Damon confirms the end of Blur- I'm surprisingly O.K. with it.

Damon, in an interview with Q Magazine:

"With touring, the repetition will come back and I just always need to do new stuff. What I wanted to do was heal to the point where I know I can always ring Graham up in the future and it will be fine. That's all I wanted to do and we've done that, definitely.”

"But if we carried on, the same problems would rear their head because of the status quo in the band. I've generally always written everything. Graham's contributed great extra bits, he does the work as well. But it has to come from somewhere to start off with and that is a big, big part of it, getting the whole idea together."

I am actually in agreement with Damon on this. It did seem as if they were doing something "special" and to overstay their welcome would lead to a backlash. Graham's probably happier this way, and Damon gets to do his more experimental (dare I say edgier) stuff.

I'm a bit sad that I didn't get over to the U.K. to see them live, but hey, I got the t-shirt- and maybe one day my Hyde Park live CD's will arrive!

Damon better get working on that Gorillaz album, and I fully expect an extensive U.S. tour to follow.