Blur have added a Dublin gig to their ever-growing 2023 reunion tour – see full particulars under and purchase tickets right here.
Earlier this month, the Britpop heroes confirmed they have been to return subsequent yr for an enormous Wembley Stadium gig on July 8, occurring to add an extra present on the venue the next day.
With a French pageant date additionally added to the run, the band have now confirmed they’ll return to Ireland on June 24 subsequent yr to play Dublin’s Malahide Castle.
Tickets will go on sale at 9am GMT on Friday, November 25 right here.
See a trailer for the brand new gig under.
Blur play Malahide Castle, Dublin on 24 June 2023 🏰
Tickets on sale 9am (GMT) Friday 25 November https://t.co/8ariV3Am9s pic.twitter.com/BQeG6pE2fl
— blur (@blurofficial) November 21, 2022
Following the announcement of Blur’s reunion, the band’s drummer Dave Rowntree described the comeback as a “bucket list” dream.
“We’re a band that’s done almost everything it’s possible to do… what an iconic place, what an iconic venue. It’s just incredibly exciting,” he mentioned.
“[Wembley is] one of these iconic places that are secretly up on your bucket list, even though you pretend they’re not. I sincerely hope we are a band that can fill a stadium like that. I don’t want there to be four people and a dog.”
Bassist Alex James, in the meantime, has teased on the potential of new music from the band. Blur’s eighth and newest studio album, ‘The Magic Whip’, got here out in 2015.
Other gigs could comply with the 4 at the moment introduced, with Colchester Council’s tradition boss calling on Blur to stage a warm-up gig within the metropolis forward of their big Wembley reunion reveals.
As the Daily Gazette experiences, frontman Damon Albarn grew up in Colchester and met guitarist Graham Coxon after they have been each learning at The Stanway School (identified then as Stanway Comprehensive).