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Blur to play Manchester gig – exclusive

Band confirm new 'first gig' of reformation shows

Blur have announced a show at Manchester MEN Arena this summer.

The band will play the city on June 26.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday (February 13). To check the availability of Blur tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.

Blur meanwhile are playing two shows at London's Hyde Park (July 2,3), and will headline the T In The Park and Oxegen festivals

The reunited group are also strongly rumoured to be headlining this year's Glastonbury festival, though this has not been confirmed yet.

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alex_01482 

Feb 10, 2009

funny how money has a funny way of fixing old friendships. alex's cheese probably isnt selling very well

markcocky1986 

Feb 10, 2009

Why play the MEN in the middle of the summer?? Madness.

a l a n c 

Feb 10, 2009

"Why play the MEN in the middle of summer?" -- because they want to do a warm up gig a couple of days before their Glasto appearance (hint: the MEN gig is on the Friday, so they'll be headlinining the Sunday main stage at Glasto). And they probably didn't want to do a huuuuge open air gig, whereas an arena gig like the MEN is just right to get warmed up for a main stage headline.

IndieWriter 

Feb 10, 2009

ah bollocks, the first Hyde Park date isn't the first reunion gig anymore, thats the only reason i bought tickets for the first night, cos the second night of big shows is always better. foos bringing on Led Zep, Radiohead playing all the big tunes, Muse playing microcuts etc

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