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Latitude festival have announced the first flurry of acts confirmed for this year's event, with Bloc Party, Foals and Kraftwerk (playing a 3D set) announced as the headline acts. Also set to perform at the Suffolk fest are the likes of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Hot Chip, Beach House, Modest Mouse, Alt-J, Cat Power and Yo La Tengo. They'll be joined on the impressive billing by many more, including James Blake, Efterklang, Local Natives and Japandroids. The Literature stage, Poetry and Comedy stages also feature some special performances and recitals. [...]

Bloc Party frontman, Kele Okereke is set to bring out a new book. The book in question will be part of The Lyric Book Company 's 'Lyrics of…' series with the next edition, 'The Lyrics of Kele Okereke', coming out on 4 March. The publication will contain the words to all previously released Bloc Party tracks, as well as Kele's own solo material. Okereke said about the compilation: “It is quite an honour to see all [...]

Bloc Party are set to release a new EP next month. The  Truth  EP will be a short-player centred around, as you might have guessed, the band's new single 'Truth'. As well as said track taken from their latest album Four , the EP is also backed by remixes from  Jerome LOL ,  A Chat  and  IO Echo . The band will also play a special show at London's Earls Court on 22 February. The gig is [...]

Bloc Party are now streaming their forthcoming fourth album online. You can listen to the release in full here  and even interact via Facebook, meaning you can have your very own listening party with other fans. The band are also set to play London's Earl's Court in February 2013, as announced yesterday . Four drops next Monday (20 August) via Frenchkiss. Their upcoming UK live dates are as below: October 2012 12 – O2 Academy, [...]

Bloc Party are set for their biggest UK show to date, scheduling an outing at London's Earls Court Arena. The London fourpiece will follow their previously-revealed October tour with a stand-alone show in the capital next Feb. The Earl's Court date will take place on 22 February with supports not yet confirmed. Their new record Four will be released next week (20 August). The band's upcoming UK tour dates in full are as below: October 2012 12 – [...]

Bloc Party have revealed they will stream next week's New York show live online. The recently-reunited group will air their performance at Terminal 5 live via Youtube on Wednesday (8 August) at 9.30pm EDT. The band are likely to perform material from their forthcoming new album, Four , which drops 20 August. You can see the band announce the show in the trailer below:

Bloc Party have revealed a new cut from their eagerly-anticipated new album, Four . The track in question, entitled 'Day Four', is the second song to be heard from the release - after the previously-unveiled 'Octopus'. You can stream it below, before the LP sees a release on 20 August via Frenchkiss.

With their fourth studio album - suitably named Four - set to drop on 20 August, Bloc Party have teased matters by revealing the first single to be taken from that very release. 'Octopus' was aired on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show earlier this evening and will be available to download from tomorrow (11 July). But before then, you can have a look at the accompanying video below. Bloc Party are booked to play the following UK live dates this coming October: [...]

Bloc Party have announced their first full UK tour on the back of their forthcoming new album set for later this year. Comeback record Four will be released on Les Savy Fav-imprint Frenchkiss Records on 20 August, with the band playing their first handful of shows together since 2008 starting in Glasgow tonight. But the recently-reformed group will be back after a host of festival shows to play several more cities in the UK during October. Those dates are as below: October [...]

Bloc Party have revealed that they will be releasing their upcoming fourth album, succinctly entitled Four . Four will be released on Les Savy Fav -imprint Frenchkiss Records on 20 August after writing took place in New York earlier in the year. Bloc Party have also unveiled an album teaser, the video of which you can view at the bottom of the page. And Kele expanded a bit about the new record on his blog: "we have just finished mixing our new [...]