Blur biography
In April 2010, Blur released their first single and the first studio recording with the original line-up since 2003, "Fool's Day", for the Record Store Day event as a 7" limited to 1000 copies. This was released as a free download on their official website the next day.
In December 2010, No Distance Left to Run was nominated as Best Long Form Music Video for the 53rd Grammy Awards. It is the first time Blur has been nominated for a Grammy Award. In February 2011, Coxon told the NME that while "Every now and then we Blur like to meet up and record a few things", the group did not have plans to record an album any time soon. "I suppose it might turn into an LP in six years or something", Coxon said.
In November 2011, Blur recorded a spoken word track with poet Michael Horovitz sparked by the news that the 2011 Notting Hill Carnival would be cancelled due to the August riots in London. Albarn described the track as "a perfect plea to reinstate the carnival." He stated that the track "was relevant for about 12 hours" until it was confirmed that the carnival would not be cancelled.
In February 2012, Graham Coxon announced to the Daily Record that Blur will be recording a new album,
On 19 February, Albarn and Coxon premiered a new track together live, "Under the Westway".
On 21 February 2012, Blur were awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the 2012 BRIT Awards. They went on to perform 5 tracks: 'Girls & Boys', 'Song 2', 'Parklife', 'Tender' and 'This is a Low'.
On April 19, 2012, the band announced that a box-set entitled Blur 21 - containing all seven of the band's studio albums, four discs of unreleased rarities and three DVDs - would be released on 30 July, 2012.
Blur will headline at Hyde Park, with New Order and The Specials, to celebrate the closing of the 2012 Summer Olympics on 12 August 2012.
Discography
- Leisure (1991)
- Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993)
- Parklife (1994)
- The Great Escape (1995)
- Blur (1997)
- 13 (1999)
- Think Tank (2003)
Awards
- 1994: Q Awards - Best Album (Parklife)
- 1994: Smash Hits Awards - Best Alternative Band, Best Album (Parklife)
- 1995: Brit Awards - Best Band, Best Album (Parklife), Best Single (Parklife), Best British Video (Parklife)
- 1995: NME Awards - Best Band,
- 1995: Q Awards - Best Album (The Great Escape)
- 1996: Ivor Novello Awards - Best Songwriters (shared with Noel Gallagher)
- 1999: Q Awards - Best Act in the World Today
- 2000: NME Awards - Best Band, Best Single ("Tender")
- 2003: Q Awards - Best Album (Think Tank)
- 2003: South Bank Show Awards - Best Album (Think Tank)
- 2009: MOJO Awards - Inspiration Award
- 2009: PRS for Music Heritage Award
- 2010: NME Awards - Best Live Event (Blur at Hyde Park)
- 2012: Brit Awards - Outstanding Contribution to Music
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