Blur have warned fraudulent scalpers that their tickets will be banned from their upcoming reunion tour dates, according to a series of new tweets.
🚨 An important note re warm up tickets 🚨
Only buy tickets through authorised sellers.
— blur (@blurofficial) April 28, 2023
Remember, the lead purchaser will need to attend the event.
These are very limited shows, and no one should be exploited by paying more than face value.
Authorised sellers are Ticketmaster and AXS only.
— blur (@blurofficial) April 28, 2023
Remember, the lead purchaser will need to attend the event.
These are very limited shows, and no one should be exploited by paying more than face value.
Authorised sellers are Ticketmaster and AXS only.
— blur (@blurofficial) April 28, 2023
Damon Albarn has worked with so many huge names within the industry. With Gorillaz, he’s worked with everybody from Elton John to The Fall’s Mark E. Smith, but he also had some good connections in the days of Blur as well, even though Albarn hasn’t exactly gotten everything that he’s wanted from the industry and the connects that he has.
As reported by Far Out – The Strokes were the hottest band around when ‘Is This It’ dropped, and Albarn was eager to work with them. Albarn rival, Noel Gallagher said of the New Yorkers in 2001: “I think they’re the most important band right now in the world for what they may inspire other people to do.” However, during a secret recording session for their album “Room On Fire,” Albarn’s attempt to transform their sound into a Beatlesque harmony failed miserably, at least in his book.
According to their producer at the time, Gordon Raphael, Albarn tried to change their sonic identity to something that sounded like The Beatles with harmonies. But in the end, he acknowledged that the songs were perfect as they were, and no backing vocals were used. Raphael later described the session as glum and inebriated, and Albarn’s backing harmonies were deemed a terrible idea and ultimately were taken out of the session.
Gordon said: “We let him go out and try for a couple of hours… singing backing vocals. Julian’s taking it really seriously, seeing if he can craft what Damon’s doing into something that would make it on the record. But in the end, Damon said, ‘Well, I guess the songs are just perfect the way they are’. And so no backing vocals were used.”
Although the idea of Albarn collaborating with The Strokes is intriguing, his previous attempt was unsuccessful, and the deleted files are most likely gone forever at this point. However, maybe with the rise of the AI version of Oasis, we can also get one with The Strokes and Albarn.
