All the people

Last weekend, I was lucky enough to see Blur play live at Wembley. This was a gig I have wanted to go to since before I really understood what Britpop was. All I knew in the mid 90s is that we were a Blur household and that The Great Escape was one of the best albums I’d ever heard (honourable mentions to Monster – REM and the cast recording of Jason and the Technicolour Dreamcoat).

With support from Jockstrap, Sleaford Mods and the incredible Self Esteem, it was clear that the event was going to be one to remember but as Damon, Graham, Alex and Dave took to the stage, the 90,000 people around me made sure it was known that they were very welcome on that stage.

From the opening of There’s No Other Way, I don’t think my feet touched the ground. It was a set by a band that categorically knew what the audience was there for. At times, the emotion of the moment seemed to get to Damon but that made it all the more special. A 25 strong set and we were left in the blinding lights of Wembley stadium and the satisfaction that even after all this time, Blur can still absolutely smash a place apart.

What a gig.

Setlist:

1. ‘St. Charles Square’
2. ‘There’s No Other Way’
3. ‘Popscene’
4. ‘Tracy Jacks’
5. ‘Beetlebum’
6. ‘Trimm Tabb’
7. ‘Villa Rosie’
8. ‘Stereotypes’
9. ‘Out Of Time’
10. ‘Coffee & TV’
11. ‘Under The Westway’ (first time since 2014)
12. ‘End of a Century’
13. ‘Country House’
14. ‘Parklife’ (with Phil Daniels)
15. ‘To The End’
16. ‘Oily Water’
17. ‘Advert’
18. ‘Song 2’
19. ‘This Is A Low’
20. ‘Lot 105’ (first time since 1994)
21. ‘Girls & Boys’
22. ‘For Tomorrow’
23. ‘Tender’ (with London Community Gospel Choir)
24. ‘The Narcissist’
25. ‘The Universal’