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Exclusive: Bloc Party to play Barfly gig

disnews by DiS News [Edit this content] ▾ 37 comments 15:30 January 13th, 2005
Bloc Party @ Islington Academy

Quite hot new band, Bloc Party, are to play a special date at London's Barfly venue in Camden on Wednesday 16th February.

The fearsome foursome are to return to the venue of the DiS 2003 Xmas party in which we came in our pants. This time it's under the XFM Xposure banner, to celebrate the lovely John Kennedy's 6th radio birthday.

Joining them on a bill selected by Kele and co. themselves will be London darlings Neil's Children and chat sensation of the year, Battle.

Tickets, which are a paltry £5, go on sale at 10.00am on Monday (17th Jan) through this here link:

 In other Battle related news, the quartet are to play a run of lead-up dates:

 January

24 London - Marquee (Paul Epworth Curates / Tsunami Relief Fund)

27 London - Buffalo Bar (Rock Feedback night) with Yeti (John Hassall ex-Libertines)

Full line up for DiS' Paul Epworth/Charity event will be announced tomorrow. But honestly, it's going to be phat grime.

Oh, and Bloc Party are also doing a signing tour in support of their debut single...

January

HMV Norwich (4.30pm )

February HMV Bristol (5.30pm - February 1)
HMV Brighton (5.30pm - 2) HMV Cambridge (5.30pm - 4)

Bloc Party Battle Yeti

Exclusive: Bloc Party to play Barfly gig

I wasn't even slightly interested until you said 'phat grime'. Now I've gone and bought the Barfly.
Guthrie | 13 Jan '05, 15:34 | X | Reply

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Obviously you've seen them then... I thought the singer was actually Asian...
GarethD @prole_art_threat | 13 Jan '05, 15:40 | X | Reply

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I thought Neil's Children were the worst band I saw in the whole of 2004.
Honestly.
Mike_Diver @GarethD | 13 Jan '05, 15:45 | X | Reply

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Apart from Selfish C*nt, obviously.
Mike_Diver @Mike_Diver | 13 Jan '05, 15:47 | X | Reply

Exclusive: Bloc Party to play Barfly gig

Battle this, Battle that. Battle this n Battle that. Raaaaaah!

Neils Children don't really seem that good. They're rather angsty children aren't they? 'mummy! I HATE models, cos they're so THIN, and my girlfriends a FATTY'

and so on.
Moscow | 13 Jan '05, 15:49 | X | Reply

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i heard them on an nme cd
they sounded like shellac through a garage rock blender.
with shitty vocals.
thought theyd be quite good live.
alcxxk @Mike_Diver | 13 Jan '05, 15:50 | X | Reply

Exclusive: Bloc Party to play Barfly gig

heavens. I most definitely have to be at the gig.

although if I manage to get a ticket etc, I will be standing at the back, because I rather like having some feeling in my legs- damn barrierless wee venues.
ailsa | 13 Jan '05, 15:52 | X | Reply

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That show will be at the Marquee. WORD
crablin @Guthrie | 13 Jan '05, 15:58 | X | Reply

Exclusive: Bloc Party to play Barfly gig

Is this the exclusive that's been chatted about on www.blocparty.net for the last week?
Damian | 13 Jan '05, 16:08 | X | Reply

Exclusive: Bloc Party to play Barfly gig

and Bloc Party's official site has had it up on the gigs for about a month? I want to go though. A lot.
Effloresce_Sean | 13 Jan '05, 16:38 | X | Reply

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Well, did you read about it on the cover on the NME?
Of course the BP ghetto knew about it first!
sean @Effloresce_Sean | 13 Jan '05, 18:27 | X | Reply

Exclusive: Bloc Party to play Barfly gig

towers of london are a band who are riding high on the success of the darkness. they have twat hair. and twat songs. and they're probably cunts.

bloc party however, despite the FUCKING LARGE media hype which usually sends me in the opposite direction from the subjects, are really really good.
josh | 13 Jan '05, 21:50 | X | Reply

Exclusive: Bloc Party to play Barfly gig

Bloc Party are shit. Not helped by the stupid media hype either. A band sure to dismantle by the end of this year
mass | 13 Jan '05, 23:17 | X | Reply

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"A band sure to dismantle by the end of this year"

i doubt that VERY much. they seem like more of a close-knit, focused unit than many bands. they have the attention of people right across the spectrum - from those looking for the latest cool thing to buy into, to the casually-interested gig punter, to the people who aren't remotely charmed by any of the scene-orientated hype that surrounds most "buzz" bands. and they seem to have a healthy crop of people who hate them too. i'd say they've hit the ground running...

xxx
-gen- @mass | 14 Jan '05, 01:05 | X | Reply

Exclusive: Bloc Party to play Barfly gig

one of them went to my college, which displays success through torture
Janeyferr | 14 Jan '05, 01:37 | X | Reply

Exclusive: Bloc Party to play Barfly gig

According to Xfm last night, on sale next Monday at 10am. A fiver.

Be quick, I'd say.
Damian | 14 Jan '05, 07:55 | X | Reply

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OK, but that was already in the article.
crablin @Damian | 14 Jan '05, 18:46 | X | Reply

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clever old me was raring to go at 9.30. i had a PLAN, like. sitting here staring at my screen bugeyed, waiting for the damn link to produce the goods. bam, there it was... and bam, i'd left my smegging card downstairs. AAARGH.

[no, i was not quick enough :p]

xxx
-gen- @River_Man | 17 Jan '05, 10:28 | X | Reply

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