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A batch of BLUR's rare single DON'T BOMB WHEN YOU ARE THE BOMB has been
blown up - by police who thought the box containing the singles were
actually a real bomb.
The track, which was released as a white label last month, has been in
the pipeline since as early as March. Singer Damon Albarn revealed why
the delay occurred.
"We were late putting the record out," he told BBC Radio 1. "We'd have
probably put it out six weeks earlier but we ran into problems with the
first pressing and I only found out very recently that they were actually
mislaid on Brighton train station in a cardboard box and it had bomb
written on it. The police performed a controlled explosion, which is why
it never materialised until later. It's top secret information. It's
Norman (Cook)'s home town so maybe he did it?"
Albarn also said that guitarist Graham Coxon leaving the band "was the
hardest thing that we've had to do".
He continued: "All four of us had to make certain decisions. Graham's
made a very good decision I think for him just to be a bit quieter in
life. He's never enjoyed the sort of fame side of things and I can't
say that I'm as keen as I was 12 years ago cos I'm hopefully a bit
more grown up. I still like making music to be heard by lots of people
and that's all that the difference was really. I think it's good for
everybody. Fair play to us all really."
Blur's new, currently untitled album, is due for release next year.
Published: 05-12-2002-13-06
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