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Bloc Party announce autumn UK tour

Band head the road for 'Bloctober'

February 2, 2009 | 9 Comments
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Bloc Party have announced an autumn UK tour.

The band will hot the road throughout October, a month they are rechristening "BLOCTOBER".

The dates are as follows:

Blackpool Empress Ballroom (October 2)
Edinburgh Picture House (3)
Inverness Iron Works (4)
Aberdeen Music Hall (6)
Dunfermline Alhambra (7)
Hull City Hall (8)
Sheffield Academy (10)
Leeds Academy (11)
Lincoln Engine Shed (12)
Stoke Victoria Hall (14)
Birmingham Academy (15)
Newport Centre (16)
Llandudno Arena (18)
Liverpool University (19)
Bristol Academy (20)
Truro Hall for Cornwall (22)
Plymouth Pavillion (23)
Brighton Centre (24)
Southend Cliffs Pavilion (26)
Cambridge Corn Exchange (27)
Nottingham Rock City (28)
Reading Rivermead (30)
Bournemouth Bic (31)
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Tickets for on sale Friday (February 6). To check the availability oBloc Party tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.

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jeepcat

Feb 3, 2009

Bloctober?! Blockdull!

Museician

Feb 3, 2009

No north east dates wtf?..........although I'm not really sure if i wanna see them, the current album is shit and Kele is turning into and egomaniac.

glimmers_of_hope

Feb 3, 2009

Massive tour but no Norwich UEA - Bloc Party always used to come to Norwich, looks like a train journey to Cambridge *sniff*.

bencooke7

Feb 3, 2009

I love bloc party, but why are they not coming to london

kanejb

Feb 3, 2009

haha, bloctober I'm going to try and get tickets for Hull, gonna be amazing!!!

spudgun79

Feb 3, 2009

Just a band

gazhat

Feb 3, 2009

...fuck off you bunch of tuneless irrelevant talentless knobs, Cocktober more like, and good to see you aren't playing the North-East, we obviously have a good taste in music avoiding the turds you pass off as music...

brownieticknall

Feb 4, 2009

bloc party are good. you should try liking real music rather than jizzing over your computer trying to find 'the next big thing'. 'cocktober' isnt really very witty is it?