挺让我意外的，看来Dave要参加工党的竞选了（消息来源：官网论坛）：
Blur drummer turns schmooze operator
By Henry Deedes
Published: 10 April 2007
Of all the rock stars who have shunned the limelight, none has been more happy to do so than the Blur drummer, Dave Rowntree. So it comes as something of a surprise to learn that he now aims to plant himself front of stage at this May's local elections.
Rowntree has just announced his selection to stand as Labour's candidate for a forthcoming council by-election in Marylebone.
"I've been a long-standing member of the Labour party and active in local politics for a while. I'm chairman now of my local Labour branch," he says.
"I'm a Westminster resident and in my experience of living here, it all looks lovely - there are hanging baskets everywhere - but you only need to scratch the surface and see that there's a lot of deprivation and a lot of inequality around. I think someone needs to do something about it."
Rowntree is going to be facing an uphill task, since Marylebone traditionally maintains a strong Tory presence.
But on the off-chance he is successful, it will probably put paid to any rumours Blur were planning to reform. Besides the local grumbles piling up in his inbox, Rowntree would also be likely to find himself at loggerheads with the group's rabidly political frontman, Damon Albarn.
Albarn, once a loyal New Labour disciple, declined an invitation to Number 10 earlier this year by sending a refusal note that read: "I am no longer a New Labour supporter. I am now a Communist. Enjoy the schmooze, comrade."
