By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter Published: 09:52 EDT, 8 October 2024 | Updated: 10:55 EDT, 8 October 2024
Blur guitarist Graham Coxon is locked in a High Court battle with his wife as they go through divorce proceedings, it was revealed today.Mr Coxon appeared for an interim hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on September 19 before Mr Justice Peel in relation to his separation from Soraya Coxon.The judge ruled that while Mr Coxon, represented by Rosanne Godfrey-Lockwood, and Mrs Coxon, represented by Michael Glaser KC, could be identified, no details of the case can be published.A further hearing is expected to be held at a later date. Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, leaving the Royal Courts of Justice, London, following an interim hearing in relation to his separation from Soraya Coxon Mr Coxon is best known as the lead guitarist in Colchester Britpop band BlurBlur first came to public attention when their second single, 1991’s There’s No Other Way, reached number eight in the UK singles chart before they achieved worldwide fame with their third album, 1995’s Parklife.The band – which also includes lead singer Damon Albarn, bass player Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree – has scored 13 UK top 10 singles and seven number one albums.They recently embarked on a world tour, including two homecoming gigs at Wembley last summer.Last month Mr Coxon described being ‘lost’ after the break-up of his marriage.But he has found love with Rose Elinor Dougall, whose grandfather was eminent BBC newsreader Robert Neill Dougall.The couple have formed a new band called The Waeve, releasing their first album City Lights in September.They also have a two-year-old daughter.His marriage to Soraya Coxon reportedly collapsed in around 2020. The former couple have a daughter. Graham Coxon is in a band called The Waeve with his new partner Rose Elinor Dougall (pictured together). They have a daughter Blur’s Graham Coxon (lead guitar), Damon Albarn (vocals, keyboard), Dave Rowntree (drums) and Alex James (bass) in 1997’It was extremely traumatic. That’s when I knew I needed therapy’, he told The Times.He returned to the UK and says he met Ms Dougall, and made music together. They then fell in love and had a child.’I didn’t know what I was going to be doing. I had just gone through a big loss of confidence, so I liked the idea of working with someone who could sing and play piano and take the strain a little bit. I don’t think either of us expected it to go the way it did’, he said.’I’ve always been socially awkward, which is why it’s great going out with Rose because she’s lively and she enjoys the moment.’My attitude back then was: why are people talking to me, just because I’m in a band? For years I was the snarling person in the corner, hiding in a pub in Camden. I was the problematic Blur boy’.
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Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, 55, is locked in High Court divorce battle with wife Soraya Coxon