Colchester chart stars Blur have lined up their first UK shows since 2000.

The band will play four nights at Astoria, London, in May.

It will be Blur's first British shows since guitarist and founder member Graham Coxon left last year.

His place will be taken by Simon Tong, formerly of The Verve.

The concerts will include tracks from their seventh studio album Think Tank, due out on May 5.

Their first single for 30 months, Out of Time, goes on sale on April 21.

Concert tickets go on sale on Friday - watch for coach and ticket reader trips in the Evening Gazette and Evening Echo

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Published Tuesday, February 25, 2003

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