The new Blur documentary To The End is released into cinemas today (July 19), but what songs do the Britpop greats play in the film? Read on for all the details.
The film will ““follow the unique relationship of four friends and bandmates of three decades – Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree – as they came together in early 2023 to record new songs ahead of their sold-out, first-ever shows at London’s Wembley Stadium in July last summer.”
Earlier this month, the band released a clip from the film that chronicles the moments before the quartet took to the stage at Wembley, as they huddle together sharing a laugh.
Albarn narrates: “I don’t allow it to get to me ’cause I accept if my voice can’t sing all those songs then that’s just the way it is. If I was really neurotic about things like that, I’d be shitting myself.” The clip ends with Blur walking onstage to deafening applause. Watch the hair-raising clip below.
Fans can book their tickets for Blur: To The End here.
It is the first of two Blur documentaries this year, with Blur: Live at Wembley Stadium set to arrive in cinemas on September 6. That will be accompanied by a soundtrack of the same name, released on July 26, and available to pre-order here.
In a five-star review of Blur: To The End, NME‘s Andrew Trendell wrote: “They bicker, they hug, they call each other c**ts, they get the job done. While Blur’s last doc and accompanying live movie No Distance Left To Run was a portrait of a band celebrating their legacy and giving a nostalgia-hungry world exactly what they craved, this spiritual sequel shows a band simply supporting each other. Whether they return again or not remains to be seen. But even if they don’t, this was one hell of a final fling.”
Here’s every song played in the Blur: To The End documentary
While the upcoming Blur: Live at Wembley Stadium will offer a more complete document of the band’s two massive shows at the venue from the summer of 2023, To The End offers a more circumspect reflection on the band’s legacy as they – perhaps – enter their final chapter.
The following Blur songs all appear in To The End:
‘To The End’
‘Come Together’
‘Sticks And Stones’
‘The Narcissist’
‘The Everglades (For Leonard)’
‘Country House’
‘The Ballad’
‘The Universal’
‘Popscene’
‘Intermission (Commercial Break)’
‘Coping’
‘Fool’s Day’
‘Parklife’
‘Get Out Of Cities’
‘Luminous’
‘Advert’
‘St Charles Square’
‘Peach’
‘Russian Strings’
‘Lot 105’
‘She’s So High’
‘Song 2’
‘Girls And Boys’
‘Music Is My Radar’
‘The Debt Collector’
‘Tender’
‘The Heights’
The film also includes an original score provided by Mike Smith, and a number of songs by other artists:
The Tony Hatch Orchestra – ‘Theme From Crossroads’
Jockstrap – ’50/50′
The Selecter – ‘Frontline’
Paul Weller – ‘That’s Entertainment’
Self Esteem – ‘How Can I Help You’
Sleaford Mods – ‘Force 10 From Navarone’
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – ‘The Night’