The 25 most essential Blur songs
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Blur recently brought their supporting tour for their 2023 comeback album The Ballad Of Darren to a close with two appearances at this year’s Coachella. Online discourse suggested the pair of performances didn’t go smoothly, an assessment buttressed by lead singer Damon Albarn saying this “is probably our last gig”—words that would carry more weight if they didn’t echo statements he’s said in the past and if they weren’t delivered onstage in America, a country that has never fully embraced Blur....

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