Originally written by Gareth Dobson · 11 October 2004
The session ties in with the release of their fourth (already?) single, 'Helicopter' on October 25th, the second on their new(ish) home Wichita Records.
The foursome's Manchester gig three days later has been sold out for a number of months already.
The band's tour kicked off in Brighton yesterday, and when cornered for a quote, singer Kele informed us:
"It feels good being back on home soil - it's been a bonkers few months, what with the US tour, my heart operation and all those pregnancy scares, but we're back and better than ever".
We can only hope that Kele's heart holds out for the rest of the year, and that those aforementioned babyscam shams are indeed merely libellous chat.
Go see Bloc Party before they are locked up/ buried in the ground.
In other related news, Secret Machines have been announced as guests of Interpol on the New Yorker's tour of the UK. Which also features Bloc Party. It's like a jigsaw d'actualities, isn't it?
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Bloc Party headline tour:
October
11 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 12 London Lock 17 13 Bristol Fleece And firkin 15 Liverpool Barfly 16 Wrexham Central Station 17 Cardiff Iforbach 18 Leeds Cockpit 20 Birmingham Academy 2 21 Hull Welly Club 22 Newcastle Northumbria Uni 23 Middlesbrough Empire 25 Aberdeen Lemon Tree 26 Edinburgh Venue 27 Glasgow King Tuts 28 Nottingham Rescue Rooms 30 Sheffield Leadmill 31 Manchester Night And Day
Interpol UK dates
November (with Bloc Party)
20 London Forum
December (with Secret Machines)
15 Bristol Academy 16 Birmingham Academy 17 Glasgow Academy 18 Manchester Academy 19 Nottingham Rock City
Bloc Party do French dates on their own from the 6th to the 10th November before hooking up with Interpol on the 19th November for dates on the continent that last till the 7th December. Then Bloc Party head back to the UK for the:
Bloc Party Xmas Cheer Tour
December
13 Manchester Academy 3 14 London Heaven
...which isn't actually a tour, and we made the name of the tour up, but hey, it's gigs isn't it?
See Bloc Party video for Helicopters here
BLOC PARTY OVERLOAD!!!!