Alex James gifts Blur bandmates with cheese for Christmas
26 December 2025, 08:00
The Blur bassist told Radio X's Johnny Vaughan why Christmas is his favourite time of the year.
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Alex James gifts his Blur bandmates with cheese for Christmas.
The Blur bassist famously swapped the rock 'n' roll lifestyle for cheese farming in the Cotswolds and he admitted his second vocation comes in handy during the festive period.
Asked by Johnny Vaughan in 2022 if he gets presents for the Britpop band - completed by frontman Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon and drummer Dave Rowntree - he revealed: "I normally send them some cheese. Yes, I do. It’s kind.”
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"It’s absolutely my favourite time of year," he said when speaking about Christmas on the whole. "When the cheese comes out at lunch time, that’s my favourite moment of the whole year."
When it came to his expert opinion on what to have on your festive cheese platter, he said: “My advice. Just get one big one of cheese. Get a proper wheel of it. A big wheel of blue...”
