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Back to: Archive · 1998 The "Select Glastonbury Daily" newspaper preview of Blur's performance Blur have played Glastonbury twice before and each occasion marked a pivotal point in their career. In 1992, they made the unspeakably brave decision to take the stage wearing mod clobber and stomp through a new Kinks-esque song entitled 'Sunday Sunday' - thus was born Britpop, and the phase of their career that gave us 'Modern Life Is Rubbish', 'Parklife' and 'The Great Escape'. Marking that chapter's highpoint was their Glastonbury appearance of 1994, when Phil Daniels swaggered onstage for a rib-tickling duet and they played 'This Is A Low' just as the sun went down. "I'll never ever forget that," Damon recently told Select. "If the audience are in the right frame of mind, that song's beautiful to do." This year, of course, should see an equally significant show, as Blur decisively prove that taking your music into a way more angular, intelligent place need not lose you mass appeal. Tracks from 'Blur', however, will doubtless nestle next to an array of old-skool Blur classics, so communal chantalongs are a foregone conclusion. On that particular subject, rumours continue to circulate vis-à-vis a topical reading of 'Vindaloo' with Keith Allen and Damien Hirst who are both camping backstage. It all apparently hinges on Damon's frame of mind and that all-important result against Colombia... |