At Blur’s performance at Hong Kong Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo, Damon Albarn announced that the band are to work on a new record.

via Pitchfork

Blur’s show at Hyde Park to mark the end of the London 2012 Olympics is now available to download from iTunes.

The show, which looks like it could be Blurs last ever gig, will also be available on CD from next week. The set also includes bonus tracks from the bands warm up shows.

Finally, in November a deluxe set including the 3 CDs of audio from the shows as well as a DVD of the Hyde Park concert and another CD featuring ‘Blur Live at the 100 Club’ recorded at the London club in August.

Both sets can be pre-ordered here.

Blur recently performed their first ever live session for BBC 6 Music at Maida Vale studios. Listen to the show and see the photos over on the 6 Music website.

You can also listen to a chat with the band and Steve Lamacq below.

Following the 6 Music set, Blur performed again for BBC Radio 2. You can listen to that over on the Radio 2 website.

UPDATE: Under the Westway and The Puritan are now available to download from iTunes.

Delighted to say next Monday you can hear the brand new @blurofficial single Under The Westway on the show for the first time ever!!!

— Steve Lamacq (@BBClamacqshow) June 25, 2012

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. A deluxe 21 disc set, featuring:

• 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 and Blur 21: The Vinyl Box available for pre-order at £157.99 each.

Blur 21