In the words of another legendary British musician, stop me, stop me, stop me if you've heard this one before...Damon Albarn recently announced while on stage in Hong Kong that Blur will soon be returning to the studio to work on a new record. Let's hope it ends up better than the last time they tried that.

The lineup for this year's Coachella has been unveiled. Blur, The Stone Roses, Phoenix and Red Hot Chili Peppers will all be headlining. You can check out the full lineup in the replies.

Noel Gallagher is curating next year's Teenage Cancer Trust shows which take place in London's Royal Albert Hall. Not only does the line up include Ryan Adams, Kasabian and Primal Scream but the former Oasis member will be playing live supported by Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon of Blur, who he hopes to collaborate with on stage.

PropertyOfZack have posted another new segment from their Bands on Bands Feature. This time it's with Less Than Jake discussing blur.

Blur will release a five disc live album later this year titled Parklive. This special hardback book-bound edition will feature full live recordings from their recent 100 Club warm up show, their Olympics Closing Ceremony gig at Hyde Park in London on CD and DVD, a 60 page set of exclusive and rare photographs and many more rarities. You can view all of the various packages here.

Last night Blur started their live return with two sessions for the BBC. The band played new and old tracks including the first ever live performance of "Caramel" from 13 and rare airings of b-sides. Hit the replies to watch the band perform the new single "Under The Westway" live and check out the setlists for both shows. UK readers can watch both shows in full here and here.

A video of Blur performing and recording their new single "Under The Westway" in a London studio has now been posted online, you can check it out in the replies.

Hit the replies to hear two brand new Blur tracks titled "Under The Westway" and "The Puritan" which were debuted earlier this evening. You can also head here to watch the event as it happened, where the band played the tracks live from a rooftop in London.

Remember when Big Time Rush took an All Time Low song and turned it into a single? Well, they've done the same thing with "Song 2" by Blur - listen to Big Time Rush's "Windows Down" in the replies.

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Blur has confirmed that they will debut their new double a-side single "The Puritan"/"Under The Westway" live from a London rooftop on Twitter on July 2nd. The songs will then be available for download and a limited edition 7" will be released on August 6th. Head to the replies to watch Alex James (Bass) reveal more details in an official video.

It looks like Blur are set to premiere new material on July 2nd at 7:15pm (GMT). Their official Twitter page posted this a few hours ago as well as a a picture, which can be seen in the replies, of some lyrics which are taken from a song Damon Albarn recently played live titled "The Puritan".

A video of Damon Albarn playing live at POEM 2012 has surfaced which seems to be him premiering an acoustic version of a new Blur song titled "The Puritan". Hit the replies to watch it.

Bombay Bicycle Club has been added to Blur's Hyde Park, London show later this year. They join The Specials and New Order as support acts.

Blur has announce a few intimate UK tour dates leading up to their Hyde Park show. Check out all of the details in the replies.

Hit the replies to check out a selection of performances from this week's Later...with Jools Holland including Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz), St. Vincent and Richard Hawley.

Listen to a brand new Bobby Womack song titled "The Bravest Man In The Universe" in the replies. The track is taken from his forthcoming album of the same name which is released on June 12th via XL Recordings and was co-produced by Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) and Richard Russell.

Damon Albarn recently set the record straight on a previous article that claimed he said there would be no more Blur or Gorillaz.

From The Interview

"No. That comes from an article which was an interesting take on a very long conversation. I don’t know how we’ll feel when we play Hyde Park. [As for Gorillaz] When Jamie Hewlett and I have worked out our differences, I’m sure we’ll make another record. We’ve been through too much together for it to be that big of a mountain to climb. We’ve just fallen out like mates do sometimes. I’m not the only person to fall out with mates and then make up again – everyone does it."

Blur will be marking their 21st birthday with 21-disc box set.

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In a recent interview with The Guardian Damon Albarn spoke about how the forthcoming Hyde Park concert should be Blur's last and that the revival of Gorillaz is highly unlikely.

From The Interview

"I find it very easy to record with Graham (Coxon)," Albarn said. "He's a daily musician. With the other two, it's harder for them to reconnect … It's fine when we play live: it's really magical still. But actually recording new stuff, and swapping musical influences … it's quite difficult."

