- Artists:
- Blur »
Ah, Twitter, how did we come up with wishy washy gossip without you?
Er, anyway, this morning Graham Coxon (or @GrahamCoxon as he is known in nerd land) quoth this:
mornin all! "midlife..." is out today and to celebrate we're gonna play >some songs in london! ITS FOR REAL. look! http://www.blur.co.uk/
Which translates as 'Blur's new best of is out today. Also we will be playing a gig in London tonight.'
Then lots of random people DiS doesn't really know started tweeting about how the first 170 people to Brixton Academy box office at 11am would get a ticket to the show tonight.
Er, so like, great news! If you live in Brixton! Fill us in if you find owt out, you jammy south London so and sos.
UPDATE: Apparently the gig is at Rough Trade but the wristbands are in Brixton. Non-London dwellers may be nonplussed by this information, but trust me, it is QUITE VEXING IF TRUE.
UPDATE UPDATE: Apparently the gig is NOT at Rough Trade. Whew!
ANOTHER UPDATE: DiS user roastthemonaspit has got one and says there were still over half the tickets left an hour ago. Don't leave Blur hanging, people.
FINAL UPDATE (PROBABLY): Tickets sold out. Rough Trade are liars. NEVER TRUST THEM AGAIN.
Oh yeah, and the photo's a bit out of date (though does anyone remember how Damon was going bald for a bit and then mysteriously stopped..? hmm...)
- Animal Collective, Bat For Lashes and Florence up for Brit Awards
- 2009 In Photos: DiS Snapper's Favourite Shots of the Year
- New Gorillaz album details emerge, to feature Mos Def, Snoop and Bobby Womack
- Watch: Blur documentary 'No Distance Left to Run' trailer
- Yet MORE broadsheet related indie music giveaway, this time it's Blur
- Blur's first ever gig venue to be honoured with plaque
- Drowned in Friday: Party? Drink? I'm in Love? TFI?
- T In The Park: The (slightly delayed) DiS review
more posts by this author please
I like your writing style
I got a ticket!
woot!
We get sent a text at 5pm saying where it is
there was still about 100 wristbands left an hour ago
I got down at 2pm and...
... there was 30 tickets left. the big rudeboy behind me in the queue obviously wasn't going as when he found out they were wristbands he asked how easy they would be to take off. i fuckin hate touts, but if you want to pay an extortionate amount for a wristband look for a stocky black guy
bollocks
i'm so fkn annoyed. i got there at 15:25. last tickets got given away at 15:15.
bitch.
the venue has been confirmed
as rough trade east
Ah!
Bit shorter than the last gig then. Can't grumble for free!
aye
They also played 'Advert'.
I'm used to 5 song gigs at Rough Trade. So 13 was a bit like early Christmas for me.

Blur
Spotifriday #32 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
Spotifriday #31 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
In Photos: Is Tropical @ Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds
In Photos: Johnny Foreigner @ The Harley, Sheffield
Comments
- Post a new comment on this article