Blur bonded over YouTube footage

Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon decided to reform Blur after watching footage of their old performances on the Internet.

The Britpop pioneers announced their return on Tuesday ollowing a six-year hiatus that began when guitarist Coxon spectacularly walked out on the band while recording the album 'Think Tank'.

But after watching clips of themselves in their heyday on video-sharing website YouTube, the stars realised it was time to rediscover the "magic" they once shared.

Coxon said: "What happened was that I encountered that magic of Blur performances again through sites like YouTube."

Albarn adds: "I went online and watched a load of our old stuff just to remind myself what we were like."

And Coxon is adamant the group's comeback will be a triumphant one - because the band members have finally mastered their instruments: "It should sound better, I can play the guitar better - but that might be a bad thing! When we started I could hardly play the f**king guitar."

Albarn agrees: "I certainly couldn't sing then. We could hardly do anything when we started."