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Blur played Hollywood Bowl, brought out Fred Armisen for "Parklife" (video, setlist); MSG show is Friday

Blur w/ Fred Armisen @ Hollywood Bowl 10/20/2015 (via @wbr)
Blur at Hollywood Bowl 2015

Blur are in America as we speak and played their first of two shows in the country on Tuesday night (10/20) at LA’s Hollywood Bowl. Unlike their show at Music Hall of Williamsburg this spring that mainly showcased new album The Magic Whip, the Hollywood Bowl show trotted out the hits, from Madchester-era early single “There’s No Other Way” to “Coffee & TV,” “Beetlebum,” “Song 2,” “To The End,” “This is a Low,” “Girls & Boys,” “For Tomorrow” and some deep cuts like Parklife’s “Badhead.” For “Parklife,” the band brought out Fred Armisen to do the spoken word parts (originally performed by Quadrophenia’s Phil Daniels) which he almost entirely re-wrote to be about LA. Video of that and Blur’s Hollywood Bowl setlist, below.

Courtney Barnett opened the show and she’ll do the same when Blur plays NYC’s Madison Square Garden on Friday (10/23). Tickets are still available (and we’re giving away a pair, too). Who might Blur bring out for “Parklife” here? Is John Oliver busy?


SETLIST: Blur @ Hollywood Bowl 10/20/2015
Go Out
There’s No Other Way
Lonesome Street
Badhead
Ghost Ship
Coffee & TV
Out of Time
Caravan
Beetlebum
Thought I Was a Spaceman
Trimm Trabb
Tender
Parklife (with Fred Armisen)
Song 2
To the End
This Is a Low

Encore:
Stereotypes
Girls & Boys
For Tomorrow
The Universal