Page 116 - Liverpool Philharmonic 22-23 Season Coverage Book

Getting it back together: Blur circa 1995. From left to right, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Damon
Albarn and Dave Rowntree. Photograph: Tim Roney/Getty Images

Reunions are big business and this year there is a Britpop theme to proceedings, with
bands getting back together to reminisce on 90s “Cool Britannia” with pop-driven
melodies and sartorial flair.

Synth-fuelled Common People writers Pulp are among those reuniting – for the second
time since 2011 and now without original bassist Steve Mackey – to embark on a UK
tour beginning on 26 May in Bridlington and carrying on through the summer, playing
at festivals including Glasgow’s TRNSMT (7 July) and Suffolk’s Latitude (20-23 July).
Oasis rivals and emblems of disaffected youth Blur are also reuniting to celebrate their
35th anniversary, for their first shows since 2015’s Hong Kong-inspired album The
Magic Whip. The four-piece play Dublin’s Malahide Castle on 24 June before two huge
homecoming shows at London’s Wembley Stadium (8-9 July), featuring support from
Slowthai and Self Esteem. Ammar Kalia

TV

The return of Succession