Blur act on 17 July at the Super Bock Super Rock festival – LUSA

The pop group Blur British rock act to July 17 in Meo Arena in Lisbon, Super Bock Super Rock festival, which goes from Meco to the Park of Nations.

The news of the return of the group to Portugal was given on Thursday evening by Blitz magazine and only confirmed today by the organization.

Blur, who worked at the Port in 2013 in the Primavera Sound festival, edit in April the album “The Magic Whip”, the first in over ten years.

“The Magic Whip” is the eighth album and began recording in the spring of 2013 in Hong Kong . The recordings have ended up in the drawer, with each of the musicians to follow his path, but in late 2014, guitarist Graham Coxon returned to the themes, frontman Damon Albarn wrote the lyrics, the remaining elements joined and the registration was completed.

With a graphic image that refers to China, “The Magic Whip” was co-produced by Stephen Street, who participated in the previous records of Blur.

Blur integrate frontman Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon guitarist, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Emerged in Colchester in 1989 and became one of the top names in the “Britpop” the next decade, with songs like “Girls & amp; Boys.”, “Parklife”, “Song 2″ and “End of century”

Your company has published seven albums, including “Modern life is rubbish” (1993), “Parklife” (1994) and “Think Tank” (2003), after which they separated, with each of the musicians to continue separate routes in and out of the music.

They returned to join years later to sporadic concerts, including a performance in 2009, in Hyde Park, London, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of the band and edited later on DVD.

The 21st. edition of RSBS Festival will take place from 16 to 18 July in the Park of Nations and poster are part Franz Ferdinand with Sparks, Sting, dEUS, Kate Tempest, Perfume Genius, Kindness, Florence and the Machine and Marine Band, among others.

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