During a recent performance at the Fox Theater Pomona in California, Blur’s Damon Albarn spoke of several instances of Americans trying to claim songwriting credits for their hit track ‘Song 2’. Albarn noted onstage that, due to the nature of American law, if someone gets a lawyer, they can come quite far with no grounds. Liam Gallagher responded to a clip of the speech recorded and shared by a Damon Albarn fanpage, calling those claiming to have written ‘Song 2’ “absolute TURDOS.” Gallagher’s response resulted in an exchange with another user on the platform who told him that ‘Song 2’ is better than any song he wrote. Gallagher responded, “I could write that standing on my head, you spunkbubble” and called the song “music for posh brats.”
However, Gallagher also gave credit where credit is due when the same fanpage asked him which Blur song he would have liked to have written. Gallagher simply replied, “Sing.” The fanpage followed up, asking if ‘Sing’ has ever made Gallagher cry, to which Gallagher said, “Like a baby.”
Blur performed a pre-Coachella warm-up gig on April 10 at the Fox Theater Pomona, where they rolled out some of their biggest hits, including ‘Parklife,’ ‘Beetlebum,’ ‘Death of a Party,’ ‘Girls And Boys,’ and ‘Tender.’ The intimate gig marked their first US shows in nearly a decade, with their last appearance in New York in 2015. Saturday’s festival set at Coachella will also mark their return after an 11-year absence.
In other Blur news, the Britpop icons are set to release a new documentary and concert film chronicling their massive reunion tour in 2023. The projects will document the recording and release of their first album in eight years, ‘The Ballad Of Darren,’ as well as the huge shows that followed, including two headline shows at Wembley Stadium in London last summer.
On the Liam Gallagher front, he recently defended the length of his gigs on the recent tour with John Squire after being criticized by some fans for their headline sets running for less than an hour. Gallagher and Squire released a collaborative album in February, which received a four-star review from NME. “As a triumph of style and mood, though, ‘Liam Gallagher John Squire’ is well worthy of their enduring legacies,” the review read
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