Blur's Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon have been announced as special guests for this year's Brit Awards preshow fundraising event. The two will also be appearing at the Brit Awards as Blur accepts the Outstanding Contribution To Music award.
Bassist Alex James recently revealed that the band would definitely be performing at the event, stating: "We're going to play, which is brilliant, it's like putting the Blues Brothers back together."
James had also previously hinted that the band were likely to record new music together again, although he suggested that they wouldn't release the songs as a full studio album.
Albarn and Coxon will join headliner Ed Sheeran and BBC Sound Of 2012 nominees Dry The River for the bash, which takes place at London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on February 19 and is being hosted by O2 and War Child.
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