Blur on playing Wembley Stadium - ITV News 2023

Blur talk to ITV News Entertainment reporter Rishi Davda ahead of headlining Wembley Stadium for the first time. July 7th, 2023.

[@Gtagamer187]

I was there both nights. Some bands aren’t good live but Blur sounded amazing and they brought out Phil Daniels for Parklife. Such an epic show

[@ellie-tk4jy]

god i hate him

[@theconciousstreamer1335]

Ditto, what an experience!

[@beniteztheconman]

Doubt he had much else to do

[@valdotc8559]

Graham's rough landing was an essential element for making blur's music great...

[@simonread8713]

"I have to do my belt up ...or my trousers'll fall down" (2:35) is such a brilliantly subtle joke, historically speaking.

[@denalihighway]

Well, they nailed it. We travelled from Dublin for the Sunday show. Absolutely untouchable. ❤❤❤❤

[@EddyBamber]

Night 1 was very, very good indeed

[@samrose3205]

Night 2 was very sexual

[@Ukedc259]

Was amazing Saturday night. Best gig I’ve ever been to. Just epically brilliant, joyous, raucous, escapist, earthy, real and dreamlike. All at once. Thank you 🙏🏻 You were brilliant.

[@emmaelizabeth3652]

What a beautiful relationship ❤

[@EmmanuelHemmings]

I saw them there last night at Wembley and they were fabulous!

[@UnlimitedDreams-ui3if]

Saw them in Ireland a couple of weeks ago. Great band. Always loved Blur and Oasis. So many great bands in the 90s.

[@aaronwalker2246]

I was there too, they were fab 👊

[@beniteztheconman]

They were not 2 of them

[@thomasandersen6719]

@@beniteztheconman and the Oscar goes to.......

[@jeffoliver7491]

Damon and Graham have known each other for over 40 years, that’s a very long time.

[@thomasandersen6719]

and hated eachother for 30 of them

[@nicolettagemmi]

and the show was AMAZING, EPIC SHOW, thanks BLUR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jartober]

The Great Escape is very underrated.. one of their best.

[@wilfullness]

How big do you think it should be?

[@paulrichardson9843]

It was massive at the time - a number one album. Really not underrated at all.

[@Radagast-]

Sunday was the dog's. Paul Weller "supporting" was awesome and Phil Daniels was a real treat... the place was bouncing.

[@beth38368]

I was there last night ! amazing night ! ❤

[@thfc1984]

Was there on Saturday. Brilliant gig

[@italoblu]

I’m a fan of Graham after his stint with Duran Duran. Genius.

[@kurthenriss-anderssen4528]

There’s few or more distressing sights than that of an English man in a baseball cap

[@futureshock5641]

Looool

[@BruceLibertine10]

Libertines ❤️

[@daisychain9713]

Sunday was absolutely superb ❤

[@busterkeatonsbriefs]

Got to fulfill a childhood dream and see them play live. They were amazing.

[@kimchi_b]

Glad to hear that! I think the last time I saw them was 94 and they were great, but Damon was sozzled and fell off a big speaker stack...I think he may have broken an elbow or his arm and they had to finish early..or they may have played on, can't really remember myself lol. Good times!

[@isaacberryXERXEESE]

Great video, great performance, woo hoo!!!!

[@sylviaharing8329]

Compliments ❤

[@genDD22]

❤❤❤ one of the best that i could have in my life

[@cappuccinokid6772]

Love BLUR ❤️‍🔥

[@steveclark3457]

Was there sat night👌

[@inayyahh._]

jealous of people who are at wembley

[@On_Melancholyhill]

Fr ):

[@jenjen._]

same😭

[@neillrobbins7508]

I have to say - last night was the best Blur gig I've been to - and i've been to loads. Hope the Sunday crowd get the same! No Steve Davis though :-(

[@ChiIIwire]

I was there lol

[@inayyahh._]

@@ChiIIwire grr

[@jasonmendelli6023]

Still mates ❤

[@yelobeli]

"An expression of our Britishness" says the guy in the LA Dodgers hat.

[@jennywolff2120]

So well deserved...enjoy every moment!! Iconic nights ahead.. 💯🫶 🤩

[@matthewfedak]

Damon is slowly turning into Harry Enfield

[@jaysilverstone7221]

Good for them. Just googled sales for oasis:70 million

[@diggerthegroundhog8799]

Damon put tour tooth in. You're whistling when you speak. Gotta love him.

[@Algorithm347]

Other than song 2 I didn’t think blue was really known world wide

[@damoncoxon]

hanno venduto di piu di 15 milioni di album....5 milioni solo di parklife

[@MELLYBOY58]

All that scratchins makin me itch ✌️✌️🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@chimpsofthefuture6046]

Woo hoo!

[@Blade2vampirerave]

What about the singles night and besides night?

[@richowez]

Singles night was Wembley arena,not stadium. Awesome gig B sides gig was a club /students union in west London

[@johngammon963]

does iTV still exist?

[@mrc5653]

Colchester’s finest

[@91cosqui]

They play back in 99 ??

[@linksauce_1]

They played Wembley Arena in 99, not the stadium itself

[@91cosqui]

@@linksauce_1 cheers 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻 es

[@stereofidelic67]

There's no money for new young bands anymore. Especially English Indie-lad bands.