Stream Graham Coxon's (Blur) new album, A+E, over on The Guardian. The record is officially released on April 2nd.

Hit the replies to check out an interactive album sampler for Graham Coxon's (Blur) forthcoming release, A+E, which drops on April 2nd.

Head to the replies to see the new Graham Coxon (Blur) video for "What'll It Take".

Check out the winners from last night's BRIT Awards in the replies. The list includes the likes of Blur, Foo Fighters and Adele.

Blur will headline the "2012 Olympics' Closing Celebration Ceremony Concert" in London this year. They will be joined by New Order and The Specials at the show which is being billed as a "Best Of British" event.

Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon debuted a brand new Blur song at tonight's War Child gig in London, England. Head over to Consequence Of Sound to stream a live recording of the song titled, "Under The Westway."

Update: Watch a performance of this song from the same gig here.

Grab a free download of a brand new track titled "Truth" from Graham Coxon's (Blur) forthcoming solo album A+E here.

Hit the replies to check out the latest teaser video for Graham Coxon's (Blur) new album, A+E.

Head to the replies to listen to Damon Albarn's (Blur, Gorillaz) remix of Lana Del Rey's single "Born To Die".

According to producer William Orbit's recent tweets, Blur may well be back in the studio and working on a new album. Orbit produced 13, the group's last album before guitarist Graham Coxon left the band.

Blur will reunite to play the 2012 BRIT Awards next month but have also revealed to the NME that they are starting to think about recording together again too.

From The Interview

If Blur record anything that’s gonna be taken seriously by us four, it can’t just be a casual thing.

Graham Coxon (Blur) will release his new album, A&E, on April 2. Head to the replies to check out his UK tour dates in support of the release and a teaser video for the album.

Track Listing
1) Advice
2) City Hall
3) What’ll It Take
4) Meet+Drink+Pollinate
5) The Truth
6) Seven Naked Valleys
7) Running For Your Life
8) Bah Singer
9) Knife In The Cast
10) Ohh, Yeh, Yeh

Blur will receive the "Outstanding Contribution To Music Award" at the 2012 Brit Awards. The band's bassist, Alex James, has also hinted at the band getting together over Christmas to start recording new material.

Damon Albarn has confirmed that Blur have been meeting up regularly and recording again. He also hints at the possibility of playing live dates with the group soon.

From The Interview

Albarn added that he still gets an "amazing feeling" from playing with Blur and hinted at plans to play live with the band – possibly outside the UK – next year.

Watch The Get Up Kids cover Blur's "Girls & Boys" on The A.V. Club.

Watch Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) perform a new song called "Apple Carts" live on British television here. The song is taken from his forthcoming opera titled, Doctor Dee.

The Subways will release their new album in September. Money and Celebrity was produced by Stephen Street (Blur, The Smiths) and you can download a track from the album titled, "It's A Party" here for free.

Brother will release their debut album, Famous First Words, on July 4. The album was produced by Stephen Street (Blur, The Smiths) and you can see their latest video for "Still Here" in the replies.

Graham Coxon (Blur), Paloma Faith and Bill Ryder-Jones (The Coral) have collaborated on a new song called "Desire" which was commissioned by the shoe company, Converse. The song will be available to download on April 5 from here.

Graham Coxon has revealed that Blur are likely to meet and record new material, although we shouldn't expect to hear a new album too soon.

"Fools Day", the first new Blur song in seven years, is available for free download from the band's website.

Liam Gallagher (Oasis) is happy Blur is reuniting...for all the right reasons.

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I'm right into the Blur reunion, 'cos it'll finish off the Kaiser Chiefs and put them to bed. There's nothing worse than a shit Blur. And at least the original shit Blur are back to finish off all these other shit Blurs. I'm bang into the Blur reunion.

Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, and Blur will headline this year's Glastonbury.

Blur is reuniting with the original lineup intact.

Damon Albarn is now saying that a Blur reunion is "very possible."

NME is reporting that Blur is going to be reuniting next month to record a new album.