The legendary Britpop band, made up of Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree, took to the stage for the second consecutive Saturday.
Damon Albarn said “this is probably our last concert” during the presentation of Blur the second weekend of Coachella 2024 on April 20.
The legendary Britpop band, composed of Albarn, the guitarist Graham Coxonthe bassist Alex James and the drummer Dave Rowntreetook to the main stage of the annual music and arts festival for the second consecutive Saturday.
And as they prepared to play “Tender,” the last song of the night, Albarn confided to the audience: “For the sake of clarity and truth, this is probably our last concert”.
At Blur’s set on the festival’s first weekend, Albarn expressed frustration at the unenthusiastic crowd during a performance of “Girls & Boys.”
“You can do better than that,” he told attendees at one point, which was greeted by a silent crowd. When he still didn’t get the desired response, the leader said, “You’ll never see us again, so you better sing it. You know what I am saying?”.
Damon Albarn on the end of Blur
What was said this weekend comes after Albarn declared in December that the band would be on hiatus until further notice, saying “it’s too much for me.”
“It’s time to conclude this campaign,” he said. “It’s too much for me. It was the right thing to do and an immense honor to play these songs again, spend time with these guys, make an album, blah, blah, blah.”
Continuous: “I’m not saying I won’t do it again, it was a beautiful success, but I’m not staying in the past.”.
Source: Ambito
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