Blur to Re-Invent 'Country House' at Comeback Gig

Blur have revealed they will put a new version of their first UK Number One single 'Country House' at their forthcoming reunion shows.

However, the group rarely played it live in guitarist Graham Coxon's latter years with the band, and admitted their obvious reluctance to perform it when playing all their singles on a one-off tour in 1999.

The band did not play it all live when promoting the Coxon-less 'Think Tank' LP in 2003.
Now, with Coxon back to play shows with Blur for the first time in nine years, they plan to give the song a radical overhaul.

"I am determined to do a version of 'Country House' that works. Graham playing a really nice picky, folky thing and my friend David Coulter playing the whole tune on saw, and letting the audience sing," frontman Damon Albarn told BBC Newsbeat.

"If there was any song that I really wanted to exercise and be reborn, it would be that one, because, you know, it was such a stupid moment."

'Country House' is famously beat Oasis' single 'Roll With It' to the top slot in August 1995.