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Blur (formed in 1989) is an English Brit-pop and alternative rock band who stormed to musical success in the ‘90s with their traditional English style and ideology, hailing from London, England, UK.

Prior to the formation of Blur, vocalist/keyboardist Damon Albarn performed in the group Circus alongside drummer Dave Rowntree, which later enlisted the help of guitarist Graham Coxon. Shortly after, whilst the members were studying at London’s Goldsmiths College, the name was changed to Seymour, and Alex James joined on bass to complete the line-up. After recording a number of demos and live performances in 1989, the band caught the attention of Andy Ross of Food Records who subsequently offered to sign the band provided they changed their name.

Blur was ultimately born and began touring in 1990 in support of the Cramps, later releasing the single “She’s So High”. The band’s sound was distinctly of the Madchester genre, drawing influences from the soaring psychedelic pop of The Stone Roses combined with the guitar drive of the Who. After releasing the No. eight charting single “There’s No Other Way” and the No. 24 single “Bang”, Blur released their debut album “Leisure” in 1991.

Following the release, the band embarked on a two-month tour of the States after which Albarn and the band aimed to move away from the sound and scene of their debut, which proved problematic. “Pop Music” was the band’s first single to step into the shoes of English pop however failed to find an audience in either the UK or the U.S. Blur’s sophomore album “Modern Life Is Rubbish”, produced by Stephen Street, was issued in 1992 to generally good reviews.

“Modern Life Is Rubbish”, whilst failing to achieve its intended success, paved the way for Blur’s breakthrough album “Parklife”. Released in 1994, “Parklife” shot to the top of the UK charts, aided by the lead single “Boys & Girls” and considerable BBC radio airplay. The album remained in the charts for a total of 90 weeks, earned rave reviews from the musical press, and has long been regarded as one of Britpops’ defining albums.

During this time Blur developed a musical rivalry with Manchester-based band Oasis, marked by both band’s releasing new singles on the same day. Blur’s “Country House” ultimately outsold Oasis’ “Roll With It”, however Blur’s subsequent album “The Great Escape” failed to compete with Oasis’ sophomore “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?”. 1995’s “The Great Escape” once again earned positive reviews and topped the UK charts, however with the popularity of Oasis in the U.S., Blur were increasingly losing relevancy and public support.

After a year or so out of the spotlight, with influences taken from American indie-rock, Blur reincarnated themselves and released a self-titled album in 1997. Despite the UK No. 1 single “Beetlebum”, the album failed to reignite the popularity of its predecessors, however did find popularity in the U.S. With the significant success of the single “Song 2” in the States, hype for the band crossed the Atlantic and Blur enjoyed a resurgence of success in Britain. The album “13” followed in 1999 after which Albarn focussed on the hip-hop side-project Gorillaz with cartoonist Jamie Hewlett.

Graham Coxon departed the group ahead of the band’s seventh studio album “Think Tank”, which marked the end of Blur until a reunion tour in 2009. The documentary “No Distance Left to Run” was released in January 2010, followed by a new recording for Record Store Day entitled “Fool’s Day” also in 2010.

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Blur, icons of the 90's Britpop revolution have enjoyed one of the most critically and commercially celebrated careers of any British artist. Their music has been the soundtrack to a generation and fans old and new continue to sell out their tours in mass force to see Damon Albarn and co perform the classic songs.

From the offset, the audience are excited and remain in a sense of hushed anticipation before the iconic group begin their show. The lights go down and deafening cheers ring out to the opening bars of 'Boys & Girls'. It is a risky move opening with one of your most prolific hits but Blur simply energise the crowd as they remain engaged with the show throughout. Albarn thanks them briefly between tracks but with seven albums to fit into a 20 song setlist, time is of the essence.

Luckily all the big hitters are included, a mass sing/clap along to 'Country House' nearly rips the roof off the Civic Hall before 'Parklife' causes mass jostling within the crowd. It is the anthemic introduction to 'Song 2' which receives perhaps the greatest reaction of the evening. Blur's music does not seem to age and the quartet proves why they are considered titans of Britpop.

