Bloc Party: massive January tour and album news

Bloc Party have officially announced a series of dates for the new year.

The London four-piece will be promoting their new album, their second, around the time of the tour dates. A Weekend In The City is likely to be released sometime in early 2007, preceded by a single, 'The Prayer', on January 29.

The album's tracklisting looks a little like this:

1 'Song For Clay (Disappear Here)'
2 'Hunting For Witches'
3 'Waiting For the 7.18'
4 'The Prayer'
5 'Uniform'
6 'On'
7 'Where Is Home?'
8 'Kreuzberg'
9 'I Still Remember'
10 'Sunday'
11 'SRXT'

Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday, October 27, at 9am. Dates as follows...

January
27 Southampton Guildhall
28 Norwich UEA
31 London Astoria

February
1 + 2 London Astoria
3 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
5 Reading Hexagon
6 Cardiff University
7 Bristol Academy
9 Exeter University, Great Hall
10 Birmingham Academy
11 Nottingham Rock City
13 Cambridge Corn Exchange
14 Manchester Academy
16 Dublin Ambassador
17 Glasgow Barrowlands
18 Aberdeen Music Hall
20 Edinburgh Corn Exchange
21 Newcastle Carling Academy
22 Sheffield Octagon

Support bands are to be announced, but DiS knows they're gonna be good... any guesses?