blur have shared new track ‘St. Charles Square’, taken from their highly-anticipated brand new album ‘The Balled of Darren’, due out on 21 July 2023 on Parlophone.

Discussing the song Damon Albarn commented, “St. Charles Square is a place where the ghosts of monsters can be found.”

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Eight years since their chart-topping album The Magic Whip (2015), blur made a surprise return 6 weeks ago with the release of ‘The Narcissist’, clocking up over 10m global streams – and counting.

Blur were most definitely back the moment Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree burst onto the stage for an electric live return at their first warm-up and first-ever show at Colchester Arts Centre in Essex in May. With further gigs in Eastbourne, Wolverhampton and Newcastle and now on the road in Europe, they will have already performed their iconic and much-loved songs – along with new tracks – to over two million fans across Europe by the time they take stage for their first-ever London shows at Wembley Stadium this month.

London Wembley Stadium, 08 July
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The band will welcome old friend and special guest Phil Daniels for a very special guest appearance on both nights at Wembley Stadium, with Sleaford Mods joining the line-up for the sold-out Saturday night alongside Self Esteem and duo Jockstrap. On Sunday they will be joined by Paul Weller and The Selecter as well as DJs Steve Davis and John Doran & Kavus Torabi.

blur’s first album in eight years ‘The Ballad of Darren’ will feature 10 new tracks. Produced by James Ford and recorded at Studio 13, London and Devon, it is their ninth studio album to date and first since 2015s chart-topping ‘The Magic Whip’.

BLUR ‘THE BALLAD OF DARREN’ FULL ALBUM TRACKLISTING:

The Ballad
St Charles Square
Barbaric
Russian Strings
The Everglades (For Leonard)
The Narcissist
Goodbye Albert
Far Away Island
Avalon
The Heights

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