Damon Albarn did not wish to play Blur’s Wembley present final yr

Blur frontman Damon Albarn has revealed that he didn’t wish to carry out through the band’s second Wembley present final yr.

In November 2022, Blur introduced a reunion gig at Wembley Stadium for July 8, 2023. Resulting from overwhelming demand, the reunion gig changed into a two-parter, with a second present introduced shortly after.

That second present – which passed off on July 9 – went on to develop into their “finest ever” gig, in accordance with Albarn himself. Nonetheless, the July 9 present was on the verge of being cancelled by Albarn, who didn’t wish to carry out.

Albarn revealed the near-cancellation throughout an interview with KROQ throughout Coachella‘s opening weekend, sharing: “I by no means thought I’d love Wembley. The primary night time was nice, after which the subsequent night time, I didn’t wish to do one other gig. I used to be looking for causes to cancel it. I used to be sitting in a resort at Wembley Parks, like a journey lodge or one thing, and I used to be watching these folks coming in and I used to be like, ‘Effectively I can’t cancel that’.”

He continued: “And it was really, possibly the most effective gig in that point that you possibly can ever, ever dream of getting. However it was bizarre, I used to be actually not into going onstage, after which I used to be on stage and it was very good to try this.”

Elsewhere within the interview, Albarn and Alex James spoke of Blur’s upcoming documentary about their reunion, the Wembley gigs and their comeback album ‘The Ballad Of Darren’. James stated: “It’s eight years since we final did something – even after we really cut up up, it didn’t take that lengthy to get it collectively. So there was a specific amount of jeopardy probably firstly, making an attempt to make a brand new document at this stage of your profession. Most bands don’t even like one another 30 years in, not to mention make first rate information. I suppose there’s rather a lot responsible for. I assume if you happen to just like the band, it’s a superb band. We filmed the exhibits at Wembley, and I by no means thought we’d prime Glastonbury 2009.”

Following their chat with KROQ, Blur went on to carry out to a lacklustre crowd at Coachella. In the course of the present, Albarn aired his frustration dwell on stage whereas performing to the unenthusiastic crowd. “You are able to do it higher than that,” he advised attendees at one level, which was met by a quiet crowd. When he nonetheless didn’t get the specified response, the frontman stated: “You’re by no means seeing us once more, so that you would possibly as effectively fucking sing it. Know what I’m saying?”

Although the frontman shared that this might be the final time the group noticed the legendary Britpop group, the band are set to return to the Coachella valley for weekend two of the pageant this weekend (April 19-21).