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Blur's Rowntree: Blur will never tour again

Mike_Diver by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 11 comments 17:49 November 13th, 2006
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Blur's Dave Rowntree has told BBC 6Music that his band will never tour again.

The still-popular Britpoppers' drummer told the digital station:

"The days of Blur doing a tour will not happen. Most of the band have kids now, and when you're a touring band you have to make a choice, so there will never be a return to that. But we have been talking about doing an album next year - we have even set a date for it."

Rowntree echoed bassist Alex James' recent comments that the band would like former guitarist Graham Coxon to be involved with any new album: "We'd all like to do it with Graham, we may have to beg him a bit though."

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I read this as no long world tours or whatnot...

...not that there would necessarily be no more dates here and there.

Reading Festival next year. Do it.

Damian | 13 Nov '06, 21:38 | X | Reply

Doooooooooo IT

Yes.

RW12 @Damian | 13 Nov '06, 22:35 | X | Reply

last time blur did reading

i thought they were pants.

BESPECKLEDDAZ @RW12 | 13 Nov '06, 22:52 | X | Reply

I'm sure they will be touring

in 20 years time when tax man comes calling! If you havent't seen them live never mind, I thought they were pretty average live.

nicster @BESPECKLEDDAZ | 13 Nov '06, 23:07 | X | Reply

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Even tho they are my favortie band they where hit and miss with the live shows.

I reckon Blur will play live again though. If they wouldnt he would have said blur will never play live

cat_courtney | 14 Nov '06, 00:33 | X | Reply

we'll never tour again

we couldn't record without graham
we're releasing an ep in the next month / six months / year
the next record sounds like the foo fighters...

all these things have been said a few times. the first one especially.

never trust anything blur say, just be happy they do what they do when they eventually do it.

and they're great live.

alvinsimon @cat_courtney | 14 Nov '06, 08:42 | X | Reply

Agreed

they are great live! I've seen them a heap of times and I was never disappointed.

starshaped @alvinsimon | 14 Nov '06, 08:43 | X | Reply

Me either :D

And alvinsimon is right, don't listen to them, they and most bands talk rubbish about their futures all the time

babykim @starshaped | 14 Nov '06, 12:52 | X | Reply

liver

I only saw them once, at the NEC for the 1999 singles tour, and I thought they were very good live. I've heard several bootlegs of their gigs and I've never been disappointed

gram_caxton @babykim | 14 Nov '06, 16:32 | X | Reply

damon said this

before the last album, and they toured that.
and this is the drummer talking.
pffft.

guntrip | 14 Nov '06, 19:46 | X | Reply

I saw

them play in canada once in a little theatre in Kitchener. It was amazing, granted i was about 15 at the time but still i remember thinking it was excellent.

They are definitely a band that im not ashamed to admit i was a massive fan of when i was younger. not so much now like but...

seafulloftrains @gram_caxton | 15 Nov '06, 13:54 | X | Reply

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