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Bloc Party to play landmark record Silent Alarm in full at new European shows

19 March 2018, 10:14 | Written by Laurence Day

Bloc Party have announced that they'll be playing Silent Alarm, their game-changing 2005 debut, at six new European shows this autumn.

Bloctober returns in 2018 with shows in Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Dublin, and London - at the massive Alexandra Palace. The band will

See the full dates on the poster below. Tickets go on sale 23 March.

Silent Alarm, released in February 2005, spawned singles "Helicopter", "Banquet", "She's Hearing Voices"/"Positive Tension", "Pioneers", and "Two More Years". Bloc Party have released four albums since, the most recent being 2016's HYMNS - the first to feature new members Louise Bartle and Justin Harris in place of long-time drummer Matt Tong and bassist Gordon Moakes.

Meanwhile, frontman Kele Okereke is playing a UK tour this spring showing off recent solo record Fatherland, which was released towards the end of last year. Find out those dates on Songkick.
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