Dave Rowntree

Acting

Dave Rowntree

Born 1964-05-08 · Colchester, Essex, England, UK

David Alexander De Horne Rowntree (born 8 May 1964) is an English musician, politician, solicitor, composer and animator. He is the drummer for the rock band Blur and was a Labour Party councillor in Norfolk County Council from 2017 until 2021.

Acting credits

blur: Live at Wembley Stadium poster
7.4

A cinematic concert film immortalizing blur’s biggest shows to date. Highlights include The Narcissist and St Charles Square from the recent acclaimed #1 album, ‘The Ballad of Darren’, as well as There’s No Other Way, Popscene, Beetlebum, Trimm Trabb, Villa Rosie, Coffee & TV, Under the Westway, Out of Time, To the End, Parklife, Song 2, This is a Low, Girls & Boys, Tender, and The Universal.

blur: Live at Wembley Stadium

2024

Starshaped poster
8.2

Three years of candid camera on the road with Blur, from Reading 1991 through the dark ages of the EEC in 1992 and then on to Modern Life. This tour film features live footage including scenes from Glastonbury ’92, the Heineken Music Festival ’94 in Nottingham, and festivals in Germany, Denmark and Sweden. It is a fascinating rockumentary about the early days of one of the most influential bands of the 1990s.

Starshaped

1993

Blur: The Singles Night - Live at Wembley Arena poster
10.0

On December 11th, 1999, Blur performed a setlist featuring all their released singles at the time at Wembley Stadium.

Blur: The Singles Night - Live at Wembley Arena

1999

Bananaz poster
7.3

A documentary on the cryptic cartoon band, Gorillaz. From 2000-2006 director Ceri Levy filmed the creators behind the scenes, revealing the first drawings, animations and music, and following the evolution of the group through to the album Demon Days.

Bananaz

2008

B-Roads poster
NR

Follows the band Blur during the The Great Escape era.

B-Roads

1995

blur: To the End poster
7.4

Iconic British band blur (“Song 2”, “Girls & Boys”) comes together to record their first album in eight years – the chart-topping The Ballad of Darren – and prepare for the biggest concerts of their career, two sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium. With footage of the band in the studio and on the road, plus performances of their much-loved, seminal songs.

blur: To the End

2024

Blur: Live at Hyde Park poster
8.4

Hyde Park Concert Film, July 2009. Blur: Live At Hyde Park is the definitive live Blur concert film. Directed by Giorgio Testi, the film was shot on the 2nd of July 2009 in front of a crowd of 55,000 fans in London's Hyde Park. The gigs were the climax of their hugely successful 2009 comeback tour and saw the band play a 25-song, career spanning set to a rapturous reception from fans. Shot using 18 cameras and featuring stunning HD cinematography, the film lovingly documents Blur's incredible Hyde Park performances. Intro / She's So High / Girls & Boys / Tracy Jacks / There's No Other Way / Jubilee / Badhead / Beetlebum / Out Of Time / Trimm Trabb / Coffee and TV / Tender / Country House / Oily Water / Chemical World / Sunday Sunday / Parklife / End Of Century / To The End / This Is A Low / Popscene / Advert / Song 2 / Death Of A Party / For Tomorrow / The Universal

Blur: Live at Hyde Park

2010

Blur: The Magic Whip: Made in Hong Kong poster
NR

'The Magic Whip: Made in Hong Kong’ is a 30-minute film about the making of blur’s new album, featuring exclusive interviews and personal studio footage shot by the band.

Blur: The Magic Whip: Made in Hong Kong

2015

blur | The Best Of poster
8.3

Blur: The Best Of is a greatest hits compilation album by English Britpop band Blur, first released in late 2000 and is the final Blur album by Food Records. It was released on CD, cassette tape, MiniDisc, double 12" vinyl record, DVD and VHS. The CD album includes 17 of Blur's 23 singles from 1990 to 2000, plus non-single, "This Is a Low". A special edition of the CD version included a live CD. The DVD/VHS version contains the videos of Blur's first 22 singles. The album, which has had enduring sales, hit number 3 in the band's native UK in the autumn of 2000, while denting the US charts at number 186. The cover is by artist Julian Opie. The painting of this Blur album can be found at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England. The album's cover bears some similarity to that of Queen's 1982 Hot Space.

blur | The Best Of

2000

The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen' poster
NR

In August 1995 Blur and Oasis were engaged in a head-to-head chart battle which divided music fans and led to a wider argument about British pop music. John Harris, journalist and author of The Last Party - the definitive study of the entwinement of music and politics in the 1990s - presents a documentary charting the rise of Britpop, its brief romance with New Labour and the emergence of 'new lad' culture. Finally, as Britpop declines, he asks what legacy it has left. Including contributions from Blur's Graham Coxon, Elastica's Justine Frischmann, Sleeper's Louise Wener, former New Labour insider Darren Kalynuk, and the founder of Creation records, Alan McGee.

