Devo have been invited to play at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, ahead of their first album in two decades.

The post-punk weirdos are coming out of retirement to wrap up a Victory Ceremony on February 22 that will be broadcasted to an estimated global audience of 3 billion. Other headline acts performing at a ceremony each night from February 13 to 27 include Feist, Usher, Our Lady Peace, and The Fray.

Devo will be showcasing new material alongside well-known earworms such as 'Whip It', as they prepare to release their first studio album since 1990's 'Smooth Noodle Maps'.

The band, which started as a multi-media experiment in 1974, plan to promote the new release with international festival appearances and a world tour covering North and South America, Europe, Japan and Australia.

In a suitably bonkers statement, Devo have described their latest outing, grandly titled 'De-evolution 2010':

"DEVO were collectively ready to relax in their matching LAZYBOY loungers, sipping drinks by the 19th hole, but the rate things have been falling apart, and the velocity of de-evolution these days left us with no choice but to get back out there and inform people that now, more than ever before, it is time to disobey the mob and think for ourselves! To remind people that biology is destiny, and de-evolution is real! We are back with inspirational tomes of truth and neuro-simpatico sonic nuggets for the entire world, not just our species!

From your inarticulate pal,
booji boy oxo'"

(by James Glazebrook)