Dave Rowntree has revealed that Blur are keen to work collectively extra typically so long as the alternatives are proper.
Dave Rowntree expects Blur to do extra collectively
The ‘Parklife’ band are releasing a stay album of their two gigs at Wembley Stadium final summer time and the drummer admits the temptation to do extra initiatives is all the time there.
Dave instructed the Each day Star newspaper’s Wired column: “There’s nonetheless tons of stuff we may do. It is about discovering a suggestion that is very arduous to say no to.
“After we first acquired again collectively in 2009, we had been very comfortable to be the primary individuals to play what has develop into the British Summer time Time pageant at Hyde Park.
“Then we had been requested to headline the social gathering to finish the 2012 Olympics, and you may’t say no to that.”
Dave defined that the Britpop icons – additionally made up of frontman Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon and bassist Alex James – had enjoyable on the tour that accompanied the discharge of the album ‘The Ballad of Darren’ final yr.
The 60-year-old musician mentioned: “We got here away all nonetheless associates, having had loads of enjoyable doing the exhibits.
“So there’s completely no cause why we could not think about one other fascinating concept, if we’re all out there. However there’s completely nothing within the diary for Blur in the mean time.”
Regardless of the preliminary nerves, Rowntree defined that enjoying to a crowd of 90,000 at Wembley Stadium quickly turned comparatively easy.
He mentioned: “It is irritating, headlining a present to that many individuals in entrance of your private home crowd. All our family and friends had been there. Had it been a catastrophe, you’d must look these individuals within the eye the following morning.
“However as soon as we began the primary present, it was, ‘Oh, we all know how to do that.’
“Midway via the primary music, we had been all targeted.”