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Blur as a band is a British icon, which enjoyed most of their success in the 90s. Legends from the Britpop revolution, Blur are a wonder to watch live. Their music redefined a generation, and they continue to be one of the most successful British rock bands today. When Blur rocked on to stage to screams of ‘Woo Hoo’ by the excited crowd, it felt like an incredible moment and memento to British music history. Blur opened with ‘Song 2’, to the crowd’s absolute delight. They rocked the stage, strumming on guitars and bass and slamming on drums. Although Blur opened with arguably their most prolific and, best, hit, the rest of the show by no means felt like a let-down after such a fantastic opening. If anything, the show went from strength to strength as the band missed up their set list, interspersing slower songs with more up tempo tracks. ‘Coffee and TV’ and ‘Girls and Boys’ also had massive crowd reactions and were two highlights of the night. The crowd begged for an encore at the end and Blur obeyed, coming back to perform ‘Song 2’ one last time for the exultant crowd.

It was amazing! I loved every song they played, and I can´t stop being excited, yet. I think they really know how to make a show and how to make people feel the music they are playing, they know that for many people that went to see them, there are songs that have listend for so many years, and the fact that after so much time, they were listening Blur playing it alive, listening many people singing the lyrics at the same time, and they are there, living that moment, with the people that must be there with them, it´s something amazing that words simply cannot discribe. That´s the best part of every concert, and is something Blur really knew how to gave us.

Blur. Ah, the first thing that comes to mind is Beetlebum. Blur has a song for each mood you're in, however, be warned there is a bit of grungy, dive-bar listening type of feel.

I've had the great fortune of seeing Blur once, and it was beyond memorable. One moment you are jumping up and down, moshing, the next you and the entire crowd are singing along to Song 2. Some artists don't sound anything like their album music, but for Blur it's so point on and more! Let's just say I lost my voice for 2 days after the concert.

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Best band I've ever seen live, we didn't have the best seats but it was still an incredible experience. Genuinely made me cry it was so amazing. I'm so upset there aren't anymore UK dates as if there where id be booking them all.

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Blur tour: how get tickets for the newly announced intimate gigs and other Europe dates

British Britpop band Blur are heading off on a massive tour around Europe in summer, with two major concerts at Wembley Stadium in July.

The news of the upcoming gigs predictably delighted fans – these London gigs looked set to be Blur’s first headlining performances since 2015.

But what’s even more thrilling is that Blur have now announced four intimate “warm up shows” that will be taking place in Colchester, Eastbourne, Wolverhampton and Newcastle next month.

“In 2012 I was amazed to find Blur playing an intimate warm up gig for a stadium tour in Wolvo civic hall up the road. Was MIGHTY. Turns out they have a huge affinity with the place from the old days. Well, they’ve done it again !” tweeted one excited fan.

The band has been on a hiatus of sorts for years, with its lead singer, Damon Albarn, being busy with his other super-successful band, Gorillaz, and its lead guitarist Graham Coxon otherwise occupied with his solo career.

Coxon left Blur in 2002, but, after reportedly rebuilding his relationship with Albarn, returned to the band in 2008 for the beginning of their seven year long series of “reunion” performances.

Bassist Alex James, meanwhile, has his own cheese farm, while drummer Dave Rowntree has also been focusing on his solo career, releasing his first solo album, Radio Songs, in January this year.

Now they’ve announced some intimate gigs

This week Blur announced the series of intimate gigs, which will take place at Colchester, Eastbourne, Wolverhampton and Newcastle in May.

Kicking things off, the band will first play at 300-capacity Colchester Arts Centre on May 19, followed by Eastbourne WInter Gardens on May 21, at Wolverhampton The Halls on May 26 and Newcastle O2 City Hall on May 28. Tickets can be found here .

