{"id":2075,"date":"2012-02-20T11:17:03","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T16:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2015-10-17T06:58:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T10:58:58","slug":"damon-albarn-and-graham-coxon-play-new-blur-song-at-war-child-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2075","title":{"rendered":"Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon play new Blur song for War Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday night in London,\u00a0Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon performed a new Blur song titled <em>Under the Westway<\/em> at a\u00a0War Child\u00a0benefit show.<\/p>\n<p>Albarn&#8217;s explanation about the piano ballad was that, &#8220;we wrote this up the road a few weeks ago&#8221; and also noted that &#8220;it&#8217;s got a lot of words.&#8221;\u00a0Blur are scheduled to perform tomorrow night (February 21st) at the\u00a0Brit Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Watch their <em>Under The Westway<\/em> live performance below.<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9WPKXPgMkbc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Yesterday night in London,\u00a0Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon performed a new Blur song titled Under the Westway at a\u00a0War Child\u00a0benefit show. 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