Blur are to re release their classic album, 'Live At The Bodokan' on Record Store Day 2026.
This live album was taken from the band's live performance at Tokyo venue, The Budokan on 8 November 1995, supporting their fourth album, 'The Great Escape'. It was originally released only on CD in Japan, peaking at number 36 on the Orican Album Chart. It had been digitally released via iTunes in 2014.
The band will release this album as part of their 30th anniversary, as well as Record Store Day 2026, which will take place on April 18, paying homage to independent record shops across the UK, which will include 280 stores nationwide.
Blur are one of hundreds of artists who are set to offer exclusive releases for this day.
Damon Albarn and co are to release their two-disc live album 'Live At The Bodukan' on a 2LP red vinyl exclusively for Record Store Day 2026. This also marks the first time that this collection will be made available on vinyl.
Included in this collection is a gatefold sleeve with printed inners, with a gloss UV finish on the outer sleeve and a gloss dispersion varnish along the inner sleeves. The collection also includes a selection of exclusive live photos, which were taken from Blur's 1995 tour of Japan, captured by photographer Paul Postle.
See the track list below.
A.
1. ‘The Great Escape’
2. ‘Jubilee’
3. ‘Popscene’
4. ‘End Of A Century’
5. ‘Tracy Jacks’
6. ‘Mr. Robinson’s Quango’
7. ‘To The End’
B.
1. ‘Fade Away’
2. ‘It Could Be You’
3. ‘Stereotypes’
4. ‘She’s So High’*
5. ‘Girls & Boys’
6. ‘Advert’
7. ‘Intermission’
C.
1. ‘Bank Holiday’
2. ‘For Tomorrow’
3. ‘Country House’
4. ‘This Is A Low’
5. ‘Supa Shoppa’
D.
1. ‘Yuko And Hiro ‘
2. ‘He Thought Of Cars’
3. ‘Coping’
4. ‘Globe Alone’
5. ‘Parklife’
6. ‘The Universal’
*Recorded at the NK Hall, Tokyo on 9 November 1995.
This comes ahead of the upcoming play about the famous Blur v Oasis Britpop rivalry, which will hit the UK theatres in the next few months. It has been written by John Niven, and will be directed by Matthew Dunster, as well as starring Nicholous Hoult.
Find out more on this from Nova here.
