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Bloc Party Cancel Live Dates
Following their triumphant Reading and Leeds headline sets on the NME Stage, recent Xfm Live Session stars Bloc Party have been forced to pull a number of their forthcoming live dates.
Due to problems with singer Kele Okereke’s voice Bloc Party have been forced to cancel their appearance at Italian festival I-Days as well as tomorrow’s (September 2) Virgin Digital launch in London.
A spokesperson released the following statement, “Kele has just been in to see a Harley Street specialist regarding his voice He had a few problems this weekend prior to the Reading show and has been hoarse ever since.
“He has been ordered to rest it completely for a week therefore we will have to cancel both the I-days Fest in Italy and the Virgin Digital launch on Friday.”
Organisers have confirmed that the band’s performance at the Nationwide Mercury Prize next week and their North American and UK tour dates will not be affected.
‘Two More Years’ is released as a single on October 3 while the album ‘Silent Alarm: Remixed’ is released this week (August 29). Bloc Party have also been nominated for this year's Nationwide Mercury Prize. To get all the information, news, reviews, album playbacks and the chance to win all the nominated albums go to Xfm's Guide To The Mercury Prize 2005 by simply clicking here.
And if for any reason you wish you were currently a member of Bloc Party, check this out for a busy touring schedule…
- Bologna Independent Days Festival (September 4)
- Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom (8)
- New York, NY Roseland Ballroom (9)
- Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory (10)
- Toronto, ONT Docks (12)
- Detroit, MI Royal Oak Theatre (13)
- Chicago, IL Congress Theatre (15)
- Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium (16)
- Los Angeles, CA Palladium (20)
- San Francisco, CA Warfield (21)
- San Francisco, CA Warfield (22)
- Austin, TX City Limits Festival (24)
- Atlanta, GA Tabernacle (26)
- Edinburgh Usher Hall (October 2)
- Glasgow Carling Academy (4)
- Middlesbrough Town Hall (5)
- Newcastle Northumbria University (6)
- Cambridge Corn Exchange (8)
- Norwich UEA (9)
- Portsmouth Guild Hall (10)
- Sheffield Octagon (12)
- Birmingham Carling Academy (13)
- Birmingham Carling Academy (14)
- Nottingham Rock City (16)
- Liverpool Royal Court (17)
- Leeds University (18)
- Manchester Apollo (20)
- Manchester Apollo (21)
- Leicester De Montford Hall (22)
- Cardiff University (24)
- Bristol Carling Academy (25)
- Exeter University (26)
- London Brixton Carling Academy (28)
- London Brixton Carling Academy (29)
- Belfast Ulster Hall (November 6)
- Dublin Olympia (7)
- Brussels Les Halles De Schaerbeek (10)
- Lille Aeronef (11)
- Strasbourg Salle des Fetes (12)
- Paris Zenith (14)
- Nantes La Carriere (15)
- Bordeaux Le Vigean (16)
- Madrid Aqualung (18)
- Barcelona Razzmatazz 1 (19)
- Zurich Earshakerdays Festival, Volhaus (25)
- Stuttgart Longhorn (27)
- Frankfurt Batschkapp (28)
- Dresden Alter Schlachthof (29)
- Bielefeld Ringlokschuppen (December 1)
- Dusseldorf Tor 3 (2)
- Amsterdam Paradiso (3)
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