Blur Play Rousing Show At Hyde Park Homecoming

Blur triumphed in front of 55,000 fans at the first of two dates at London's Hyde Park last night.

Just like their closing headline slot at Glastonbury on Sunday, it was a highly charged, emotional show with Damon Albarn looking close to tears before 'Popscene'.

He told the crowd just before they launched into the track: "We feel very privileged to be able to do nothing for years and then come back to this. It's really incredible."

He failed to break into full-blown tears, however, like he did following At The End at Worthy Farm.

Damon and co. performed a sprawling 25 show, a set-list that echoed Glasto almost entirely except for an added 'Death Of A Party'.

Once again a shouty, hyperactive Phil Daniels joined the band for a rabble-rousing rendition of 'Parklife'.

Damon told the crowd that the track was inspired by Hyde Park, saying: "I had the idea for this song in this park, I used to live near Kensington Church Street and I used to watch pigeons and people and all that stuff."

The full set-list was as follows:

She's So High
Girls & Boys
Tracy Jacks
There's No Other Way
Jubilee
Badhead
Beetlebum
Out Of Time
Trimm Trabb
Coffee & TV
Tender
Country House
Oily Water
Chemical World
Sunday Sunday
Parklife
End Of A Century
To The End
This Is A Low
Popscene
Advert
Song 2
Death Of A Party
For Tomorrow
The Universal

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