glastonbury Festival]] on 28 June, where they played for the first time since their headline slot in 1998. Reviews of the Glastonbury performance were enthusiastic; ''The Guardian'' called them "the best Glastonbury headliners in an age".<ref>Jonze, Time. "[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jun/29/blur-glastonbury-2009 Blur at Glastonbury 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327081432/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jun/29/blur-glastonbury-2009 |date=27 March 2017 }}". ''The Guardian''. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2010.</ref>

The band released their second greatest-hits album ''[[Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur]]'' in June 2009. After the completion of the reunion dates, Albarn told ''Q'' that the band had no intention of recording or touring live again. He said, "I just can't do it anymore", and explained that the main motivation for participating in the reunion was to repair his relationship with Coxon, which succeeded.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8168723.stm |title=Entertainment &#124; Albarn rules out more Blur gigs |work=BBC News |date=25 July 2009 |access-date=30 April 2014 |archive-date=20 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220132522/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8168723.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In January 2010, ''[[No Distance Left to Run (film)|No Distance Left to Run]]'', a documentary about the band, was released in cinemas and a month later on DVD and was nominated as [[Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video|Best Long Form Music Video]] for the [[53rd Grammy Awards]], Blur's first-ever Grammy nomination.<ref>(3 December 2010). [https://archive.today/20120917124718/http://www.vblurpage.com/news/2010/1203.htm "No Distance Left To Run nominated for Grammy Award"] Retrieved 8 December 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/37602-blur-documentary-coming-to-dvd |title=Blur Documentary Coming to DVD |website=Pitchfork |date=15 January 2010 |access-date=30 April 2014 |archive-date=27 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527033218/http://pitchfork.com/news/37602-blur-documentary-coming-to-dvd/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2010, Blur released their first new recording since 2003, "[[Fool's Day]]" in April 2010 as part of the [[Record Store Day]] event as a vinyl record limited to 1000 copies; it was later made available as a free download on their website.<ref>Chester, Tim. [https://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=122&title=free_blur_mp3_download&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 "Free Blur MP3 Download"]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''NME''. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2012.</ref>

In February 2012, Blur were awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the [[2012 Brit Awards]].<ref>Topping, Alexandria. "[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/21/brit-awards-adele-triumphant-return?INTCMP=SRCH Brit awards: Adele takes away two awards on a triumphant return] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327081243/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/21/brit-awards-adele-triumphant-return?INTCMP=SRCH |date=27 March 2017 }}". ''The Guardian''. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.</ref> Later that month, Albarn and Coxon premiered a new track together live, "Under the Westway".<ref>"[http://news.qthemusic.com/2012/02/blurs_damon_graham_reunite_liv.html Blur's Damon & Graham play new song as they reunite live for War Child's 2012 Brit Award gig] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705033037/http://news.qthemusic.com/2012/02/blurs_damon_graham_reunite_liv.html |date=5 July 2012 }}". ''Q''. Retrieved 2 March 2012.</ref> Blur entered the studio early that year to record material for a new album, but in May producer William Orbit told the ''NME'' that Albarn had halted recording.<ref name="halted_nme">"[https://www.nme.com/news/blur--2/63943 William Orbit: 'Damon Albarn has halted new Blur recording sessions'] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625112310/http://www.nme.com/news/blur--2/63943 |date=25 June 2012 }}". ''NME''. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.</ref> Blur released two singles "[[The Puritan (song)|The Puritan]]" and "[[Under the Westway]]" on 2 July.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/blur--2/64481 |title=Blur announce the release of two brand new singles  |work=NME |date=22 June 2012 |access-date=30 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109202527/http://www.nme.com/news/blur--2/64481 |archive-date=9 January 2014 }}</ref> That August, Blur headlined a show at Hyde Park for the [[2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony]] which was followed by a world tour the following year.<ref name="Olympics">"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17110538 London 2012: Blur to headline Olympics closing show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618065345/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17110538 |date=18 June 2018 }}", BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2012.</ref> On 19 February 2015, Blur announced on social media that they would be releasing their eighth studio album on 27 April, titled ''[[The Magic Whip]]'', Blur's first album in 12 years and first in 16 years in their original line-up.<ref>"[https://www.facebook.com/blur/posts/10153603290425744 Blur – Finally, we can confirm that we will be releasing an album,...]". Facebook. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.</ref><ref name="BlurAnnouncement2015">{{cite web|url=http://overblown.co.uk/blur-share-go-out-announce-new-album-hyde-park-gig/|title=Blur Share 'Go Out', Announce New Album, Hyde Park Gig|website=overblown.co.uk|publisher=Overblown|last1=Coughlan|first1=Jamie|date=19 February 2015|access-date=19 February 2015|archive-date=19 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219194832/http://overblown.co.uk/blur-share-go-out-announce-new-album-hyde-park-gig/|url-status=live}}</ref>