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Albarn, Coxon and Rowntree all grew up around Colchester in Essex which is almost certainly why one of the handful of gigs will be played there.

Plus, last November Colchester Council’s culture boss Pam Cox said to the Daily Gazette, “I’m a massive Blur fan. I saw Albarn at Latitude festival a few years ago and it was amazing... It would be great for us if they performed here before next year’s [London] gig[s].” Maybe they listened to Pam?

Where else are they playing?

The rock pop band will also be playing across Europe over the summer, with stops including the Barcelona and Madrid editions of Primavera Sound , Dublin’s Malahide Castle, Roskilde, Beauregard Music Festival, Vieilles Charrues Festival, Lucca Summer Festival, Lokerse Feesten Festival, Way Out West and Flow Festival, to name a few.

What’s all the fuss about?

The London gigs at Wembley Stadium will not only be the band’s band’s first headlining performances since 2015 - remarkably, it will also mark the first time the band has ever performed at the legendary venue.

“We’re a band that’s done almost everything it’s possible to do… what an iconic place, what an iconic venue. It’s just incredibly exciting,” said Rowntree to Sky News about playing at the 90,000 capacity venue.

“It’s one of these iconic places that are secretly up on your bucket list, even though you pretend they’re not,” he said. “I sincerely hope we are a band that can fill a stadium like that. I don’t want there to be four people and a dog.”

But Rowntree needn’t have worried. In November, Blur’s first London date on July 8 completely sold out. A second date added due to the huge demand, will now take place the following evening. The first performance will be supported by rapper Slowthai, singer Self Esteem and electro-pop duo Jockstrap, with support for the additional date to be confirmed.

How can you get tickets?

Tickets for all of Blur’s upcoming gigs, including the intimate gigs, a pair of London Wembley Stadium shows, and the band’s many festival appearances, can all be found on Blur’s website here .

Tickets for the warm up shows will go on sale at 10am on Friday April 28.

Blur will be playing at Wembley Stadium on July 8 and 9; blur.co.uk

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Blur Confirm First Tour in Eight Years

Including shows in the UK, Europe, and South America

Next month, Blur is set to return to the road for her first live shows in eight years. Since confirming their initial comeback, the band has added to her upcoming itinerary with newly announced dates in the UK, Europe, Japan, and South America.

Beginning next month, Blur will play a string of UK warmup shows ahead of festival appearances at Primavera Sound in Barcelona and Madrid. The band’s upcoming itinerary also includes headlining dates in Ireland and The Netherlands, as well as appearances at Denmark’s Roskilde Festival, Norway’s Øya Festival, and Finland’s Flow Festival. They’re also set to visit South America in November. Check out the band’s updated tour itinerary below.

Tickets to Blur’s upcoming tour dates can be purchased here .

Update: Blur have also announced the release of a new album called The Ballad of Darren .

Blur last embarked on a tour in 2015 in support of their album, The Magic Whip . In 2019, they reunited for a brief three-song performance at an Africa Express performance staged by frontman Damon Albarn.

Frontman Damon Albarn, who apparently doesn’t sleep, is riding high following a pair of standout performances from his other band, Gorillaz, at Coachella earlier this month .

Blur 2023 Tour Dates:

05/19 – Colchester, UK @ Colchester Arts Centre 05/21 – Eastbourne, UK @ Eastbourne Winter Gardens 05/26 – Wolverhampton, UK @ The Halls 05/28 – Newcastle, UK @ O2 City Hall 06/01 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound 06/08 – Madrid, ES @ Primavera Sound 06/10 – Porto, PT @ Primavera Porto 06/24 – Dublin, IE @ Malahide Castle 06/27 – Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome 06/30 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival 07/06 – Hérouville-Saint-Clair, FR @ Beauregard Festival 07/08 – London, UK @ Wembley Stadium 07/09 – London, UK @ Wembley Stadium 07/14 – Brittany, FR @ Vieilles Charrues Festival 07/22 – Lucca, IT @ Lucca Summer Festival 08/08 – Lokeren, BE @ Lokerse Feesten 08/10 – Oslo, NO @ Øya Festival 08/11 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West Festival 08/13 – Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival 08/19 – Tokyo, JP @ Summer Sonic 08/20 – Osaka, JP @ Summer Sonic 11/21 – Bogota, CO @ Movistar Arena

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Drake Announces Dates for 2024 It’s All a Blur Tour – Big As The What? With J. Cole

The rapper announced 10 additional dates on Nov. 17, the same day Scary Hours 3 dropped.

