Gallery: Blur @ Bowery Ballroom, March 16, 2003
There are only so many words to describe how messed up Damon Albarn must have been at Sunday’s Bowery show (most of them start with “DRUGS” and end with exclamation points — see some of our posts below). We think this picture pretty much sums it up:
We were just looking at our pictures from the show, and even we can’t believe stuff like this happened:
During “Brothers and Sisters,” Damon stuck it to all those who said Hooked-on-Phonics couldn’t work for him.
Jude Law, no. Damon Albarn, yes.
In this picture, Damon Albarn seems to have lost his head. Figuratively and literally.
Watch out God and Adam — looks like Damon’s taking a stab at being a famous finger holder. We hear he wraps tighter than Chinese handcuffs.
1. The Modern Age » Gorillaz @ Apollo Theater, Monday | 11:41 pm on April 3rd, 2006
[...] The puppets returned to coax the crowd in its cheering and clapping for an encore, and eventually it worked. Damon Albarn, the driving (and consistent) force behind Gorillaz, finally tore himself away from his piano bench in the back and came front and center to the stage. He seemed very calm and humble, so very unlike his Blur persona that he was indulging in as little as 3 years ago when he was jumping around like Gollum hopped up on speed at the Bowery Ballroom with “Blurval Schools.” He crooned out a lovely version of “Hong Kong,” which appears on Help: A Day In the Life as Zeng Zhen strummed upon her Chinese zither. [...]
2. The Modern Age » See This Drowsy Kid All Growns Up Next Month at Webster Hall | 5:32 pm on February 1st, 2007
[...] Photo of Damon performing with Blurval Schools at Bowery Ballroom in 2003 [...]