Blur - Mile End

On June 17, 1995, Blur played their first stadium concert, filling the Mile End stadium in London. There was a lot of riding on the gig. In the year since Parklife was released, the band had become the most popular band in England and, in the process, reshaped the landscape of the nation's popular music. Mile End was the first gig Blur played that confirmed the stature of their popularity and if the concert was poor, they could have hurt their reputation. Fortunately, the concert was an unqualified success, as Kiss the Stone's bootleg of the show, Mile End, proves. Read More