Bloc Party to play two major Irish headliners this summer

Music
07 Feb 24

Bloc Party supporting Paramore - 3Arena Dublin - 13th Apr 2023 - ©Glen Bollard / HotPress

20 years after its release, Bloc Party have today made Little Thoughts available on digital streaming platforms.

English rock band Bloc Party have today announced two major headliners in Dublin and Belfast Summer 2024.

The shows, billed to take place in Belfast' Telegraph building on July 4 and Dublin 3arena on July 5 will serves as a warm up for Bloc Party's biggest show to date at Crystal Palace Park in London, on Sunday July 7 2024.

All three concerts will celebrate two decades of Bloc Party, with tickets set to go one general sale on Friday 16 February. Tickets will be available for purchase here.

In addition, the band have also announced that their 2004 EP Little Thoughts available on digital streaming platforms for the first time. Originally shared as a physical only EP exclusive to Japan, the fan-favourite release features iconic Bloc Party tracks including ‘Tulips’, ‘Skeleton’, ‘Storm and Stress,’ none of which have been available on streaming services before.

The digital release of Little Thoughts is the first phase of releases that will see Bloc Party re-releasing a large selection of rare songs, deep cuts and fan favourites to streaming services, ensuring their complete catalogue is available to fans for the very first time.

Kele Okereke of Bloc Party says: “We've been having so much fun playing shows over the past year, so it makes sense to do something special for old and new fans, celebrating twenty years of Bloc Party. We heard from a lot of people that they couldn't get tickets for the Silent Alarm gigs, so a one-off summer party playing that and the bangers feels like the right thing to do.”

The major summer dates will also see the band playing hits from their seminal 2005 album Silent Alarms, which cemented their position as experimenters and musical trailblazers.