[@rbriggs89]

I saw them at Coachella. Felt horrible for them. No one got into it.

[@aussiej2973]

more than 15 million

[@Protroblade]

See you later blur!

[@paddypup1836]

This is a low, great song

[@dinluke]

i went day 2 it was so fun

[@Simon62861]

I had bad experience in Wembley. I got arrested trying to get into a squat. Backpackers worst nightmare. 🤸‍♀️🙉🤸‍♀️.

[@ka5269]

Albarn has had more international success with Gorillaz

[@juvguimaraes5370]

Coffee and tv

[@yabukijoe5079]

Wait DVD

[@denisuntoro]

Why they never play at Wembley?

[@Radagast-]

It was a sh..hole in the 90s - it felt like 1 toilet for every 15,000 spectators. It was torn down in 2003 and the new one opened in 2007.

[@vanishing_girl]

@@Radagast- exactly Wembley literally publicly offered it to them after Blur's Mile End Stadium gig in 1995 and Damon just said "Wembley Stadium is for wankers" to the media when asked about it lol

[@naufalikhlasksatria9228]

Gramon!!!!

[@jamesdavies5266]

She is F I N E

[@ellie-tk4jy]

coxon is a bit bill wyman

[@JackSmith-kp2vs]

I’m really influenced by Mozart and Bach, sort of in between those, really. It’s a Mach piece, really.

[@amancalledsun92]

Wait, but they played on Wembley in 1999. Singles night...

[@tcvicesquad]

Correct.

[@fuzzy1237]

Arena

[@TheMusicalElitist]

The Arena

[@luckyman721]

Go Dodgers!!!!

[@mxx1236]

Would loved to have gone

[@marrisaamoss]

so jealous

[@annamaj2943]

Grandi Blur❤

[@mehere3013]

its just all a blur to them

[@Marfmellow88]

Brit-pop is such an anomaly to me...I don't get it. Blur was basically a 1 hit wonder in the US/Canada with the woo hoo song....their other songs never took off. Same with Oasis. I think the Gallagher brohers are great but my whole life I only ever heard about Wonderwall and the widely labelled as a "classic" album, Morning Glory. Personally, I find Oasis' music the most bland, basic, generic rock music I've ever heard in my life - it's like paint by numbers - nothing original besides a handful of songs from their first 2 albums. I wish I understood the appeal.

[@alanpods2]

Listen to ‘This is a Low’, the last track on Parklife. It’s a masterpiece. It might also help if you listen to The Shipping Forecast beforehand. Imagine you live on a collection of grey islands in the North Atlantic, with melancholic faded grandeur and past glories.

[@Marfmellow88]

@@alanpods2 Cool, thanks!

[@tomgallagher7870]

Have a listen to leisure blur first album.its classic indie swirling guitars shes so high is a classic and sing is a great song featured in trainspotting.there second album modern life is rubbish is always overlooked but is a great album always found it very english which is hard to explain lol ..great band though .i think us had grunge and here we had indie.👍

[@Charles21eko]

Out of interest, how do you end up on the comments section of this video?

[@Marfmellow88]

@@Charles21eko Ive been watching Gallagher bro interviews and so my homepage gets washed with britpop stuff lol

[@mojopin1997]

Suede should be playing Wembley they are way better

[@mojopin1997]

@@Tele-musik do you really think so? I find some blur songs really annoying like pop scene, song 2 country house. And when they get experimental like on 13 and think tank the songs are not really there. There’s more drama in suede’s music and suede have their anthems too. I also think Brett Anderson is a way better front man than Damon Albarn.

[@KOSMICKEN09]

Music is personal preference people will say my band is Better than your band till the end of time 🤠

[@mojopin1997]

@@KOSMICKEN09 I love the rivalry though

[@nickpearce9441]

Well said. Suede are better than this soft pop rubbish.

[@ASM881]

Oasis was better.

[@nickpearce9441]

God they are average at best

[@DavieGlasgow]

Liam Gallagher: Blur playing Wembly stadium... that's cute...

[@thefreedweed]

the biggest rip off venue in England

[@TheMusicalElitist]

You're just jealous you couldn't go. Be quiet.

[@beniteztheconman]

Reasonable band... better than the truly awful oasis..but who isn't

[@lewissparkes]

I got a ticket for £2.75, they couldn’t fill it

[@MrMarketingGuy]

Just finished reading Coxon's autobiography. Starts off well and he's quite humble but by god, once fame hits what an absolute Coxon he is. Would do well to learn how to be gracious and humble like Brett's books.

[@D1Snr]

I read Alex's autobiography and he alludes to fame going to their heads. He said Graham Coxon used to based at certain pub surrounded by a group of sycophants. Alex also said once they got really famous, they never really hung out together. Everyone had their own individual Crews who they associated with.

[@richowez]

Yeah but Brett does let it go to his head and sacks Bernard butler who without him ,Suede would never have broke through into the charts !! Blur "stayed together " They are Good books . And Richard is a good guitar player. But all the 1990s band went a bit crazy! I am Seeing Brett play next week .

[@alexanderspear9464]

Older, but superior to the rolling stones

[@jensonthebastard]

woohoo