Blur will follow up their successful reunion last year by recording a new studio album in early 2011, according to one newspaper source today.
The UK’s Sun newspaper claims the four original members are planning to reconvene in the studio next month for the first time in over ten years.
“The lads will be getting in the studio early next year,” a ‘source’ told The Sun. “There’s no concrete plans regarding what they will do with the material, but if they’re all agreed it could become the first full Blur album to feature all four members in over a decade.”
The source added: “When they went into the studio earlier this year everyone was really pleased to discover that the old magic was still there. They would have liked to have done more, but Damon could not take part due to his commitments with Gorillaz. Now that he’s finished touring with the band he has more time on his hands.”
Any new album will be the first produced by Blur’s original line-up since 1999’s ‘13‘. After guitarist Graham Coxon left the band, the remaining members released the LP ‘Think Tank‘ in 2003.