Blur – Live at the Budokan (RSD 2026 Double-LP on Red Vinyl)

Released for Record Store Day 2026, this double album is limited to 2,000 copies.

This double album captures Blur’s legendary concert at the Nippon Budokan, in Tokyo, on 8 November 1995, during the band’s The Great Escape Tour.

Featured across two discs, are a multitude of Blur classics including End of a Century, To the End, Girls & Boys, For Tomorrow, Country House, This Is a Low, Parklife, The Universal and many more.

Blur’s first official live album, Live at the Budokan, was originally released in Japan back in 1996 on CD only. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the album was pressed on vinyl for the first time, for this year’s Record Store Day.

This release is housed in a gatefold sleeve with printed inners, and features a gloss UV finish on the outer sleeve and a gloss dispersion varnish on the inner sleeves. The centrefold features a selection of exclusive photos, captured by photographer Paul Postle during Blur’s 1995 Japanese dates.

She’s So High was recorded at the NHK Hall, in Tokyo, on 9 November 1995. All other tracks were recorded live at the Nippon Budokan, the previous evening.

Track Listing

Side One

1. The Great Escape (1:35)
2. Jubilee (3:11)
3. Popscene (3:09)
4. End of a Century (2:54)
5. Tracy Jacks (4:07)
6. Mr. Robinson’s Quango (4:59)
7. To the End (4:16)

Side Two

1. Fade Away (4:18)
2. It Could Be You (3:11)
3. Stereotypes (3:27)
4. She’s So High (5:23)
5. Girls & Boys (4:50)
6. Advert (3:26)
7. Intermission (1:37)

Side Three

1. Bank Holiday (1:49)
2. For Tomorrow (6:24)
3. Country House (4:38)
4. This Is a Low (5:10)
5. Supa Shoppa (3:23)

Side Four

1. Yuko and Hiro (4:42)
2. He Thought of Cars (5:03)
3. Coping (3:23)
4. Globe Alone (2:43)
5. Parklife (3:37)
6. The Universal (5:09)

Format: Vinyl / 12” Album (Coloured Vinyl)

No of Discs: 2

Label: Parlophone

Catalogue No: 5026854069753

Barcode: 5026854069753

Release Date: 18 Apr 2026