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Blur’s Alex James Preps for Music and Food Festival… On His Farm

MacKenzie Wilson — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:46:10 +0000

While he joined his Blur bandmates for a string of UK festival shows in 2009, including an epic return to Glastonbury, bassist Alex James continues to relish in the quiet life on his 200-acre farm in Oxfordshire, England. The father of ...

Music Roundup: Ready Yourself to ‘Rock & Roll’ With Frank Turner

MacKenzie Wilson — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:31:01 +0000

Frank Turner is a surprising diamond in the UK’s mostly pop-laden rough. The London punk-bred songster, educated at Eton, spent much of the new millennium rocking out with hardcore outfits such as Kneejerk and Million Dead.

Blur Reunion Called Off; New Order Has “No Future”; The Police Recording New Album?

Kevin Wicks — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Lots of band news today. OK, this sucks, and damn that Alex James for getting our hopes up, but there isn’t going to be a Blur reunion.

Blur To Give It One Last Go – With Graham Coxon?

Kevin Wicks — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Britpop survives for another day: Damon Albarn had recently suggested that Blur was dead, but Alex James says the band is going to give it another shot. And better yet, Graham Coxon, who split from the band four years ago, may ...