Blur increase 2023 reunion tour with large Dublin gig

Blur have added a Dublin gig to their ever-growing 2023 reunion tour – see full particulars under and buy tickets here.

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Earlier this month, the Britpop heroes confirmed they have been to return subsequent yr for an enormous Wembley Stadium gig on July 8, happening so as to add a further present on the venue the next day.

With a French competition date additionally added to the run, the band have now confirmed they are going to return to Eire on June 24 subsequent yr to play Dublin’s Malahide Citadel.

Tickets will go on sale at 9am GMT on Friday, November 25 here.

See a trailer for the brand new gig under.

Blur play Malahide Citadel, 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 checklist” dream.

“We’re a band that’s carried out virtually the whole lot it’s potential to do… what an iconic place, what an iconic venue. It’s simply extremely thrilling,” he stated.

“[Wembley is] one in every of these iconic locations which can be secretly up in your bucket checklist, regardless that you fake they’re not. I sincerely hope we're a band that may fill a stadium like that. I don’t need there to be 4 folks and a canine.”

Bassist Alex James, in the meantime, has teased on the potential for new music from the band. Blur’s eighth and newest studio album, ‘The Magic Whip’, got here out in 2015.

Different gigs might comply with the 4 presently introduced, with Colchester Council’s tradition boss calling on Blur to stage a warm-up gig within the metropolis forward of their large Wembley reunion reveals.

Because the Daily Gazette studies, frontman Damon Albarn grew up in Colchester and met guitarist Graham Coxon once they have been each finding out at The Stanway Faculty (identified then as Stanway Complete).