Tag Archives: Blur

WATCH: Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn End Britpop Feud

By Rachel Marie Paquin | Posted on March 25th, 2013

Gallagher and Albarn perform Blur's "Tender" together at the Teenager Cancer Trust concert (Yui Mok/PA)

For anyone who followed Britpop in the 1990s, this news may come as a shock: Noel Gallagher of Oasis performed on stage with Blur’s Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon on Saturday. I’ll give you a second to pick your jaw up off the ...

The Brit List: 10 Greatest British Songs of 2012

By Fraser McAlpine and Kevin Wicks | Posted on December 12th, 2012

Note: this is not a subjective list made by two members of the Anglophenia writing team. This is a statement of scientific fact.

Happy 90th Birthday, The BBC!

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 14th, 2012

Today is the anniversary of the very first broadcast by the BBC, back in 1922. It was just a radio signal at the time, made by what was then called the British Broadcasting Company (it was later incorporated).

The Brit List: 10 Weird Ways To Break Your Phone In Britain

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on October 24th, 2012

A cow. In a field. (This will become relevant, don't panic)

Hey, everyone has a clumsy moment from time to time. And sometimes the only way to put that moment right is to call your insurers.

To The End: Blur Bow Out At The London Games’ Other Closing Ceremony

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on August 13th, 2012

Blur's Damon Albarn (Press Association via AP Images)

Damon Albarn is lost for words. It’s the end of two-hour long set by his band Blur, supposedly the very last thing they will ever do, and he can’t find a way to express what this all means.

So Who’s Going To Appear At The Closing Ceremony Of The London Games?

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on August 7th, 2012

Having effectively blown cynics away with the opening ceremony (or at the very least shushed them up for a week or so), the organisers of the London Games have something of a hill to climb in coming up with an appropriate ending. ...