Blur ‘planning comeback with huge Wembley concert seven years after break’

Blur are reportedly planning a major comeback tour that will include a huge gig at Wembley Stadium.

The popular Britpop band, which stepped back from performing together seven years ago, are said to be planning for the concert to coincide with the 30th anniversary of their album, Parklife.

An insider speaking to The Sun claims that the band has been thinking about a comeback for quite some time, and they’re putting things in place to finally make it happen.

“Britpop fans will want to shout this from the rooftop – Blur are back,” the source claims.

“The lads have been talking about this for a while and now it is becoming a reality.

The insider added: “Their plans are being kept closely guarded but there is a concert at Wembley which has been pencilled in which will coincide with the 30th anniversary of their second album Parklife.”

Parklife was Blur’s second studio album and was released in 1994. Should the group aim for an anniversary show, it means that the Wembley concert won’t take place until 2024.

A representative for Blur has been approached by the Evening Standard for comment about the news.

Blur was first formed in London in 1988 and is made up of musicians Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree. Some of their most iconic tracks include Song 2, Girls & Boys, and Beetlebum.

The group took a break in 2015 after they finished touring following the release of their album, The Magical Whip.

While Blur is yet to make any official announcements about an alleged comeback, it’s something that members of the group have mentioned in the past.

In 2018, Blur’s frontman Damon Albarn suggested that he was open to reuniting with his bandmates at some point.

“A reunion is never not a possibility,” he told The Sun in 2018.

He added: “I think most definitely at some point we’ll play those songs again. I’d hate to think I’d never play with those musicians again.”