Damon Albarn dropped one heck of a Blur bombshell as the Britpop veterans played the second of two headline performances at the much-derided Coachella Festival this weekend. “In the spirit of clarity and truth, this is probably our last gig,” he said. “No reflection on Coachella – I love Coachella.”

It says a lot about the reception Albarn and bandmates had received at their first Coachella show the week previously that the second gig was regarded as an improvement – even if it did see the singer apparently announcing the end of Blur. Seven days earlier, on April 13, the usually matey Albarn had thrown an “I’m not angry – just disappointed” dad-strop when the Coachella audience declined to sing along to mega-hit Girls…