Video: Bloc Party - Helicopter live on Jools Holland

In advance of his upcoming solo album, Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke will play a series of Irish dates in May. Hopefully they go down better than the first time I saw them at Oxegen, when he said he was "delighted to be back in the UK". :D He'll be playing Limerick, Cork, and Belfast, as well as the Academy in Dublin. Tickets for Kele's solo dates go on sale on Wednesday. Friday 14th May – Dolan's Warehouse, Limerick Saturday 15th May – Cyprus Avenue, Cork Sunday 16th May – The Academy, Dublin Monday 17th May [...]

About time Bloc Party brings the party to the block of N. 1st & W.7th. According to staff writer, Alexandera M. Svokos of Popsense.com , wrote, "The crowd erupted as the band took the stage and confidently began their set…playing both new and old favorites…the audience jumped, screamed, and danced around, fists pumping in the air…" at Terminal 5 in New York City on March 25th. I have no doubt that long-time, loyal-fans of earlier albums Silent Alarm & Weekend in the City and new fans of their album Intimacy , will [...]