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31.07.2023 - 07:09 / ok.co.uk
Blur bassist Alex James played to the band's biggest-ever crowds at Wembley this summer - but he says it was nothing compared to raising five children.The 54-year-old shares Geronimo, 19, twins Artemis and Galileo, 17, and daughters Sable, 14, and 13-year-old Beatrix with his wife Claire Neate, and the whole family live on a 200-farm in Oxfordshire. As of Beatrix's birthday in June, Alex is now officially the dad of five teenagers, all of whom were at home when OK! visited his farm for a sneak peek at his life off-stage. "“Playing bass in a rock band is the easiest f*****g job in the world,” he told us.
“Especially compared to things like cooking the kids’ breakfasts and washing up afterwards.” For Alex, being a busy dad is harder than being an in-demand rockstar. "I’ve now got five teenagers,” he said. "So the Blur tour couldn’t have come at a better time because they’re all really enjoying the gigs.
You know, it’s very hard for a father to impress a teenager." Blur - whose lead singer is Damon Albarn - have been enjoying the revival to beat all revivals this summer with a tour that included two sell-out gigs at Wembley Stadium, which holds a whopping 95,000 people. As part of the band's hectic schedule, Alex has flown - or is just about to jet off to - countries including Denmark, Belgium, Italy, France, and far afield as Japan. “The current tour schedule has worked out so well, because it’s quite gently paced – just a couple of shows a week.
Claire and the kids came to Denmark with us, which was brilliant. We’ve been making a nice family summer out of it.” It's extra special this around though, he said, because all his kids have been to see him perform. He added, “This time the kids were all there, bouncing up and
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Alex James was a rockstar of the nineties with his Britpop band Blur , crafting the soundtrack to a decade with the likes of Parklife and Girls & Boys. Life now is very different though, he tells OK! in an exclusive chat and walkabout his farm, as he spends his days tending to the land, feeding his army of five teenage children, and organising their annual on-site music festival.
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