Bloc Party today release Silent Alarm Live, a special live edition of their seminal debut album Silent Alarm, compiled of live recordings from last year’s homecoming show at Alexandra Palace and European tour, in which the band played the album in full. Silent Alarm Live is available on 12-inch, CD, digital download and special edition bundles.
Silent Alarm was released in 2005 to widespread critical and commercial success, achieving multi-platinum sales and earning Bloc Party a Mercury Prize nomination. The album has since been heralded as one of the most influential and important of the decade by outlets as diverse as Pitchfork, Q, Newsweek, Spin, Complex and Clash, and was named in numerous lists collating the best albums of the decade, whilst NME named it as one of the best of all time.
This month the band kicked off a summer of huge shows playing Silent Alarm live and in full across the UK, Europe and North America, including four outdoor shows in Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow, alongside dates in Birmingham and Brighton, and a headline slot at Portsmouth’s Victorious Festival. It is the first time they have performed in the UK since a one-off show at London’s Alexandra Palace - which sold out in minutes - in October last year. That show, alongside a handful of others on their acclaimed European tour, was recorded for Silent Alarm Live.
Praise for Silent Alarm Live tour:
‘Reminding us just how much the world needs Bloc Party’ - Metro
‘Letting loose like it’s 2005 all over again’ - Manchester Evening News
‘Hit after hit testament to one of the strongest debut records of the past several decades’ - The Argus
See Bloc Party live in 2019
Friday 12th July - o2 Academy, Newcastle (note: new venue)
Saturday 13th July - o2 Academy, Birmingham
Friday 9th August - Summer Nights @ Kelvingrove Park Bandstand, Glasgow (SOLD OUT)