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Drake is headed back out on the road next year. On Monday (Nov. 13), the 6 God revealed the dates for his upcoming 2024 U.S. run titled It’s All A Blur Tour – Big As the What?, which will feature support from J. Cole on most dates.

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The artist announced 10 additional dates on Friday (Nov. 17), the same day that he dropped EP Scary Hours 3 . The newly added shows include second performances in San Antonio, Texas; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Tampa, Fla.; St. Louis, Mo.; and Cleveland, Ohio, among others.

The 2024 dates will follow on the heels of Drake’s recently completed It’s All A Blur tour, which found the rapper playing 50 sold-out arena dates across North American in the summer and fall in support of his eighth studio album, For All the Dogs . Tickets for the tour will be available starting with the Cash App card presale beginning on Wednesday (Nov. 15), followed by a general onsale beginning Friday (Nov. 17) starting at 11 a.m. local time here .

Drake is one the leading finalist with 14 nods at the upcoming 2023 Billboard Music Awards. You can watch the BBMAs here , and via Billboard and the BBMA’s social media channels on Nov. 19.

Check out the dates for Drake’s It’s All a blur Tour – Big As The What? below.

Jan. 18 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena + 

Jan. 19 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena 

Jan. 22 – San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center – San Antonio

Jan 23 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center

Jan. 25 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center 

Jan 26 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center

Jan. 29 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center +

Jan. 30 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center 

Feb. 2 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena 

Feb 4 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena

Feb. 7 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena +

Feb. 8 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena +

Feb 13 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center

Feb. 16 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena 

Feb 17 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena

Feb. 20 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center +

Feb. 21 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center 

Feb. 24 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse 

Feb 25 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

Feb. 27 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center 

Feb 28 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center

March 2 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center 

Mar 3 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center

March 5 – Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum

March 10 – Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena 

March 14 – Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena ~

Mar 15 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena ~

March 18 – State College, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center ~

March 23 – Sunrise, FL @ Amerant Bank Arena ~

Mar 24 – Sunrise, FL – Amerant Bank Arena ~

March 27 – Birmingham, AL @ The Legacy Arena at BJCC ~

+  Rescheduled dates

~ Without J. Cole

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Drake announces new It's All a Blur 2024 concert tour with J. Cole: Tickets, dates, more

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Drake is set to go right back on the road, this time with J. Cole on the It's All a Blur, Big As the What? Tour.

The tour, named after lyrics from the pair's "For All the Dogs" track "First Person Shooter," kicks off with two nights in Denver on Jan. 18-19, 2024.

The Grammy-winning artists will also make stops in Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Nashville, St. Louis, Memphis and more before wrapping up on March 27, 2024, in Birmingham, Alabama.

He announced additional tour stops on Nov. 17, with shows Added in San Antonio, Pittsburgh and more.

Drake and J. Cole will be joined on tour by Grammy-winning producer Boi-1da and DJ Prince, as well as special guests in some cities, according to OVO Sound, Drake's record label.

Drake's 2023 It's All a Blur Tour with 21 Savage ended last month, which saw the rappers play 50 arena shows across North America. The 2024 tour includes rescheduled dates from the Canadian rapper's 2023 tour, including shows postponed in Denver, New Orleans, Nashville and Columbus, Ohio.

