Is there a future for Blur? Dave Rowntree teases that it isn’t over yet

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Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has hinted there may still be a future for the band, despite them appearing to announce that they had played their last ever show.The Britpop band played at this year’s Coachella Festival, during which frontman Damon Albarn said, “this is probably our last gig”.That came after Albarn stated in December that the band would be going on a hiatus until further notice, saying “it’s too much for me”.“It is time to wrap up this campaign,” he said. “It’s too much for me.

It was the right thing to do and an immense honour to play these songs again, spend time with these guys, make an album, blah-blah-blah.”He continued: “I’m not saying I won’t do it again, it was a beautiful success, but I’m not dwelling on the past.”But now, in an interview with the Daily Star’s Wired column, Rowntree has offered renewed hope that there may still be more to come from the group.“There’s still tons of stuff we could do,” he teased. “It’s about finding an offer that’s very hard to say no to.”“When we first got back together in 2009, we were very happy to be the first people to play what has become the British Summer Time festival at Hyde Park.

Then we were asked to headline the party to end the 2012 Olympics, and you can’t say no to that.”“So there’s absolutely no reason why we couldn’t consider another interesting idea, if we’re all available,” he added. “But there’s absolutely nothing in the diary for Blur at the moment.”Blur are at the centre of two new films at the moment: Blur: Live At Wembley captures the band’s huge reunion shows at the iconic London stadium last summer, while Blur: To The End finds the band reflecting on their legacy ahead of those same shows.Live At Wembley is released in UK and Irish cinemas on.