The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'

2005

Blur: Live 13 & Bonus Footage poster
9.5

B.L.U.R.E.M.I., No Distance Left to Run, Tender, Battle, Beetlebum, Bugman, Trimm Trabb, Mellow Song & Song 2 (Live 13 at London Depot, 10 March 1999). Plus, Seymour - Dizzy, There's No Other Way BBC Live Version (1st TV Performance), To the End (La Comedie) with Francoise Hardy, It Could Be You, Music Is My Radar, Out of Time, Crazy Beat & Good Song (Promo Videos).

Blur: Live 13 & Bonus Footage

1999

Oasis vs. Blur | Duel at the Peak of Britpop poster
6.8

During the 90s, Britpop dominated the airwaves and an epic pop rivalry sparked into life when Blur’s single ‘Country House’ went up against Oasis’s ‘Roll With It’ in the charts.

Oasis vs. Blur | Duel at the Peak of Britpop

2014

blur: Parklive poster
8.2

Britpop stalwarts blur captured live in performance in the summer of 2012. The gig, held in Hyde Park on August the 12th, was a companion concert to the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games. The songs performed by the band include 'Coffee and TV', 'Country House', 'Parklife' and 'No Distance Left to Run'.

blur: Parklive

2012

Blur: No Distance Left to Run poster
7.4

A documentary film about the British rock band Blur. Following the band during their 2009 reunion and tour, the film also includes unseen archive footage and interviews.

Blur: No Distance Left to Run

2010

blur | In Concert BBC Radio 2 poster
10.0

A special Radio 2 In Concert performance from blur, recorded in the BBC Radio Theatre in front of a small audience. The set features a selection of classic blur tracks as well as new material.

blur | In Concert BBC Radio 2

2023

Blur at the BBC poster
8.0

Over the years, Damon, Graham, Alex and Dave have helped to change the face of British music, constantly evolving and leaving musical rivals in their wake. This collection of blur’s greatest performances on the BBC delivers all the hits and more, capturing the band’s crowd-pleasing side through fan favourites like Country House, Parklife, and Girls and Boys, as well as their more sensitive and soulful side with tracks including Coffee + TV, Beetlebum, Tender and Out of Time.

Blur at the BBC

2023

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10.0

On December 11th, 1999, Blur performed a setlist featuring all their released singles at the time at Wembley Stadium.

Blur: The Singles Night - Live at Wembley Arena

2012

Blur: Showtime - Live At Alexandra Palace poster
9.0

Showtime is a video recording by British rock band Blur, released in February 1995. Directed and edited by Matthew Longfellow and produced by Ceri Levy, the film is a recording of the band's gig at Alexandra Palace, London, England on 7 October 1994.

Blur: Showtime - Live At Alexandra Palace

1994

Blur: Live on MTV Most Wanted poster
7.0

Blur playing two hits, in less than 10 minutes

Blur: Live on MTV Most Wanted

1994

Blur: New World Towers poster
7.1

Charts the iconic British band’s sprawling journey over the last few years – from an unexpected break in Hong Kong which sowed the seeds for their first album as a four piece in 16 years, to a glorious home coming show in London and, finally, an emotional reunion with their Hong Kong audience.

Blur: New World Towers

2015

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NR

On October 8th, 2015, Blur performed a career-spanning set at Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile, featuring classics from across their discography, including songs from The Magic Whip, their first studio album in twelve years.

Blur - Live at Movistar Arena

blur at the Zénith, Paris poster
2.0

Blur peform live at Le Zénith in Paris, 2015.

blur at the Zénith, Paris

2015

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NR

Blur present “The Ballad of Darren”, a very special, one-off, global performance of their highly-anticipated new album.

Blur Presents The Ballad of Darren

2023