The Who will premiere a "mini-opera" about three children who form a rock band at this October's Electric Proms, frontman Pete Townshend says.

The piece, which contains 11 songs, is about "three kids who form a band and they discover a stash of papers by some has-been rock star, talking about a massive internet experiment," he told Radio 1. "It just seemed to me to be an appropriate thing to play."

Damon Albarn will also be showing off his work with ex-Clash bassist Paul Simonon and ex-Verve and current Gorillaz musician Simon Tong - 'The Good The Bad And The Queen' - which he says is the follow-up to Blur's seminal Britpop album 'Parklife.' They'll be playing the Roundhouse in Camden on October 26.

The first tickets go on sale tomorrow.