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The drummer opened up about the chances of Blur getting back together to hit the road and make more music together during a recent interview with The Sun.
In the discussion, he looked back at their 2024 set at Coachella – their final show before taking an extended break – and said that, while they seemed less than impressed with the crowd response, they walked away from it with an unspoken feeling of wanting to return to the live stage.
Em entrevista ao “The Sun”, Dave disse que uma reunião do blur é uma questão de “quando”, não de “se”.
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Rowntree went on to share that it was the spontaneous reunions that keep the idea of hitting the road or going into the studio “exciting”, and added that it allows them to each come back with a fresh approach to songwriting.
Blur dropped their latest studio album, ‘The Ballad Of Darren’ in 2023, and it came following reunions in 2009 and 2015. In the time since their last shows wrapped up, other members have spoken about the chance of a reunion too.
At the end of 2025, bassist Alex James spoke to NME about his ‘Britpop Classical’ tour, – which saw him cover the likes of Pulp and former rivals Oasis with a full orchestra – and discussed whether it made him want to tour again with the band.
Before then, Graham Coxon spoke to NME about Blur‘s Live At Wembley Stadium concert film, and said that the band don’t want to “leave it too long because we’re knocking on”.
Rowntree shared a similar stance when speaking to NME in 2025, sharing: “There’s going to come a time when we’re too old to do it, but we’ll have probably decided to throw the towel in before then anyway.
Nobody wants to go on past our sell-by-date.”.
More recently, Alex James also doubled down on his willingness to reunite, but quipped that they “need to let Oasis get their stuff out of the way” first.
In the time since their last shows, members of Blur have been busy with their own respective projects. As aforementioned, Alex James has been busy with his ‘Britpop Classical’ shows and his festival, The Big Feastival.
Coxon recently announced the second batch of reissues from the ongoing re-release of his entire solo catalogue, and Rowntree released a photo book in 2025 that documented the rise of Blur.
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