The Blur and Oasis Britpop war of words is officially at an end, as Blur’s Dave Rowntree has gushed the Gallagher brothers’ comeback gigs will be fantastic
Blur’s Dave Rowntree has officially killed off the old Oasis v Blur rivalry.
The drummer has predicted the Gallagher brothers’ reunion tour looks set to be “fantastic”.
His gushing is a huge U-turn from the days Blur and Oasis went to war at the peak of both their Britpop pomp.
Dave, 61, said about Oasis’ comeback this summer: “It’s going to be fantastic.”
But he bemoaned the price of decent tickets to the band’s gigs, which now run into small fortunes for VIP packages and which cost thousands of fans hundreds of pounds due to “surge pricing” when they were released online.
Dave added about Oasis’ return: “It’s a two-edged sword, isn’t it? On the one hand, I’m really glad that they’re out on tour. Think of all the economic benefits… on the other hand, it’s a shame that good tickets are now so expensive.”
The musician also admitted he had bought a ticket himself to one of the Oasis reunion shows, but is now unable to go.
He added: “I had to give it to a friend of mine.”
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Dave also warned many bands starting out are facing issues when it comes to cash.
He said: “It gets harder and harder to make money selling recorded music. “Musicians have to look for other ways to earn a living.
“Many bands are being pushed back out on the road again. I think that’s great because I think that’s where music lives. It’s in the concert hall in front of an audience.
“But the downside is that only really works for bands at our level – the Pulps, the Blurs, the Oasis.
“For smaller bands, they’re finding it increasingly difficult.”
He also said it wasn’t the end of the road for his band, which also features frontman Damon Albarn, 57, Graham Coxon, 56, and Alex James, also 56.
Dave added: “I think Blur will definitely do something else.”
Blur have been hit by break-ups and had reunions, the most recent of which came in 2023 to promote their album The Ballad Of Darren.
Dave added about the group’s future: “It seems to me it’s not over. I think I’ll know when it’s over but there’s no plans as such.
“Blur doesn’t really work that way. We don’t have planning meetings and strategy. It’s kind of we make it up as we go along.”
Dave, a founding member of Blur, has put together photos of the band at the start of their career in the 1980s around 10 years before the Britpop phenomenon.
His tome, No One You Know: Dave Rowntree’s Early Blur Photos, is due out in September.
Dave said about the period when the images were shot: “We were playing tiny shows to very few people.
“We were playing very unfashionable music in those days.”
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