Topic: Kele Okereke

As stated in a interview, a few weeks ago, Kele Okereke tells that Bloc Party will be moving away from the indie-rock that Silent Alarm possessed and more towards what their fans are hearing now. I would compare this song to Price ...

Bloc Party frontman gets in ring with "Boxer"

LONDON (Billboard) - Bloc Party may be on hiatus after a frenetic five years since its debut album, "Silent Alarm," but its singer/guitarist frontman, Kele Okereke, is keeping himself busy.The London-based rock band acquired a strong live reputation while releasing three ...
Backstage at a music festival in Spain this weekend, musicians from some of Britain's top young bands gathered around their punk idol, Sex Pistols legend John Lydon, as he regaled them with tales from the glory days. But within half an ...

John Lydon denies 'racist' Bloc Party attack

John Lydon has responded to allegations of his involvement in a racist assault by saying his accuser is a liar and in need of the publicity. In a carefully worded statement, Lydon said: " In Lydon's version of events, the Sex Pistols ...
Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke was left with severe facial bruising and a split lip following an alleged racist attack by Sex Pistols singer John Lydon. The incident occurred on Saturday evening at the Summercase festival in Barcelona, with one witness claiming ...
Neon Neon have entered the fray over last week's backstage fight between John Lydon and Bloc Party's Kele Okereke. And while Lydon would doubtless call this yet more "lies and confusion", as he described Okereke's account, the more people ...

Bloc Party release extra track

Bloc Party have announced a new single, to be released a week before their new album arrives in stores.Back in July, they put a fancy countdown clock on their website, causing fans to go into imminent-album-release hysteria. Of course when the ...

Reading 2008 review: Bloc Party

Bloc PartyWhere and when: Main stage, 8.15pm, Saturday, Reading, Dress code: Thanks to their 9/10 performance at Reading 2007 Bloc Party have been promoted up a slot, from last year's late afternoon to this year's early evening. The ...

CD of the week: Bloc Party, Intimacy

Now east London quartet Bloc Party have joined the stealth set, revealing the completion of their third album last Monday and releasing it electronically just two days later. Their recent single 'Mercury' adding menacing brass and Kele Okereke's astrologically themed ranting ...

Sex Pistols singer hits back at race attack claims

The race row between punk icon Johnny Rotten and indie rocker Kele Okereke continued to rumble on Tuesday after the Sex Pistols star responded to allegations that he attacked the Bloc Party singer.Trouble erupted backstage at the Summersonic festival in Barcelona ...