Blur announce highly anticipated Malahide Castle show in June 2023

Britpop icons Blur have announced a huge concert at Dublin's Malahide Castle on Saturday, June 24th as part of their ever-growing 2023 reunion tour.

Tickets from €79.65 including booking fees go on sale this coming Friday, November 25th at 9am via Ticketmaster.

The four-piece will return to Dublin for the first time in a decade, following their 2013 show at The Royal Hospital Kilmainham. The group also joined the Electric Picnic line-up in Stradbally, Co. Laois as a headliner in 2015.

Earlier this month, Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree announced a one-off Wembley Stadium reunion gig on July 8th, and have since added a second date due to "phenomenal demand" the following day.

The band have also confirmed a French festival date at the Beauregard Festival in Normandy on July 6th as part of their 2023 run. The summer gigs will be the group's first headline shows since their Magic Whip tour in 2015 in support of their comeback album The Magic Whip.

As part of the announcement, Blur have shared a colourful montage of old concert footage to the backdrop of their 1997 hit 'Song 2' on their socials - watch below.

Blur play Malahide Castle, Dublin on 24 June 2023 🏰

Tickets on sale 9am (GMT) Friday 25 November https://t.co/8ariV3Am9s pic.twitter.com/BQeG6pE2fl

— blur (@blurofficial) November 21, 2022

Blur's dummer Dave Rowntree has recently voiced his excitement for the upcoming Dublin show. "After the chaos of the last few years, it's great to get back out to play some songs together on a summer's day in Dublin. Hope to see you there," he said.

Frontman Damon Albarn enthused, "We really love playing these songs and thought it's about time we did it again."

Bassist Alex James added, "There's always something really special when the four of us get in a room. It's nice to think that on 24th June that room will be in Dublin's Malahide Castle."

Recently, James has also teased the possibility of new music from the Britpop icons. Blur's latest LP The Magic Whip, their first album in 16 years, topped the Irish charts on its release in 2015.

Besides Blur, Malahide Castle will host a number of other big names in summer 2023, including Paolo Nutini (June 16th), Arctic Monkeys (June 20th), Sam Fender (June 25th), and Sting (June 28th).