Blur are playing a secret gig in London tonight, the band have confirmed.

A statement on their website reads: “To celebrate today's release of Midlife: A Beginners Guide To Blur': Blur will be playing a short live set somewhere in London tonight (June 15).”

It continues that the first 170 people to turn up at the Brixton Academy box office from 11am this morning will get tickets.

Blur performed an ultra low-key show at the East Anglian Railway Museum in Colchester on Saturday (June 13), the scene of their first ever gig.

(by Scott Colothan)