blur: New Album & Live Show

Hyde Park Show - London - 20 June 2015

Announced at live Facebook event in Chinatown

It's 16 years since their last album as a four-piece and 27 April sees the release of a brand new album from on Parlophone, titled .

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The recordings, which began during a five-day break in touring in Spring 2013 - at Avon Studios in Kowloon, Hong Kong - were put aside when the group finished touring and returned to their respective lives.  

Last November Graham Coxon revisited the tracks and, drafting in 's early producer Stephen Street , he worked with the band on the material. Albarn then added lyrics and the 12 tracks of are the result.

The full tracklisting is: Lonesome Street, New World Towers, Go Out, Ice Cream Man, Thought I Was a Spaceman, I Broadcast, My Terracotta Heart, There are Too Many of Us, Ghost Ship, Pyongyang , Ong Ong , Mirror Ball.

See the video for the first track off the album here: http://smarturl.it/61i8sg

will be available as a digital download, on CD and as a 2-disc vinyl set.

As the only artists to play Hyde Park four times, will return to the historic London park for a headline show on Saturday 20th June 2015 as part of Tickets go on general sale at 9.00am on Friday 27 February and are priced from £75, for full details visit http://www.bst-hydepark.com

News of 's new album and show was announced exclusively with at a press conference in London's Chinatown which also gave fans across the world the chance to be part of the event via a live stream and Q&A. With millions of fans following on Facebook, this was an opportunity for the band to speak directly to their fans in real time, answering questions via their profile page.

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Further info: Brídín Murphy Mitchell at RMP on bridin@rmplondon.co.uk +44-(0)20-749-7999

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