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Drowned in Sound Recordings' Canadian rockers Metric are to support Bloc Party to coincide with the release a new single.

The track, 'Empty', will be released on February 5th. The band support Bloc Party on dates running from January 27th to February 10th. All these dates, are of course, well and truly sold out.

The supports for the Bloc Party UK tour are as follows:

METRIC
January
Sat 27 Southampton Guildhall
Sun 28 Norwich UEA

February
Thu 1 London Astoria
Sat 3 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
Mon 5 Reading Hexagon
Tue 6 Cardiff University
Wed 7 Bristol Academy
Fri 9 Exeter Great Hall (University)
Sat 10 Birmingham Academy

FIELDS
January
Wed 31 London Astoria

February
Sun 11 Nottingham Rock City
Tue 13 Cambridge Corn Exchange
Wed 14 Manchester Academy
Fri 16 Dublin The Ambassador Theatre
Sat 17 Glasgow Barrowlands
Sun 18 Aberdeen Music Hall
Tue 20 Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Wed 21 Newcastle Academy
Thu 22 Sheffield Octagon

ABSENTEE
February
Fri 2 London Astoria

'Empty' is the third single taken from the band's Live It Out opus, which is out now.