Blur2 + Pulp'd

A double bill of two tribute acts, Blur2 and Pulp'd, performing songs by the Britpop bands Blur and Pulp at O2 Academy2 Islington in London. Neither act is the original band.

Blur2 is a tribute act devoted to Blur, the band formed in London in 1988 whose line-up of Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree became one of the defining names of Britpop. Their albums Parklife (1994) and the single Song 2 are among the best-known records in their catalogue. The evening's tribute to Blur focuses on this body of work, and Blur2 are not the band themselves.

Pulp'd pays tribute to Pulp, the group led by Jarvis Cocker, whose songs such as Common People, from the 1995 album Different Class, drew on observational lyrics about class and everyday life. Like Blur2, Pulp'd is a tribute project, and the songs on the bill are performed by these acts rather than by the original bands.

O2 Academy2 Islington is one of the venues in the O2 Academy group in north London, and it hosts concerts and shows throughout the year. The night will suit listeners who want to hear the Britpop catalogue of Blur and Pulp performed live by tribute musicians, and who are interested in the 1990s guitar pop those bands helped to shape.