Blur play "Ong Ong" on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show
01 May 2015, 14:50
| Written by
Laurence Day
Blur took to US network TV for the first time together since 2002 yesterday to perform "Ong Ong".
It's one of the album's out-and-out pop songs, and sees Damon Albarn strumming away on an acoustic guitar, backed by a chorus of backing vocals and a seesawing Alex James.
You can read our review of The Magic Whip (out now on Parlophone) here.
Check out the "Ong Ong" below.
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