The "Spin Bout U" artist last month released his eighth studio album, "For All the Dogs," which included collaborations with his tour mates plus SZA, Bad Bunny and more.

J. Cole released his last studio project, "The Off-Season" in 2021.

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How to get tickets to Drake tour with J. Cole

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Nov. 17 at 11 a.m. local time at  drakerelated.com . Cash App Card presale tickets go on sale Nov. 15.

Tickets for the new batch of dates announced Nov. 17 will be available on the same day starting at 11 a.m. local time at  drakerelated.com .

Interested in going? Check out tickets at Vivid Seats , StubHub , SeatGeek , and Ticketmaster .

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Drake and J. Cole 2024 tour dates

Jan. 18 – Denver at Ball Arena +

Jan. 19 – Denver at Ball Arena

Jan. 22 – San Antonio at Frost Bank Center

Jan. 23 – San Antonio at Frost Bank Center

Jan. 25 – Oklahoma City at Paycom Center

Jan. 26 – Oklahoma City at Paycom Center

Jan. 29 – New Orleans at Smoothie King Center +

Jan. 30 – New Orleans at Smoothie King Center

Feb. 2 – Tampa, Florida at Amalie Arena

Feb. 4 – Tampa, Florida at Amalie Arena

Feb. 7 – Nashville at Bridgestone Arena +

Feb. 8 – Nashville at Bridgestone Arena +

Feb. 12 – St. Louis at Enterprise Center

Feb. 13 – St. Louis at Enterprise Center

Feb. 16 – Pittsburgh at PPG Paints Arena

Feb. 17 – Pittsburgh at PPG Paints Arena

Feb. 20 – Columbus, Ohio, at Schottenstein Center +

Feb. 21 – Columbus, Ohio, at Schottenstein Center

Feb. 24 – Cleveland at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

Feb. 25 – Cleveland at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

Feb. 27 – Buffalo, New York, at KeyBank Center

Feb. 28 – Buffalo, New York, at KeyBank Center

March 2 – Kansas City, Missouri, at T-Mobile Center

March 3 – Kansas City, Missouri, at T-Mobile Center

March 5 – Memphis, Tennessee, at FedExForum

March 10 – Lexington, Kentucky, at Rupp Arena

March 14 – Belmont Park, New York, at UBS Arena*

March 15 – Belmont Park, New York, at UBS Arena*

March 18 – State College, Pennsylvania, at Bryce Jordan Center*

March 23 – Sunrise, Florida, at Amerant Bank Arena*

March 24 – Sunrise, Florida, at Amerant Bank Arena*

March 27 – Birmingham, Alabama, at The Legacy Arena at BJCC*

+ rescheduled date

*without J. Cole

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Drake tour with J Cole: How to get tickets, 2024 dates

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Is Drake touring the UK and Europe in 2024? Tour Dates, Tickets & More

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When is Drake’s UK and European tour in 2024? How much are Drake tickets and when do they go on sale? Here's all we know!

Many rumours have been circulating around Drake bringing his tour to the UK and Europe, having spent 2023 touring around North America.

Drake has recently released 'For All The Dogs' and 'Her Loss' with 21 Savage, and the rapper has not toured the UK and Europe since 2019. These new drops have lead fans to believe he might be taking his tour international, and he is also currently on tour with J. Cole across the pond.

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Now, online rumours have emerged of Drake bringing none other than Travis Scott on tour with him in the UK and Europe. So, when is Drake's tour in the UK and Europe in 2024? Here's everything we know.

Will Drake be going on tour across the UK and Europe?

Drake accidentally revealed he is set to tour the UK and Europe in 2024 after a livestream in December 2023.

The rapper said his new year's resolution is to "travel more" without it being work related, and when asked if he would come to Europe, he replied: "I think I'm going to go on tour in Europe."

Drake then said: "Oh, that's maybe an exclusive, I'm definitely going on a Europe tour next year."

