Nineties rockers Blur have announced a special show in Newcastle in the run-up to their much-hyped London reunion concert.
The award-winning Britpop favourites generated huge excitement in November when news first emerged that all four members - Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree - will be performing together at a double-date at Wembley Stadium in July, for the first time since 2015, with a showcase of their greatest hits. And now North East fans are in for a treat too following the revelation that the band will be back in action earlier than that, in a series of warm-up shows which will being them to Newcastle ahead of Wembley.
Blur, who followed up their 1991 debut album Leisure with five successive number one albums, have announced they will be playing four new dates this May, including one at Newcastle's 02 City Hall - and the venue says it will have priority tickets available 48 hours early - from 10am on Wednesday, April 26.
