[Part I], [Part II], & [Part III]
It's Blur.
Brogues01 writes: "I think alot of people have forgotten how good Blur are. Can anyone name a band from the last 10 years with a similar variety of songs?"
Calvin Harris writes: "Somebody has to play at the same time as Blur and the Prodigy...and that somebody is — sadly — me."
Erol Alkan writes: "Jesus Christ. 'For Tomorrow' still sends a chill down my spine."
IleneJenette writes: "How fast are they playin'!?"
Emily Eavis writes: "Blur are blowing people's minds."
Bryony Taylor writes: "Graham's wearing the same t-shirt he wore at Alexandra Palace in '94!"
Kit S. writes: "'This Is A Low' is sending a huge swell of emotion through the crowd."
The Guardian's Laura Barton writes: "When Albarn's voice gives way a little in 'Beetlebum', the crowd rushes to catch it. The band looks genuinely delighted as they look out over the flags, over the crowd with its sunburned noses and glitter-smeared faces, and peacock feathers in its hair, and far off to the countryside of Somerset and the floating candles flaring up into the sky. There is a pause as they seem to take in the magnificence of what they have done."
Listen while you can.
Watch while you can.
Jon A. writes: "This is both vintage Blur and somehow new having been missed for so long. Generations singing along together."
Kit S. writes: "It ends with 'The Universal' and tens of thousands of arms held aloft."
Jon A. writes: "A friend of mine said, 'I was so happy all the way.'"
The Guardian's Tim Jonze writes: "Who gave these guys permission to have the time of their lives?"
"Blur are sticking their fingers up to dad-rock by falling in love all over again with the dumb art of playing pop music — and playing it loudly. 'Girls & Boys' literally throbs with sordid energy, 'Song 2' sees the crowd threatening to pogo themselves off the earth's axis, and 'Parklife' turns every man, woman, and anarcho-crustie into a cockney geeza."
"But for all their energy, it's the sad songs that work best: 'To The End', 'The Universal', 'This Is A Low'. Weirder still is the reaction to 'Tender', a song never really rated (at least by me) as a classic, transformed into a joyous hug-a-long that reverberates around the crowd after the first encore and the second encore."
"Blur made sure that the real winner at this year's Glastonbury was pop music."
"And we're all hugging each other."
Full, official live videos from new & unsigned acts, including a new song by Dimbleby & Capper, are up here. Assorted clips will also, bootleg-permitting, continue to stack up in the coming weeks.
But really, everyone's saying the same thing.
Hyde Park? How can it top this?
It really, really, really did happen.

![Glastonbury '09 [07]](http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/06/28/1246244611-glastonbury_07.jpg)

![Glastonbury '09 [08]](http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/06/28/1246244667-glastonbury_08.jpg)
![Blur - Glastonbury '09 [Setlist]](http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/06/28/1246244693-glastonbury_blur02.jpg)
Photos by the BBC.
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