Drake willl be going on tour in Europe next year pic.twitter.com/qwWjm7t6ne — Drake Fan Page (@DrakeDirect_) December 18, 2023

Currently, Drake has announced an extension of their 'It's A Blur' tour for 2024 in the US - with the support of J. Cole.

They are touring across a 22-date run of shows, starting in Denver, Colorado and ending in Birmingham, Alabama.

When is Drake's London Show in 2024?

Nothing has been confirmed as to whether Drake will be embarking on a tour across the pond to the UK, however as a London lover, we hope Drizzy will announce something soon.

He last performed in London in 2021 after surprising fans at Wireless festival during Future's set. He performed a six night residency in 2019 and truly 'turned the O2 into the O3' for his performances.

What are the dates to Drake's UK and Europe tour?

So far, Drake has not announced dates for a UK and Europe leg for their 'It's All a Blur Tour'.

However, if this news changes, this page will be updated accordingly.

How much are Drake tickets?

According to Live Nation, the average price for Drake tickets is around $300 for the American tour. Some tickets can be bought for as low as $180, with some VIP and premium tickets nearing the thousands of dollars.

Because no Drake UK tour has been confirmed, we can only speculate that the ticket prices will be around the same.

What is the setlist for Drake's tour?

This was the setlist that Drake and 21 Savage performed at their stop in Chicago, Illinois:

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The 30+ dates kicks off at Raleigh’s The Ritz on February 13 and continues through the U.S. and Canada in March and April 2024.

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LANY announces the North America leg of their “A Beautiful Blur” World Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the 30+ dates kicks off at Raleigh’s The Ritz on February 13 and continues through the U.S. and Canada this March and April 2024. The general tickets on sale starts Friday October 13 at 12pm local.

The announcement comes off the heels of LANY’s newly released fifth studio album a beautiful blur . The album features previously released smash singles “Love At First Fight,” “Alonica,” “XXL,” and “Home Is Where The Hurt Is.” Each song’s uniquely cinematic video has set the scene for the record.

In August, the band premiered the third single off a beautiful blur , “XXL.” It has generated over 4 million Spotify streams and 1.2 million YouTube views with the music video. “XXL” followed the recent fan favorite “Alonica.”

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Following the success of the “First The Moon, Then The Stars: A Tour Before A World Tour” which spanned Asia, LANY will embark on the first leg of their a beautiful blur world tour on October 29 beginning in Oslo, Norway at Rockefeller Music Hall. The tour will run throughout Europe/UK, wrapping on November 19 at London’s Eventim Apollo and is almost fully sold out already.

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February 13 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz February 16 – Nashville, TN – Municipal Auditorium February 17 – Atlanta, GA – Coca Cola Roxy February 20 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore February 23 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock live February 26 – New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore New Orleans February 29 – Austin, TX – ACL Live – Moody Theater March 2 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom March 4 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater* March 5 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center March 7 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom* March 9 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center March 10 – Boise, ID – Revolution Concert House March 12 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre March 14 – Vancouver, BC – PNE Forum March 16 – San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium* March 17 – Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live March 21 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theater March 22 – Las Vegas, NV – The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan March 23 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum March 26 – Minneapolis, MN – Armory March 27 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee March 28 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room March 29 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed April 2 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore April 4 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS April 5 – Toronto, ON – History April 8 – Washington, DC – The Anthem April 9 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore April 11 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall April 12 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom

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Tilda swinton’s feature directorial debut to get world premiere at sheffield docfest.

The U.K. documentary festival, taking place June 12-17, has revealed its full program, including 'The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze.'

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Tilda Swinton ‘s feature directorial debut is up for an award at Sheffield DocFest where it will get its world premiere as part of a lineup of 48 world premieres from 56 different countries.

The U.K. documentary festival, taking place June 12-17, revealed its full program on Wednesday. Its theme for the 31st edition this year will be “Reflections on Realities.”

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Stand-out music documentaries at Sheffield DocFest 2024 include the world premiere of the documentary on English rock band Blur , titled  blur: To the End,   and the European premiere of  Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound.

