Ain’t No Party Like Bloc Party

Because Bloc Party doesn’t stop touring, it has announced a run of fall North American headline dates to complement its previously announced festival appearances. The tour includes a gig at the Hollywood Bowl – the band’s biggest U.S. headline show to date.

Photo: John Davisson

The Hangout Beach, Music & Arts Fest., Gulf Shores, Ala.

After playing Europe in June and July, the North American party gets started July 21 in Albany, N.Y. with a free show at Alive at Five. The tour moves west gradually, with multiple shows in the province of Quebec, and eventually lands in Chicago for Lollapalooza July 30 and 31.

Bloc Party then goes back overseas in August for a few festival appearances in Hungary, Belgium and Austria, then returns to complete its U.S. dates on the West Coast in September.

In all, the band is set to play 17 times in the U.S. and Canada this summer, wrapping with a Sept. 25 performance at the Hollywood Bowl.

Bloc Party’s most recent album is, Hymns, was released in January, so the group will no doubt be incorporating its newer music into the sets.

Here is the North American routing. Note that the Hollywood Bowl is listed as a range of dates because the daily schedule has not been released yet:

July 21 – Albany, N.Y. Broadway at Tricentennial Park (Alive at Five)
July 23 – Buffalo, N.Y., Canalside (Kerfuffle)
July 24 – Cleveland, Ohio, House Of Blues
July 25 – Pittsburgh, Penn., Stage AE
July 27 – Quebec City, Quebec, L’Imperial Bell
July 29 – Montreal, Quebec, Parc Jean Drapeau (Osheaga Festival)
July 30 – Chicago, Ill., House Of Blues (Lollapalooza Aftershows)
July 31 – Chicago, Ill., Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
Sept. 13 – Denver, Colo., Ogden Theatre
Sept. 15 – Portland, Ore., Roseland Theater
Sept. 16 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Commodore Ballroom
Sept. 17 – Seattle, Wash., Neptune Theatre
Sept. 19 – San Francisco, Calif., Mezzanine
Sept. 21 – Tempe, Ariz., The Marquee
Sept. 23-25 – Las Vegas, Nev., Downtown Las Vegas (Life Is Beautiful Festival)
Sept. 24 – San Diego, Calif., Observatory North Park
Sept. 25 – Los Angeles, Calif., Hollywood Bowl (KCRW’S World Festival)

Tickets to the September shows go on sale June 10, but the band’s website seems to be down so your best bet for getting some would be to check with the venues.