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Damon Albarn talks possible Blur musical
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 11 October 2011
Now an old hand at this theatrical lark, Damon Albarn is looking to turn Blur’s 1995 album ‘The Great Escape’ into a musical.
Speaking to BANG Showbiz, he said: “I’ve always thought [it] could be a great musical. We wrote that record as we were playing out the Britpop explosion with ‘Parklife’. We were in the studio and every day I would go in and write about something that had happened in the papers. So it’s a snapshot in time”.
He added: “Maybe at the time it was a little bit too arch in its observations because it was too close. But now with the distance it might be a good thing to stage as a period piece”. Hmm, now I’m picturing Alex James’ character, in a ruff and full Elizabethan regalia, playing ‘Country House’ on a lyre made of cheese.
Discussing his opera ‘Dr Dee’, which debuted in Manchester earlier this year, Damon continued: “The first day after the run felt a bit empty, but I know it’s there and I’m going to do a little bit more work on it, fine tune it here and there. People now know what to expect in a way, so it will be a more interesting run-up to it next year because it will be, ‘Oh this is what it is’ whereas before it was, ‘What the fuck was that?'”