The event’s film program totals 109 films (80 features and 29 shorts), drawn from over 2,700 entries, including 48 world premieres, 14 international premieres, 17 European premieres, and 29 U.K. premieres from 56 countries of production. 

Titles screen in three competition sections, the International Competition, International First Feature Competition, and International Short Film Competition.

The event will also feature industry guests, including Idris Elba and sound designer Walter Murch ( Apocalypse Now , The English Patient ), who will attend for conversations.

It was previously announced that the festival will open with the world premiere of  Kevin Macdonald’s  Klitschko: More than a Fight , screening in the international competition section, about former heavyweight boxing world champion Vitali Klitschko and his brother Wladimir, who together dominated the sport for more than a decade. Now, Vitali Klitschko is the longest-serving Mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Other features include the story of an alliance between a Palestinian activist and Israeli journalist amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza war, and a project on the insight into Croatia’s collective psyche as the population clamors for vaccination against the COVID-19 virus.

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What was the point of such a spectacular player spending seven seasons of his prime playing for Paris Saint-Germain?

F arewell then, project superstar. By the end of this Champions League semi-final second leg it seemed oddly fitting that the final act across 180 minutes should be Kylian Mbappé falling over his own feet.

Mbappé was through on goal at the time, the most beautifully balanced footballer on the planet haring away from a clutch of yellow shirts in emergency battery mode, then slipping over on the Parc des Princes turf just as the final whistle was blown.

This, then, would be the final act of Mbappé’s final European game in Paris, and by extension the last significant note of six years as the sun king of the Qatari sport project.

A 2-0 aggregate defeat by the fifth-best team in Germany has its own kind of poetry, its own kind of bathos. But Dortmund were also magnificent here, defending for the final half-hour like men tied together on the deck of a sinking ship, and entirely deserving of another Wembley final in this competition.

They were lucky too. Paris hit the bar and the post four times. But they were also oddly under-stretched, waiting to be dragged into those terrible places Mbappé will take you, but never quite getting there.

Instead Mbappé spent long periods moving around the edges of this game, glimpsed vaguely through the blur of other people playing football. Paris had been a lovely soft mild place on Tuesday afternoon, the Parc surrounded by pyro-wielding hordes hours before kick-off, and the noise inside relentless from the stand occupied by its ultras.

But by the end here it was hard to avoid a sense that the entire game in between embodied the colder, stranger elements of Mbappé’s PSG career. Magnificent staging. Fawningly overwrought buildup. Cinematic moments, regal closeups. For 90 minutes talent existed on a pitch, decoratively. But for Mbappé, things just kept on not happening.

He was genuinely poor in the opening half-hour. “I don’t want the striker to go and get the ball in midfield, but to touch it in the decisive zones,” Luis Enrique had said on the eve of this game. Luis, you’re probably safe old bean.

Instead Mbappé skulked. He fell over quite a lot. He completed four passes. He moved laterally. He gestured and pointed and seemed to be definitely in charge of the spectacle around him, just unable to affect it.

After the half-hour mark something began to stir. Mbappé finally engaged the afterburners, gliding inside from the left. He has such an easy grace when he starts to move like this, with so much more twang and snap in his movements than any other human in his orbit, but also with his head always up, brain whirring, doing the maths, finding angles, making up a story as he goes.

Otherwise there was a sense here of trapped energy, of a grand talent struggling to find its own edges. Borussia Dortmund are fifth in the Bundesliga. Mbappé did nothing against them in both of these games. Is he the best player in the world? He has the most talent. He loves the big moments. But six years is a long time for anyone to spend in a place where the intensity levels come and go. Mbappé spent an hour here trying to remember himself.

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He will now play one more game at the Parc des Princes before he leaves this summer, providing a bookend to these prolific, relentlessly lionised, oddly room-temperature years. Then again, he also might not.

