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Nico a écrit :n'importe quoi le nme, ils font des conclusions hâtives
je ne vois rien dans ce qu'a dit Dave qui indique qu'il ne fera plus jamais de concert ou d'album avec blur après la tournée de cet été

The Independent a écrit :Blur drummer gets on a solid legal footing

Dave Rowntree, the drummer with Blur, will not be heading out on the road with them again after the band's much-anticipated reunion tour this summer. Rowntree, right, who has been selected as Labour's candidate for the safe Tory seat of Cities of London and Westminster at the next general election, will soon finish training as a barrister and is already trying to secure future employment. The 44-year-old has been busy making tea at an East London legal firm in the hope of landing a job after he graduates.

"I only went along for a day but then they said I could go in once a week as work experience, just to help out around the office," he tells Pandora. "Now I go in three times a week. Hopefully, I can go and work there when I'm finished with the Blur tour."

I want to set the record straight following the bizarre and inaccurate piece in The Independent today.

As anyone who follows the band will know, we all have interests outside Blur. I am currently at law school, about to sit the exams for the first part of my training as a solicitor. I am fitting my studies around our preparation for the shows in the summer. I have one more year of academic training to complete, but if we decide to do more as Blur, I will obviously continue to fit my studies around the band and not the other way round. Whatever else I do, first and foremost I am a musician.

I have indeed worked for at an East London firm of (publicly funded) criminal defence solicitors. I was there (full-time) for a year up to September 08 when my current course started, and spent the time in courts and police stations around London representing those at the bottom of the pile. In general the courts spend much of their time prosecuting the homeless, drug addicts, alcoholics, and those with mental health problems, and there are few people willing to fight on their behalf. I believe it is worthwhile work. Three months of that time was spent helping in the defence of an innocent man on trial for murder at the Old Bailey, who, I'm glad to say, was acquitted.

My interview with The Independent was intended to help promote the campaign "Science: [So What? So Everything]" championed by the Science Minister Lord Drayson. The campaign is trying to encourage more young people to take up careers in science - something I am also passionate about, and my motivation for getting involved in the "Beagle 2" project some years ago.

If interested you can find out more about:

Solicitor training: http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/becomingasolicitor.law
Science: [So What? So Everything]: http://sciencesowhat.direct.gov.uk/
Beagle 2: http://www.beagle2.com/index.htm

Dave x

Dave a écrit :I have one more year of academic training to complete, but if we decide to do more as Blur, I will obviously continue to fit my studies around the band and not the other way round. Whatever else I do, first and foremost I am a musician.

e 10 mars 2009
BLUR en exclusivité aux Nuits de Fourvière 2009

Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree et Damon Albarn ont choisi Les Nuits de Fourvière pour leur unique concert en France, le 5 juillet 2009 à 21h30.

Cet événement suis l’annonce de quatre concerts au Royaume-Uni, les premiers depuis le dernier concert de Blur à Londres en 2000.

Pour Blur aux Nuits de Fourvière, ouverture de la billetterie le 6 avril à 11h.

Pour tous les autres spectacles des Nuits de Fourvière 2009 : programmation et billetterie disponibles à partir du 24 mars à 11h.

Retrouvez l’actualité du festival sur Le Blog des Nuits de Fourvière.