Bloc Party: Last News

Bloc Party have announced that they will be releasing their classic ‘Little Thoughts’ EP for Record Store Day 2025.Back in 2023, the band shared that ‘Little Thoughts’ as well as “every song missing” from their catalogue would be added to streaming services. The EP and tracks were added to streaming services in early 2024.

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.

Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, Jake Bugg, Travis and more have been announced as performers at this year’s edition of Splendour Festival.The annual Nottingham music bash has returned after last year’s cancellation, which left organisers frustrated. This year, the fest is set to return to its usual home of Wollaton Park over the weekend of July 19-20.The likes of Clean Bandit, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Natasha Bedingfield, Echo & The Bunnymen, Seasick Steve, The Levellers, The Fratellis, Cardinals, Overpass, TSSFU and more are also set to perform over the weekend, with more acts set to be announced soon.Day tickets for the Splendour Festival are now available starting from £69 plus a booking fee for general admission.

Bloc Party have confirmed a host of support acts for their ‘On The Beach’ show in Brighton this summer. Check out the full line-up below.The London band announced last October that they’d be performing their 2005 debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ in full at the event to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

Kele Okereke has opened up about a new Bloc Party album and teased that it will be “very personal and confessional”.In a new interview with Billboard, the musician opened up about his recently released solo album ‘The Singing Winds Pt. 3’ which marked the third instalment in Okereke’s series called ‘The Elements’, a string of solo albums by the Bloc Party frontman that originated in lockdown.Previous releases in the series include ‘The Waves Pt.

Bloc Party – has formed a new band, The None, and announced their new EP ‘Care’.Comprised of Moakes, vocalist Kai Whyte (Blue Ruth, Youth Man), guitarist Jim Beck (Cassels) and drummer Chris Francombe (Frauds), the band have also shared the EP’s lead single ‘On Automatic’, a raucous and rowdy track that features a clanky guitar riff, pounding drums and a deep bass line. Paired with Whyte’s distinct and edgy vocals, the track feels both fun and uneasy. You can listen to the song on the band’s Bandcamp page here.Speaking about the creation of the song in a press release, the band shared: “There was some uncertainty when we started writing this one.

Reading & Leeds 2025 have been announced – with Chappell Roan, Travis Scott, Bring Me The Horizon and Hozier all set to headline. Check out the full bill so far and ticket details below.After a blockbuster 2024 edition that saw Liam Gallagher, Lana Del Rey, Fred Again.., Blink-182, Catfish & The Bottlemen and Gerry Cinnamon top the bill, the twin-site festival will next year saw four headliners above a raft of other huge names and rising talent.Chappell Roan will be making the victory lap off the back of the phenomenal slowburn success of her debut album ‘The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess‘, appearing at R&L as an English headline exclusive.Travis Scott will be bringing the wild world of his ‘Utopia: Circus Maximus’ tour to the UK with his only 2025 European festival appearance, while Bring Me The Horizon return to headline for a second time as they continue to take their celebrated 2024 album ‘Post Human: Nex Gen‘ on the road with their only 2025 UK festival appearance.

Bloc Party have removed their new release ‘A Weekend In The City: B-Sides’ from streaming as the audio quality was “well below what we expect”.The collection of non-album tracks from the sessions for their second studio record was released today (November 22), but the band have withdrawn it from streaming platforms after finding that the sound quality was subpar.In a post on X, the band said: “The audio quality of A Weekend In The City B-Sides was well below what we expect, owing to a number of errors at the record label. We are looking to fix this as soon as possible, but until then we have removed the songs from streaming.

The Futureheads have told NME about their experience touring with The Killers during the 2005 NME Awards tour.The tour, which ran in the lead-up to the 2005 awards ceremony, saw The Killers, The Futureheads, Bloc Party and Kaiser Chiefs play shows across the UK. At the time, the venues – which included universities – were the biggest the bands had ever played in.Prior to 2005’s edition, the likes of Coldplay and Franz Ferdinand had become household names following their participation in the tour.Speaking to NME recently, Futureheads frontman Barry Hyde had been reminiscing about the impact of the tour, which provided a pivotal platform to the bands, who all went on to have illustrious careers.“All the bands hung out together, and there was a positive competitiveness.

Bloc Party have added huge Manchester and Brighton shows to their 2025 ‘Silent Alarm’ 20th anniversary tour plans.The announcement that they’d be playing the record in full comes after the band broke out the full tracklist in a special anniversary show in London this summer. Held at Crystal Palace Park on July 7, the gig marked their biggest headline show to date – performing to a 25,000-strong crowd for two hours.Following that, the indie rockers announced earlier this week they are set to play it in full at the 2025 edition of Live At Leeds, and were among the first names lined up for the all-day event, which will be held at Temple Newsam Park on May 24.Kele Okereke and co.

Bloc Party are set to play their debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ in full at the 2025 edition of Live At Leeds – find ticket details below.It comes as the band are among the first names lined up for the 2025 instalment of the all-day event, which will be held at Temple Newsam Park on May 24.Topping the bill, Kele Okereke and co. will take to the stage for a one-off show, marking the 20th anniversary of their debut album.

Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke has announced a new solo album ‘The Singing Winds Pt. 3’ and shared the new single ‘It Wasn’t Meant To Be’ – listen below.The singer and musician, who records under the name Kele, has also announced a new run of UK headline shows to take place in February 2025, which kick off in Glasgow’s Oran Mor on February 12 and run through Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester, London, Bristol and Oxford, before concluding in Brighton on February 22. Tickets go on presale on September 30 and general sale on October 1 and you can get yours here.‘The Singing Winds Pt.

Bloc Party drummer Matt Tong has opened up about leaving the band, calling Kele Okereke “an insurmountable obstacle”.Tong recently appeared on the 22 Grand Pod and addressed his 2013 exit from the band when he “quit mid-tour”. “It’s come to my attention very recently that, you know, a lot of people actually have inferred that maybe I had a drug problem.

Bloc Party played a huge one-off show in London over the weekend to celebrate 20 years as a band. Find footage of the gig, fan reactions and the full setlist below.Kele Okereke and co.

Bloc Party played a huge, fun-packed early evening set on the Other Stage at Glastonbury 2024 today (June 29), as well as airing new material. Check out what went down and the setlist below.The band, who are currently celebrating 20 years together on the road to a huge show playing classic debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ in London in full next month, delivered a career-spanning set – including fan-favourite ‘00s indie bangers ‘Banquet’, ‘Mercury’, ‘Flux’, ‘Helicopter’ and ‘So Here We Are’.

Bloc Party have announced an “exclusive” warm-up show to take place ahead of their string of appearances this summer – find all the details below.The band confirmed last December that they’d be playing their debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ in full at a huge outdoor gig in Crystal Palace this July to mark their 20th anniversary.The gig will be Kele Okereke and co’s biggest headline concert to date, with support coming from Friendly Fires, The Hives (UK exclusive performance), The Mysterines and Connie Constance.They have also announced two other live dates for the summer, with the first taking place at The Telegraph Building in Belfast on July 4 before performing at the 3Arena in Dublin the following night (July 5).A post shared by Bloc Party (@thisisblocparty)And now, Bloc Party have shared details of an “intimate” warm-up show ahead of their other appearances. It will take place at Birmingham’s O2 Institute on June 28, with tickets set to go on sale at 10am BST this Friday (April 26).

Bloc Party have finally released their classic track ‘Two More Years’ and other b-sides on all streaming platforms.The band’s 2005 track landed the Number Seven spot on the UK Charts upon its release and was pressed as a 7″ vinyl with the song ‘Hero’ as a b-side. ‘Hero’ has also been added to all streaming platforms as well.‘Two More Years’ is the latest track that Bloc Party made available for fans to stream after announcing late last year that they would be adding “every song missing” from their catalogue onto streaming platforms.They began by adding their 2004 EP ‘Little Thoughts’ to all platforms in celebration of the band’s 20th anniversary.

Bloc Party have announced that their ‘Little Thoughts’ EP as well as “every song missing” from their catalogue will be added to streaming services.In celebration of the band’s 20th anniversary, they have announced that their 2004 EP will finally be added to all music streaming platforms along with other tracks and remixes that were not available to be streamed previously.The songs from the ‘Little Thoughts’ EP as well as early fan favourites and B-sides such as ‘Tulips’ and ‘Skeleton’ have long been missing from services such as Spotify, much to fans’ dismay.Bloc Party shared the news in an Instagram post that read: “In 2024, we’ll also (finally!) be adding every song missing to all the streaming services during the year, it’s taken a long time for all the boring admin to get sorted, but by the end of next year we intend for every track, remix and EP to be live, starting with the ‘Little Thoughts’ EP – yes, including ‘Skeleton’, you can stop emailing, calling, texting, dming and commenting about it now

Bloc Party have announced a one-off London show to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ – find all the details below.The band are set to play their biggest concert to date at Crystal Palace Park in London on Sunday, July 7, 2024. Kele Okereke and co.

Kelly Clarkson performed a cover of Bloc Party’s 2004 single ‘Like Eating Glass’ on Monday’s (November 27) episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. The performance is part of the American Idol alum’s tradition of opening her talk show with a cover song.

Sam Ryder and Bloc Party have been added to the list of artists joining Music Venue Trust’s United By Music UK tours.Organised by The National Lottery and Music Venue Trust, the tour sees over 150 gigs visit over 130 venues across the UK, in support of the grassroots music sector.Now, adding to the already extensive list of musicians taking part, English alt-rock band Bloc Party have been added to the bill, as well as former Eurovision sensation Sam Ryder. The former will be performing next month, taking to the stage at The Hairy Dog venue in Derby on July 20, while Ryder will be headed to Southend on September 8 for a show at Chinnerys.Other previously announced artists taking part in the one-off shows around the UK include Cat Burns, Blossoms, Witch Fever, Hamish Hawk and Metronomy.“These are the venues where myself and so many of my pals started at and still play.