UK Club Promo Nights have been announced

8/3 Slam, ABERDEEN. - 10/3 Wednesdays, EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY (NUS only). - 11/3 Rock City, NOTTINGHAM. - 11/3 Archoas, GLASGOW. - 11/3 Colin's Kitchen, KINGS COLLEGE, LONDON. - 12/3 Feedback, OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY (NUS only). - 12/3 Shine, HULL UNIVERSITY (NUS only). - 12/3 Corporation, SHEFFIELD. - 12/3 Arena, MIDDLESBOROUGH. - 12/3 Eclectic Hair, MANCHESTER. - 12/3 Twisted Melon, COLCHESTER. - 13/3 Automatic, LEEDS13/3 TJ's, NEWPORT. - 13/3 Waterfront, UEA. 13/3 L2, LIVERPOOL. - 13/3 Ski Bunny, BELFAST. - 13/3 Sanctuary, BIRMINGHAM. - 13/3 Retrospective, SUNDERLAND UNIVERSITY (NUS only). - 13/3 The Big Cheese, DeMONTFORT UNIVERSITY (NUS only). - 17/3 Popscene, CARDIFF

 

 

US Gigs

Roseland Theatre New York - 30th March

Myan Theatre, LA - 1st April

Palais Royale, Toronto - 6th April.

 

March Dates
1st - Tender 7" - Released
5th - BBC 1 - Top Of The Pops performance
8th - Radio 1 - Blur Day [track from 13 on each show]
13th - Radio 2 - Johnnie Walker
13/14th - XFM Weekend
15th - Radio 4 - Front Row
15th - Radio 1 - BBC Blur gig at London's Hippodrome
20th - Radio 4 - Loose Ends

Blur are on the cover of April's Q Magazine, which features believe it or not 13 pages on blur.

 

Damon gets his own back on Bono

Damon never did forgive Bono for being rude to him as a youngster. Bono has joined forces with boxing legend Muhammad Ali to launch a campaign to cancel debts in developing countries. This organisation is demanding Western governments cancel debt repayments by the new millennium. But the campaign found itself under attack from Damon, who said the sight of pop stars preaching worthy ideals at an awards ceromony was "hypocrisy". He told BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme: "Musicians, artists should have nothing to do with anything like that. Their power should be in their music, their words and their images. "Bono is very well meaning, and has probably got a very good heart, but the idea of them and 1,000 people, all tanked-up, all toasting this kind of great sentiment - the level of hypocrisy in all standing up for Third World debt to be abolished - it's profoundly Western."

 

Blur Warm up Stockholm
Blur played a third warm-up gig for their new album '13' on Thursday night (11 February) at the Munchenbryggeriet (Munich Brewery) in Stockholm, Sweden. They played the majority of the new album, in order, but neglecting 'Caramel' and the closer 'Optigan 1'. Blur followed their main set by returning to play 'Beetlebum', 'There's No Other Way', 'Popscene' and 'Song 2'. Souvenir Blur bobble hats were available in Chelsea colours.