Blur - Parklife (ft. Phil Daniels) (Glastonbury 2009)

What this video is

This footage documents one of the most emotionally resonant moments of Blur's career: their headline reunion performance at Glastonbury 2009 on 28 June, following a six-year hiatus and reunion announced in December 2008. The band's return to the Pyramid Stage carried enormous symbolic weight for British indie and Britpop culture, with 'Parklife' — performed with original spoken-word guest Phil Daniels — functioning…

Why it matters

As a live performance document, this clip holds exceptional genre significance as a record of Britpop's most celebrated anthem being performed at scale during a culturally loaded reunion. 'Parklife' is widely considered one of the defining tracks of Britpop and British 1990s pop culture. Its…

The director

Christopher Heary is a London-based multi-award-winning television series producer, director, and writer with credits across BBC, Channel 4, Discovery, Food Network, Sky, and MTV. Known for The Mullet Man Show (2003), Punk'd (2003), and The Hills (2006). His…