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Blur star Alex James \u201cbet his farm\u201d on the Britpop Classical tour being a success.<\/p>\n
\nThe 57-year-old bassist debuted the four-hour long set at the Big Feastival, held at his farm in Oxfordshire in 2025, and is now gearing up for a UK tour of his \u201creimagined\u201d versions of songs on the Ministry of Sound Classical tour – with his kicking off on 13th June in Southampton. <\/p>\n
\nSpeaking to In-Common, Alex said of the reaction to the tunes: \u201cWe did it at Feastival and oh my goodness! It was incredible. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cThank goodness because I\u2019d bet the farm on it, but it really, really landed and it was great fun so I thought why not trot it out on tour?<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe did a bunch of concert halls and symphony halls back in spring but this is the start of the summer run after Farmfest. I\u2019m just absolutely loving it, it\u2019s brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAlex went on to say that the songs included in the setlist \u201cseem to mean more to more people now than they did\u201d. <\/p>\n
\nHe added: \u201cThere are not as many new bands breaking through now as they were, but music still seems to be as central in everyone\u2019s life as it always has.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWhen Blur got back together in 2023 I was staggered by how much my kids\u2019 mates were into it and how many of them bought tickets to come and see us.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt was the same with the Oasis show, it was a different generation but there were people coming with their parents and these songs just become part of the national consciousness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThe interviewer then asked Alex how he has managed dealing with a full classical orchestra compared to a small band.<\/p>\n
\nTo which he replied: \u201cDealing with an entire orchestra is more straightforward than dealing with one guitar player. They turn up when they\u2019re supposed to turn up, they do what they\u2019re told. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a very different dynamic, there are literally 50\/60 people on stage, there\u2019s a lot of energy. Just the musicianship that you get, it staggers me that you can literally put anything in front of this orchestra and they absolutely nail it. <\/p>\n
\n\u201c|We\u2019ve not reimagined these songs, we\u2019ve gassed them up with orchestra juice. A lot of the Blur songs had brass sections and strings so that was something that was characteristic of that time.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cYou can make everything so much more dynamic, give it more nuance and oomph.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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