Blur "Parklife" (2026 Reissue) 2024-03-08 and the first artist ever

and the first artist ever signed to Drake’s OVO Sound imprint is back with a new 14 track PARTYNEXTDOOR album

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Blur "Parklife" (2026 Reissue) 2024-03-08 and the first artist everBlur were formed in 1989 by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree and signed with Food EMI the same year. Announcing their arrival with debut album Leisure in 1991, Blur continued to revolutionise the sound of English popular music with second release Modern Life Is Rubbish(1993). Five successive UK #1 albums followed with Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995) helping to propel the band to mass popularity in the UK and beyond.