No new album. No US tour. We’re majorly bummed!

The Guardian shares today’s disappointing news.

Read our review of Blur @ London’s Hyde Park here.

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Coming hot on the heels of a pretty triumphant return at Glastonbury, the first date of two at Hyde park was a vast celebration of all things Albarn, Coxon, Rowntree and James: from the overpriced official programmes, “souvenir” editions of Time Out and the t-shirts both official and knock-off, the whole day was a celebration of four chaps who’ve (temporarily) given up animated, anthropomorphised primates, politics and lawyering, solo low-fi shenanigans and cheese-farming.

It was probably put best by Crystal Castles’ Alice Glass who pointed out to the crowd that they were here to see Blur and not Crystal Castles themselves.

And she was right.

This was all about Blur.

Read the rest of this review AFTER THE JUMP…

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Brace yourselves for Never Cry Another Tear.

It’ll see daylight on 10/5.

Learn more about the New Order/Blur mega-group here.

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Enjoy this weekend’s take on ‘Coffee & TV’ below. View more videos here!

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Their debut effort will see daylight in October.

BBC’s got today’s scoop!

We’re beyond intrigued.

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Watch ‘em practice ‘Song Two’ here.

Blur’s latest greatest hits compilation will see daylight next week.

Blur recently revealed their Hyde Park openers.

MP3: Blur – Beetlebum

Midlife: A Beginners Guide To Blur will see daylight on 6/15.

The double disc includes:

‘Beetlebum’
‘Girls & Boys’
‘For Tomorrow’
‘Coffee & TV’
‘Out Of Time’
‘Blue Jeans’
‘Song Two’
‘Bugman’
‘He Thought Of Cars’
‘Death Of A Party’
‘The Universal’
‘Sing’
‘This Is A Low’
‘Tender’
‘She’s So High’
‘Chemical World’
‘Good Song’
‘Parklife’
‘Advert’
‘Popscene’
‘Stereotypes’
‘Trimm Trabb’
‘Badhead’
‘Strange News From Another Star’
Battery In Your Leg’

Blur will play two reunion gigs at London’s Hyde Park this summer.

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Enjoy this week’s extensive interview below. The Spinning Top is out now.

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The reunion gigs will be preceded by…

July 2: Foals, Crystal Castles, Friendly Fires & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

July 3: Vampire Weekend, Amadou And Mariam, Florence & Deerhoof

NME’s got further scoop.

Visit Foals on MySpace.

MP3: Foals – Balloons

Catch him this May at:

Norwich Arts Centre (3)
Brighton Digital (4)
Tunbridge Wells Forum (6)
Hertford Marquee (7)
York Fibbers (8)
Glasgow King Tuts (9)
Cambridge Soul Tree (12)
London Lexington (13)
Bristol Thekla (14)
Wolverhampton Civic (15)
Nottingham Rescue Rooms (17)
Newcastle Cluny (18)

His new LP (The Spinning Top) is out shortly.

MP3: Blur – Song 2