Dave Rowntree has revealed that Blur are willing to work together more often as long as the opportunities are right.
The ‘Parklife’ band are releasing a live album of their two gigs at Wembley Stadium last summer and the drummer admits the temptation to do more projects is always there.
Dave told the Daily Star newspaper’s Wired column: “There’s still tons of stuff we could do. It’s about finding an offer that’s very hard to say no to.
“When we first got back together in 2009, we were very happy to be the first people to play what has become the British Summer Time festival at Hyde Park.
“Then we were asked to headline the party to end the 2012 Olympics, and you can’t say no to that.”
Dave explained that the Britpop icons – also made up of frontman Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon and bassist Alex James – had fun on the tour that accompanied the release of the album ‘The Ballad of Darren’ last year.
The 60-year-old musician said: “We came away all still friends, having had a lot of fun doing the shows.
“So there’s absolutely no reason why we couldn’t consider another interesting idea, if we’re all available. But there’s absolutely nothing in the diary for Blur at the moment.”
Despite the initial nerves, Rowntree explained that playing to a crowd of 90,000 at Wembley Stadium soon became relatively straightforward.
He said: “It’s stressful, headlining a show to that many people in front of your home crowd. All our friends and family were there. Had it been a disaster, you’d have to look those people in the eye the next morning.
“But once we started the first show, it was, ‘Oh, we know how to do this.’
“Halfway through the first song, we were all focused.”