The last time Mbappé started a game in Ligue 1 was five weeks ago. It has been not so much a long goodbye as a meandering, work from home kind of season’s end, extended scenes from Kylian Mbappé’s day off. Football is a long game. It’s about a sustained pitch of performance, dragging the moments out of yourself. Is this the way his talent is meant to be used?

Dortmund took the lead early in the second half though Mats Hummels, heading in direct from a corner. Paris had hit a post twice just before. It felt like a moment to press the gas, for Mbappé to pull himself right up to his full height. He moved into the centre with 63 minutes gone and it seemed as if this was it. These are the legacy moments.

It took him eight minutes to actually touch the ball. He hit the crossbar when he should have scored. The best players take these moments. Mbappé is the best player. What happened here exactly?

By the end, the question seemed to be: what was the point of spending seven years of his wonderful prime here in Paris? Extraordinary numbers in every competition. A recurrent drama of personality. But in the end, Mbappé’s legacy in Paris will be a €840m (£722m) annual turnover and the founding of a really excellent sporting brand.

He has been an easy sell too, a player so spectacular even people who don’t like football can see how good he is, can buy into that celebrity image. This is, though, still sport, with all its hard edges, its unforgiving light. Mbappé has been a star in Paris. The lesson from his final act is that in order to find that final level he needs a little more than football’s greatest, most stultifying case of project-ball.

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Meet Kaleen, Austria’s Eurovision 2024 singer competing with club banger We Will Rave

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A decade after Conchita Wurst made history and won the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Austria , singer Kaleen is hoping for a repeat with her club anthem “We Will Rave”.

The 29-year-old singer and dancer is performing at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, which is being held by host country Sweden at the Malmö Arena.

Kaleen, who hails from Reid im Traunkreis in Upper Austria, has won more than 100 national and European dance championships, so expect to see some impressive moves when she competes in the second semi-final tonight (9 May).

She also has plenty of Eurovision experience, having supported countries including Austria, Armenia, Georgia and Germany with their stage performances in recent years.

Her song “We Will Rave” was written by Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy “Joker Thornfeldt, Julie Aagaard and Thomas Stengaard; Kaleen says the track is about “needing a place of refuge when your heart is broken, and finding it in music”.

“The rave is where the outsiders and wounded souls go to heal and dissolve their problems through music,” she told Eurovision. “It’s the sea of rhythm that washes the pain away and gives us salvation.”

Read our Q&A with Kaleen below:

Hi Kaleen, how are you feeling about being at Eurovision 2024?

Very excited! I can’t wait to be on the stage having this dream of mine come true. I feel like I’ve been dreaming this entire time, I’m constantly smiling or feeling nostalgic for little Kaleen who dreamed of being at Eurovision.

It means a lot to me. Music means a lot, because it can unite so many different people from all different backgrounds. I feel like Eurovision and its United by Music message, I feel like it brings this out in everyone, whether it’s the people working on production or the audience, everyone loves it so much. It’s crazy that you can spend six months working on a three-minute song, and we’re still working on it. It’s that love of detail, the love of music, love for our family and our Eurovision colleagues, that makes it such a special moment. It means everything to me.

Tell us about your club banger ‘We Will Rave’

It was always my dream to go to Eurovision with one of my songs. So last year in Liverpool I connected with some of the songwriters, and I said it was my dream to take a positive party song to the contest that people could sing and clap along to. I got on a plane to Copenhagen without even having a song, got a train and found myself standing outside the arena at Malmö! I recorded a song here, and now I have my full-circle moment which is really amazing.

What other Eurovision songs are you loving right now?

I have a different song in my head every single day when I wake up! This year it’s brilliant because I get to meet the people behind the songs and connect with everyone’s personality. It’s all becoming a blur, so I feel like I have 36 favourites.

The second Eurovision semi-final takes place tonight (Thursday 9 May) and will be available for UK viewers to watch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

The grand final will be held on Saturday 11 May from 8pm GMT.

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