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Blur ‘Mimed’ Performance After Losing Members

by Bishal Roy
July 16, 2023
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Blur drummer Dave Rowntree recently reminisced the band’s “most shambolic performance” in a new interview with NME. He noted a 1996 Italian TV show appearance where he and vocalist Damon Albarn – performed without both guitarist Graham and bassist Alex James.

In the NME.com feature, titled Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, Rowntree is asked the following question: In 1996, guitarist Graham Coxon and bassist Alex James were missing from a performance by Blur on Italian TV. What novel way did you deal with their absences? The memory clearly tickles Blur’s drummer.

“We performed halfway through the final of Sanremo Festival, one of the biggest betting events in Italy – it’s like The X Factor merged with The Grand National,” he replies.

“Graham couldn’t do it, so we thought it would be a wheeze to put a cardboard cutout of him onstage. We were miming Charmless Man, so it didn’t matter. Alex didn’t show up for the flight – nobody knew where he was – so [Blur’s bodyguard] Smoggy, about whom our new album The Ballad Of Darren is partially written, took over his bass role, having the time of his life strutting around the stage gurning like an idiot.”

He continues:

“Halfway through the song, the cardboard cutout of Graham fell over, and when Damon walked over and stood it upright again the audience burst into applause – clearly thinking this was part of the performance! [Laughs] It’s the most shambolic performance by Blur possible. Whenever a gig has gone badly, one of us will bring it up, and it makes everything seem all right in comparison!”

The Ballad Of Darren, Blur’s first album in eight years, is set for release on July 21. The group’s ninth album was produced by James Ford and recorded at Damon Albarn’s Studio 13 in London, and in Devon.

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