Blur to get Outstanding Contribution honour at Brit Awards

Blur will receive an Outstanding Contribution To Music award at next year's Brit Awards, reports The Guardian and BBC.

"It's great to have recognition for all the work and all the heartache and all the joy that's gone into this band," said Damon Albarn.

Past winners of the trophy include Bob Geldof, Sir Paul McCartney and Pet Shop Boys. The award ceremony will take place on 21st February at London's O2 arena. Blur are highly expected to perform a few songs at the event as this has been a tradition with previous winners.

Meanwhile, the official Blur website is due to be partially closed from today (Dec 8) for "an exciting redesign". Read the brief announcement on forums.blur.co.uk. In conjuction with redesign, the band have launched their own Twitter and Google+ profiles today.

In other Blur news, Alex James has revealed to NME.com that they will meet up shortly and 'probably' record again. He said: "We're getting together for a Christmas drink next week which is nice. We still see each other all the time, more since we were all living out of a suitcase."

Discuss this topic

Printer-friendly version



More news:

Blur to headline Olympics' Closing Ceremony concert
Feb 21, 2012 - vblurpage.com

Damon and Graham unveil new Blur song "Under The Westway"
Feb 20, 2012 - NME.com

Rocket Juice & The Moon album release date and tracklisting revealed
Feb 10, 2012 - vblurpage.com

New Gorillaz and Graham Coxon single details
Feb 9, 2012 - vblurpage.com

Half of Blur to appear at Brits preview show
Feb 1, 2012 - vblurpage.com

Blur record 'a couple of tracks' with William Orbit
Jan 22, 2012 - vblurpage.com

New Graham Coxon album details revealed
Jan 11, 2012 - vblurpage.com

Blur to get Outstanding Contribution honour at Brit Awards
Dec 8, 2011 - vblurpage.com

News Archive