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Bloc Party in biggest-ever UK shows

by Alex Denney [Edit this content] ▾ 17 comments 17:03 April 23rd, 2007
Bloc Party

Bloc Party have announced their biggest UK shows to date hot on the heels of selling 10,000 tickets for their New York show in a day.

The three arena shows will begin at Glasgow SECC on December 12 and will be the band’s only UK headline dates this year.

The news follows the success of A Weekend In The City in the US album charts, where it debuted at number 12. The LP re-entered the UK Top 20 today in its eleventh week on the album charts.

The dates are as follows:

December
12 Glasgow SECC (£18.50)
13 Manchester G-Mex (£18.50)
14 London Alexandra Palace (£20.00)

Tickets go on general sale Friday April 27 at 9:30am, alternatively you can join the band’s official fan club here to get first dibs on a date with Kele and co, with tickets on sale Thursday April 26 from 9.30am.

From the archive

Whatever's good enough for Babyshambles

should be a stroll in the park for Bloc Party.

domgourlay | 23 Apr '07, 17:07 | X | Reply

Razorlight are better

and bigger
and better

Martbowski @domgourlay | 23 Apr '07, 17:15 | X | Reply

Saw them on Friday and...

I must say I was unimpressed. 75% of the time they were good. But I thought they were massively loose at times. If you can't keep up with your own songs, then play them slower or don't play them.

Actually don't play them slower... then you are just we are scientists...

Also I must say when I got the new album I was worried that they wouldn't be able to do it all live and I have to say at times it seemed some of the stuff was just played by the soundman, ie intro to hunting for witches and the prayer...

Once you end up doing it that.. you are worse than we are scientists...

you become hard fi....

JOANJOAN @Martbowski | 23 Apr '07, 17:18 | X | Reply

HEH.

They want the money, the sellouts. Also, their live sound is so small, the guitars are so muted, and the singing is so flat, their noise couldn't fill a working men's pub, never mind the G-Mex.

wrightylew | 23 Apr '07, 17:25 | X | Reply

fuck that

yes_ | 23 Apr '07, 17:27 | X | Reply

I agree

I think choosing Biffy as support band wasn't a great idea... because they blew Bloc Party off the stage.

Like Eating Glass and Helicopter were very sloppy, and the bass player shouldn't bother doing backing vocals live, because he can't pull it off.

Set list was also very lazy, being almost a replica of the Astoria gig in February. They did include Uniform, but it didn't kick in quite as massively as on record.

Disappointing - I wish I'd followed Biffy to Camden.

dabos @JOANJOAN | 23 Apr '07, 17:39 | X | Reply

If I'd had a number one album

I wouldn't still be using those little Fender HRD amps. They need to get a wall of Marshall stacks.

Each.

step_hen @wrightylew | 23 Apr '07, 18:05 | X | Reply

he can't sing full stop

Why did they do this second tour anyways?

Kayleia @dabos | 23 Apr '07, 18:23 | X | Reply

Ally Pally for me

10th time I think! or 9th... don't know.

Kayleia | 23 Apr '07, 18:23 | X | Reply

Saw Bloc Party @ Brixton last thurs

and they were great - positive tension sounded awesome! In terms of stage presence and energy they had plenty. Biffy Clyro however, were absolutely stunning and if there is any justice in the world should they should retire rich and happy men.

As an aside...how expensive was the merchandise at that gig? Talk about milk the punters until the udders are sore

badgertastic | 23 Apr '07, 18:26 | X | Reply

i agree with a lot of that ^

twas really good on thursday, i was pleasantly surprised

allisfulloflove @badgertastic | 23 Apr '07, 18:29 | X | Reply

Hahahahahah

Ahahahahahahahahahahahah!

I don't agree.

goddard @Martbowski | 23 Apr '07, 18:49 | X | Reply

delete

extra 'should' long day blah blah blah

badgertastic @badgertastic | 23 Apr '07, 18:50 | X | Reply

this, actually.

bloc party are shit in large venues. they kinda work in small ones.

Heliotrope @wrightylew | 23 Apr '07, 21:02 | X | Reply

I agree.

I've never seen them in a large venue, but judging from comparing clips I've seen with when I saw them at the Forum, they seem quite shit. Also the new songs (on the whole) really aren't that great.

Thom_fa @Heliotrope | 23 Apr '07, 21:54 | X | Reply

...

They're still ace live, i think you above must have seen them on a bad night cause the glasgow date with fields was brilliant. Still though, time to admit that their new stuff doesn't exactly pack as much punch as they were once worthy of.

Figure8 | 23 Apr '07, 22:10 | X | Reply

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