New York, NY (Top40 Charts) This festive season, one of the nation's most influential bands of all time will be making their way to the small screen. Critically acclaimed feature-length documentary blur: To The End plus blur Live at Wembley Stadium will air exclusively on Sky Arts and NOW on 28 December.
blur: TO THE END
blur: To The End depicts the most recent chapter in the band's story, captured during the period in which they made a surprise - and emotional - return with their first record in 8 years, the critically acclaimed #1 album 'The Ballad of Darren'.
The documentary follows the unique relationship of four friends - and bandmates of three decades - Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree as they came together in early 2023 to record new songs ahead of their sold-out, first ever shows at London's Wembley Stadium in July last summer. Featuring performances of their most iconic, much-loved songs, footage of the band in the studio and life on the road, blur: To The End is an intimate moment in time with this most enduring of English bands, who have been at the heart of British cultural life and influence for over three decades.
Live at Wembley Stadium is a collection of songs captured across two unforgettable nights last summer - the biggest shows of the band's 30+ year career to date - which saw the band perform to over 150,000 fans at Wembley Stadium, blur's first time ever to play the iconic London venue.
Song highlights include The Narcissist and St Charles Square from their latest #1 album, the acclaimed 'The Ballad of Darren', as well as There's No Other Way, Popscene, Beetlebum, Trimm Trabb, Villa Rosie, Coffee & TV, Under the Westway, Out of Time, To the End, Parklife, Song 2, This is a Low, Girls & Boys, Tender, and The Universal.
This December audiences will be able to relive the extraordinary and emotional 2023 concert directly from their living room on Sky Arts.
Damon Albarn, frontman of Blur, said: "We all have hugely involving and complicated lives and we're so lucky that we get to spend this time together, just the four of us. And that's the beauty of it."
Alex James, bassist of Blur, said: "We've barely communicated for the last 10 years… I mean even when we really split up, it didn't take this long to make a record, but what's wonderful is as soon as the four of us get in a room together, it's just exactly the same as it was when we were all 19."
blur: To The End will air 28 December at 9pm on Sky Arts and NOW
blur: Live from Wembley will air 28 December at 11:10pm on Sky Arts and NOW
blur: To The End was directed by Toby L and produced by Josh Connolly, via production house Up The Game. Sebastian Cort served as Director of Photography and Danny Abel was the Editor.
blur Live at Wembley Stadium as directed by Toby L and produced by Josh Connolly, via production house Up The Game. Brett Turnbull served as Director of Photography and Reg Wrench was the Editor.
Sky Arts programmes are commissioned by Phil Edgar-Jones, Executive Director of Unscripted Originals at Sky for Cécile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Sky Studios & Chief Content Office.
