Villa Blur

Did have a quick listen and thought it was the same as all the Hyde Park gigs really. Shame. Yeah, having Wembley on record is nice and all but there's so many other live albums now with similar setlists and the band sounds better and more energetic on all of the earlier ones. It hurts that they pi...

Results in:

1. Alison Bennet (Lib Dem) - 39.6%
2. Kristy Adams (Conservative) - 27.1%
3. Dave Rowntree (Labour) - 17.6%
4. Gary Johnson (Reform) - 11.1%
5. Deanna Nicholson (Green) - 3.8%

Second defeat for Dave in a general election after he also lost in 2010 running in London and Westminster.

Much better performance weekend 2, probably on account of Damon not being totally wasted. I kind of believe him on the "this is the last time" thing. I know it's been said many times, but I think based off of interviews Damon is really done with Blur this time. He doesn't seem interested i...

It's not a bad album but it's at the bottom of the discography for me. St. Charles Square, The Narcissist and Barbaric are the best tracks by far, the rest I can kind of take or leave. Definitely the most Damon-centric Blur album and also the most melancholic/low key. On first listen it reminded me ...

Can anyone enlighten me? I'm not too au fait with Coachella generally. What is it with crowds there? I know it has a bit of a reputation for not always being the easiest to whip up an enthusiastic response. Just all too cool for school or is it more of a British band thing being harder to get the c...