Blur Breaks Up

I suppose Blur has been on "hiatus" for a while now and since Damon Albarn keeps releasing new albums will new collaborators it certainly shouldn't come as a shock. But when one of the members of Blur is running for political office (he wants to rep the poor people ignored in one of London's wealthiest neighborhoods), it hits home. Blur is kaput. A reunion is always possible, but that's what it would be. In other words, they're not taking a few years off, they're through.