Originally written by Luke Slater · 4 May 2010
Bloc Party frontman and arguable band leader Kele Okereke recently announced that he would release his solo debut record in July, through Wichita Recordings. Now there's a small slice of it to listen to, as well as a UK and Irish tour ANNNNNNND more: the album art has also been revealed. Let's take a look at that first. Looks fairly illustratively simple and straightforward...
And now the song itself, 'Tenderoni':
And finally those tour dates:
May: 14 - Dolans, Limerick 15 - Cyprus Avenue, Cork 16 - The Academy, Dublin 17 - Spring and Airbrake, Belfast
June: 11 - Plug, Sheffield 12 - Warehouse Project Fest, Manchester 24 - Digital, Brighton
July: 1 - Cockpit, Leeds 2 - Academy 2, Oxford 3 - University, Southampton 5 - Waterfront, Norwich 6 - Village Underground, London 8 - Digital, Newcastle 12 - Thekla, Bristol 13 - Ultra!, Nottingham 14 - O2 Academy 2, Birmingham 28 - Leeds Festival, Leeds 29 - Reading Festival, Reading
The Boxer comes to you via Wichita on June 21. 'Tenderoni' will be with you a week earlier, on June 14.