Damon Albarn at Coachella: ‘This Is Probably Our Last Gig’

While
performing
at
weekend
two
of
Coachella,
Damon
Albarn
of

Blur
noted “in
the
spirit
of
clarity
and
truth,
this
is
probably
our
last
gig.”

Albarn
reportedly
followed
the
comment
up by
saying
it
was “no
reflection
of
Coachella,”
which
he
described
as “beautiful,”
according
to The
Desert
Sun.

Blur
also

performed
at
the
first
weekend
of
Coachella,
where
Albarn
was visibly
unhappy
with
the
crowd’s
lackluster
response.

“You’ll
never
see
us
again
so
you
might
as
well
fucking
sing
it,”
he
said
during their
1994
hit “Girls
&
Boys.”
The
moment
went
so
viral
that

Liam
Gallagher,
the
primary
singer
for
Blur’s ’90s
Britpop
rival

Oasis,
weighed
in
on
the
matter

online.

“You
can’t
force
people
to
sing
along
do
your
gig,”
he
wrote, “and
zip
it
that’s
what
I
do
you’ll
never
hear
me
complaining.”

Despite
his
announcement
about
it
being
a “last
gig,”
Albarn
appeared
in
better
spirits
during
the
second
weekend’s
set. “The
second
week
is
music
fans,
people
who
appreciate
music,”
he
said.

Last
December,
Albarn
told
the French
publication Les
Inrockuptibles that
he’d
reached
a
point
that
was “too
much
for
me,”
but
was
leaving
the
door
open
for
the
continuation
of
Blur.

“It
is
time
to
wrap
up
this
campaign,”
he
said
(via


NME). “It
was
the
right
thing
to
do
and
an
immense
honor
to
play
these
songs
again,
spend
time
with
these
guys,
make
an
album
[The
Ballad
of
Darren],
blah-blah-blah.
I’m
not
saying
I
won’t
do
it
again,
it
was
a
beautiful
success,
but
I’m
not
dwelling
on
the
past.”

Watch
Blur
Perform
at
Weekend
One
of
Coachella
2024