Blur have been announced as the headline act for this year's Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park, on June 20.
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Senior Vice President at Live Events, Jim King said of the news: "There are few things in life that are as brilliant and as quintessentially British as Blur playing an outdoor gig in London. With new material and the new and improved production at Hyde Park this show is set to be one of the best Blur shows of all time."
This makes the group the only artists to play Hyde Park four times, and comes just after the news was announced that Blur would release their first new album in 16 years.
'The Magic Whip' will be released on April 27 through Parlophone, containing recordings that were created during a break in touring back in Spring of 2013.
Tracklisting for the record is as follows:
- 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
Further headlines for Hyde Park include Kylie Minogue who'll take to the stage alongside Chic, Nile Rodgers and Grace Jones on June 21, whilst Taylor Swift, Paul Weller, Kaiser Chiefs and Johnny Marr will perform on June 26. Ellie Goulding joins John Newman for the final date on June 27.
Tickets go on general sale from Friday, February 27 at 9am.