April 19th, 2012 by 
Pete
2012 is a big year for Blur, not only are the band headlining the Olympics closing ceremony concert, this year also marks the 21st anniversary of the release of their debut album Leisure.
As announced on the official Blur Facebook and Twitter pages; To celebrate this landmark a new deluxe box set is to be released along with expanded remastered albums and a new vinyl box.
Blur 21: The Box
Blur 21: The Box
- All seven remastered albums – each with a bonus disc that contains unreleased extras, exclusive artwork, expanded booklets including liner notes based on new interviews with the band.
- Four discs of rarities, exclusive to the box set. Includes 3½ hours of previously unreleased material.
- Three DVDs includes two pivitol live shows (Showtime at Alexandra Palace on 7th October 1994, the previously unreleased 1½ hour long Singles Night show from Wembley on 11th December 1999 and an entire DVD of Blur video rarities.
- Collectable 7″ single of the rare and previously unreleased live recording of the Seymour-era Blur song Superman.
- Deluxe hard-bound book telling the story of Blur’s 21 year career.
Blur 21: The Vinyl Box
Blur 21: The Vinyl Box
contains all seven vinyl formats of the Blur albums collected together and housed in a study hard case, presenting the definitive collection of Blur vinyl.
Additionally all seven of the remastered albums will be available individually, each with bonus disc of material that includes previously unreleased extras, exclusive Blur artwork postcards, expanded booklets including previously unseen photographs and liner notes based on a brand new interview with the band.
The sets are due for release on 30th July 2012.
Amazon currently has Blur 21: The Box
