Bloc Party and Metric to perform ‘Silent Alarm’ and ‘Fantasies’ in full on 2025 US summer tour

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Bloc Party and Metric have announced details of a joint US tour, kicking off later this year. Find ticket details below.Announced today (February 11), the upcoming tour will see both bands touring together for the first time since 2006 and celebrating some impressive milestones for 2025.

For Bloc Party this is the 20th anniversary of their seminal debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ and, to mark the occasion, will see them perform the tracklist in full alongside some greatest hits.For Metric, the shows will see them look back at their cult favourite album ‘Fantasies’, and will see them break out all of the tracks from the 2009 release as well as other hits from their back catalogue.“INDIE DREAMS DO COME TRUE,” the latter shared in a new Instagram post, sharing details of the tour. “We’re bringing ‘FANTASIES’ back to life this Spring!

We will be performing the album in its entirety on an extra special limited tour of 13 cities.They continued: “We’re hitting some epic venues like Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver and Forest Hills in NYC on this run alongside our pals in Bloc Party, who will be performing their iconic album SILENT ALARM.

Even better—our first headlining show in Toronto since 2022 will be at Budweiser Stage on Friday, June 6, with Bloc Party and our longtime friends The Dears opening the night.”A post shared by M E T R I C (@metric)The tour will kick off with an opening night at Just Like Heaven in Pasadena on May 10, and continue with stops at the MGM Music Hall in Boston and the Forest Hills Stadium in New York at the end of the month.Remaining shows all take place the following month and include stops in Washington, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Saltlake City and more.