Blur To Close London 2012 Olympics With Hyde Park Gig

Blurhave confirmed they will play The Specials and New Order.

Promising that the gig will be bigger and better than ever before, bassist Alex James revealed toDamon Albarn added: "Hopefully it won't take quite as long to learn all the songs again this time.

"For me personally, it's a very sober regime. I have to clean my act up completely. I can't perform with the right intensity unless I do."

Blur are set to pick up theThe Brit Awards tonight (21st February), where they will also play a record 11-minute set, consisting of five songs.

Albarn andGraham Coxonalso William Orbit tweeted that he had [uuid=62ffba62-95bb-4b5e-8a1e-52b4b611abf9]been in the studio with the band, with reports suggesting they've been working on a batch of new songs.

Tickets for the BT London Live Closing Ceremony Celebration Concert go on sale on Friday at 9am. Check out www.btlondonlive.com for more information.

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