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The best of the Brits ahead of Saturdays awards, a host of fantastic films, spectacular stage performances - they are all featured in our critics picks of the best of music, film and theatre.

The band embrace the doubts of middle age.

Back with their latest masterwork, The Ballad Of Darren, Britpop heroes Blur talk reinvention, Irish memories, ’90s chaos, Elvis, The Pogues and a whole l...

So Far... The Best Of Sinéad O'Connor, The Lion And The Cobra, and I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got all appear in the Top 10 of this week's Irish...

Blur have released two additional bonus tracks on the Deluxe version of The Ballad of Darren.

Comparing it to a surprise baby, late-life Blur’s ninth album finds them on eloquent, emotional form, casting a wistful eye over past glories while pushing forward musically

ADRIAN THRILLS: Damon Albarn isnt one for big, emotional gestures, so the frontmans response to the adulation that greeted Blurs two celebratory Wembley Stadium shows this month was surprising.

Photo: Reuben Bastienne-Lewis “Looked in the mirror, so many people standing there,” Damon Albarn sang to introduce The Narcissist, the first single from Blur’s ninth album. In fewer than 10 words he conveyed an awful lot about the band, reminding us of the many guises ...

Ninth album from Britrock stalwarts

Blur will release their first album in 8 years, titled The Ballad of Darren and comprising 10 new tracks, on 21st July on Parlophone. First track ‘The Narcissist’ is out now.