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Blur are to debut two new songs on their Twitter feed
Page last updated at 11:39 GMT, Monday, 25 June 2012 12:39 UK
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A reunited Blur are to debut two new songs on Twitter.
The band will play the new tracks, which have not been performed in public, in a live web stream next week.
The performance on Monday comes ahead of their appearance at London's Hyde Park in August, in a show to mark the close of the Olympics.
The quartet will play Under The Westway and The Puritan from a secret location in the UK.
Damon AlbarnI wrote these songs for Hyde Park and I'm really excited about getting out there and playing them for people
The songs will later be available to download and a limited edition vinyl 7in single will be released by Parlophone on 6 August.
The live stream takes place on Twitter at 6.15pm on 2 July @blurofficial.
There will also be an interview with the band.
Frontman Damon Albarn said: "I wrote these songs for Hyde Park and I'm really excited about getting out there and playing them for people."
The group - made up of Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree - are also playing warm-up dates in August at Margate Winter Gardens, Wolverhampton Civic Hall and Plymouth Pavilions.
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