Blur’s Damon Albarn reportedly earns £16k a day, following his success with the rock band since they formed in 1988.
The musician, 56, is the frontman and main lyricist of Blur and the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtual band Gorillaz.
The Sun has now revealed Damon earns a whopping £16,205 a day, according to his latest set of records.
Documents filed at Companies House for March 2022 to 2023 show he made £5.9million in profits with his firms G Tour, LLP and Humanz LLP. These firms have assets of £10.4million after he set them up in 2017.
This could be down to Blur’s 2023 reunion tour for their 35-year anniversary, where they performed a string of gigs at Wembley for the first time ever.
Blur’s Damon Albarn reportedly earns £16k a day, following his success with the rock band since they formed in 1988
The musician, 56, is the frontman and main lyricist of Blur and the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtual band Gorillaz
MailOnline has contacted Damon’s representatives for comment.
The band – made up of Alex James, Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon and Dave Rowntree – went on hiatus in 2015 and then announced their reunion news last year.
It comes just weeks after Damon slammed the crowd at Coachella, while fans branded the festival goers as ’embarrassing’ after their apathetic reaction during the band’s set.
The iconic Britpop band played a 13-song set at the California-based music festival, including 90s classics like Girls & Boys, Popscene and Song 2.
They also brought out the Torres Martinez Cahuilla Bird Singers, a group of tribal singers from the Mojave Desert, where Coachella is held.
For their 1994 hit Girls & Boys, the musician tried to get everyone to sing along to the chorus multiple times, but it was radio silent.
Frustrated he declared that the band would not be returning to the festival, saying: ‘You’re never seeing us again, so you might as well f****** sing it’.
Clips of the toe-curling moment were soon circulated on social media, with many fans slamming the Coachella crowd as having the ‘worst vibes’ and declaring they ‘did not deserve to be graced by the presence of blur’.
They wrote: ‘this coachella people do NOT deserve this blur setlist you’re joking; lord please take away all my suffering and give it to the blur crowd at coachella; Why does everyone at Coachella lowkey want Blur dead; the crowd for blur at coachella was so embarassing damon im so sorry i wasn’t there’.
‘America, you don’t deserve Damon Albarn, you do not deserve Blur. I will burn you to the ground.; i should be at coachella watching blur and no doubt perform back to back and not these children… they don’t get it; Coachella you do not deserve to be graced by the presence of blur.’
Reuniting! The 1980s band – made up of (L-R) Graham Coxon, Alex James, Damon Albarn and Dave Rowntree – went on hiatus in 2015 and then announced their reunion news last year
‘I actually feel bad for blur at Coachella, they deserve better; Coachella looks like the f***ing worst. Poor Blur.; honestly that crowd did NOT deserve blur except for like the few people who actually made noise; blame rich californians for the dead blur crowd not just americans sigh’.
‘most of these ppl at coachella don’t even know how lucky they are to see blur THAT SHOULD BE MEE; Thanks to every coachella goer who went to blur and probably ruined the chances of sny more america shows for our american blur lovers’.
‘the SILENCE when blur came out pls; coachella does not deserve blur I should be there; WHAT THE F*** IS HAPPENING im convinced coachella has the worst vibes and people possible. it’s f***ing Blur, show some respect !!!!’
Others pointed out that those attending Coachella were unlikely to be familiar with Blur, insisting they would only know recent music and not the impact of Britpop.
They tweeted: ‘Coachella was never going to be the right crowd for Blur. Still gutted for them tho!!; i wish britpop had more exposure in america. watching this gives me second hand embarrassment’.
‘I can’t help but think the crowd at Coachella has no idea who Blur is.; “You know who we should book for the 7:30 Saturday slot here at Coachella? Blur. Whose entire discography combined has sold slightly less in the United States than Limp Bizkit’s Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water did in its first 7 days on sale.”
‘Do these kids at #Coachella2024 even know who Blur are?; That 19 year old Americans don’t know who Blur are is an effing disgrace. Sing for uncle Damon. SING. Without Blur, you have no Doja Cat, no Tyler the Creator, no Ice Spice. Fact.’
Many other fans took to social media to declare that the band should return to Europe instead, and declared they would give Blur the crowd reaction they deserved.
They penned: ‘Blur, come over to Glasto instead. We’re waiting for you!! i think we need more uk blur shows just to show coachella what a proper crowd looks like’.
‘Shoulda done a British festival. Coachella looks dead.; so hyperfixated on blur it’s sickening i should have been there i would have given them the best crowd ever. that crowd didn’t deserve that set list’.
‘damon, there are mentally ill teenagers and chronically online youth livetweeting the entire blur set, waking up at 5am for it and obsessively taking screenshots and screenrecordings. the crowd does not define blur. come back to the other side of the globe come back comeback’.
The British band played a 13-song set at the California music festival, including 90s classics like Girls & Boys, Popscene and Song 2
However, the audience at their set was less than enthusiastic, with their apathy becoming apparent to the band onstage
Damon performed at Coachella last year with his other band, Gorillaz, while Blur last played at the festival in 2013.
Ahead of their show, Damon and bassist Alex James spoke to KROQ about returning to the desert.
They revealed they had decided to do the festival after receiving a phone call at night telling them they had five minutes to decide whether to perform.
Alex said: ‘This was a wonderful opportunity, it’s the biggest festival on the planet. If I wasn’t here I’d have FOMO to be honest.’
When asked how they felt the audience would react, Damon admitted: ‘I have no idea how it will go. It’s a weird one, Coachella when it comes to audience.
‘It’s hard to know sometimes, because they’re sort of on their own planet a bit, the audience.’
