photo: Blur @ MSG (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin)
Blur‘s new documentary/concert film New World Towers will have its U.S. premiere this weekend as part of the DOC NYC festival, playing Sunday (11/15) at the SVA Theater. Tickets are still available. Here’s the synopsis:
Earlier this year, iconic Britpop band Blur surprised their legion of fans with the release of a new album, The Magic Whip, their first as a foursome in 16 years. Blur: New World Towers goes behind the scenes to reveal how an unexpected break in Hong Kong during their 2013 reunion tour inspired the chart-topping album, recorded in secret, and the particularly pivotal role guitarist Graham Coxon played in the process. Sam Wrench’s intimate film explores the band members’ enduring friendship, spontaneous creativity, and candid reflections on celebrity and the band’s future while showcasing more than a dozen of their songs in spectacular concert performances in Hong Kong and Hyde Park.
Blur have shared a new clip from the film where they band talk about what it’s like being Blur again after so long apart, and you can watch that, along with the trailer for the film, below.
Blur: New World Towers will be released in UK theaters on December 2. The band promise an international release, stay tuned for details.
You can check out pics from Blur’s show at MSG last month here.
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