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Blur released their comeback album The Ballad Of Darren last year and they’re getting ready to play Coachella in April. As if the English rock band is not busy enough, drummer Dave Rowntree was selected as a Labour candidate in the UK general election today.

Blur are playing Coachella this year, and that will be one of the band’s first US shows in nine years. But their Coachella appearances won’t be the first. Today, the band has announced that they’re doing a California show right before the fest. Blur will play the Fox Theater in Pomona, CA on April 10, right before t...

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