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Blur recorded a new song ‘Fool’s Day’ especially for Record Story Day on Saturday (April 17). 1,000 7″ vinyl copies were pressed for UK record shops and have all now sold out but don’t worry if you weren’t able to get one – ‘Fool’s Day’ is available for free digitally. Blur manager Chris Morrison explains:  [...]

UK music afficianados are gearing up for Record Store Day tomorrow, April 17 and Billboard has the details.  More than UK 150 Indie music retailers — almost twice the number as last year — are participating as part of this international initiative. Nearly 110 exclusive, limited edition releases are being offered in these shops, but [...]

The brilliant Blur film ‘No Distance Left To Run’ came out on DVD this week.  Here’s a trailer of their return last year to Goldsmith’s College (pictured below, just before they went on stage), where the band originally formed: http://www.youtube.com/parlophone?gl=GB&hl=en-GB#p/a/u/2/Fm3-xpTP61c

Graham Coxon, Damon Albarn, Alex James and Dave Rowntree were all in London last night for the premiere of ther new movie, ‘No Distance Left To Run’. The film is a documentary about Blur, telling the story of the band in their own words as they get set to perform together for the first time [...]

The Royal Mail in the UK have today issued a gorgeous set of postage stamps based on iconic album artwork by British artists. Of the 10 classic covers featured, four are released by EMI – ‘The Division Bell’ by Pink Floyd, David Bowie‘s ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’, [...]

Blur have announced that a feature length documentary telling the story of the band will be released in cinemas worldwide on 19 January. ‘No Distance Left To Run’ was filmed during their 2009 rehearsals and immensely popular gigs and shows all four band members together for the first time in nine years. The film combines [...]

America’s BMI song rights organisation has crunched the numbers and worked out that Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ was the most played song at US sporting events last year. So here’s a reminder of this magnificent and timeless classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAz84ZV7xF0 And the BMI sporting top 10 also includes Blur’s always amazing ‘Song 2′: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlAHZURxRjY