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Blur’s performance at Coachella Weekend 1 was great, but the crowd was not into it enough for frontman Damon Albarn…

“We put an offer on the table for an Oasis thing — because we got offered it — and he said no,” Liam told ‘Mojo.’ “It was a big tour, a lot of money. He turned it down.”

“I’m not saying I won’t do it again, it was a beautiful success,” Albarn said of Blur’s ‘The Ballad of Darren,’ “but I’m not dwelling on the past.”

From their 1991 debut, ‘Leisure,’ through 2023’s ‘The Ballad of Darren,’ we’ve ranked all nine Blur studio albums. Where does your favorite land?

Warm and wistful, Blur’s masterful ninth album would be a perfect swan song, but is too good to be their last.

“I can guarantee they’re going to reform,” Damon Albarn said in an interview about Blur’s new album. “Obviously I expect an excellent new record to accompany it.“

“We are Pulp,” Jarvis told the crowd on Friday night at Bridlington Spa. “I’ve not said that for quite a long time.“

1995 was the peak year for Britpop with the “Blur Vs Oasis” feud, and nearly every major player in the scene releasing an album. We ranked the 20 best.

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums from Osees and Guided by Voices, plus former Oh Sees member Brigid Dawson, and reissues from Gene and Heavenly.

Drummer Nick Banks and keyboardist Mark Webber shared anecdotes and rare memorabilia from the making of Pulp’s Britpop classic ‘Different Class’