Bloc Party are planning to audition for a new singer

Bloc Party's sisger Kele Okereke has dropped his bandmates are planning to audition for a new singer, according to guitarist Russell Lissack.

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Okereke, the group announced a hiatus in 2009 when his solo album The Boxer which was released last year to allow it to function.

Block Party in April to speculate on future Lissack emerged when working on a new album planned to confirm this, while Okereke claimed not to have been informed.

Earlier this month, the star admitted she is not sure if he is still a part of the line-up, saying, "I hope I haven't been fired. I don't really know what's going on, because we haven't really spoken recently and I'm a bit too scared to ask."

Okereke and Lissack again to include the recognition they are tired of waiting and a new singer is looking to hire.

He tells NME, "It's not really a secret because Kele's been pretty busy doing solo stuff and it looks like he's going to be doing that a bit longer. The other three of us wanted to meet up and make music. We were talking about just doing an instrumental thing, but now we might get a singer as well, to properly put some music out and play some shows.

"Because it's the three of us, I guess there'd be some degree of expectation from people to at least play the songs we wrote. I don't think any of us (including Kele) would object to that."

However, Lissack is adamant there is no rift with Okereke, adding, "We've still got the same management and stuff, so he might have known, he might not. He's doing his own thing and we wanted to play together, so it wasn't like we were going behind his back. I haven't spoken to Kele for a couple of months, I guess since the festivals when I was doing stuff with Ash. But there's no bad vibes."

Bloc Party's Kele Okereke claims, he is not sure whether for frontman and band member

Block Party frontman Kele Okereke claims that he is not sure whether he is still the frontman and band member.

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He saw his bandmates call or a recording studio into the season without it.

He said, “I was actually having lunch about three weeks ago, and I saw somebody walk past and I recognized the haircut. It was Russell. I was like, ‘Hey!’ but he didn’t see me.”

He continued, “I followed him around the corner and then I saw Matt, Gordon, and Russell all standing outside this rehearsal space. They all went inside.”

The band frontman is released his first solo album, The Boxer, previous year; in addition, a solo EP, The Hunter, is due out late next month.

But any hint of their individual projects within a Bloc Party never had a problem.

He did confess, “I hope I haven’t been fired. I don’t really know what’s going on, because we haven’t really spoken recently and I’m a bit too scared to ask.”

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Bloc Party frontman Kele new solo single 'What Did I Do' was unveiled for the video, its video seen below.

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The track, which features Lucy Taylor's upcoming EP, 'Hunter' is the first single to be taken.

Released on October 31, the EP also sees Kele cooperation with a number of artists including Sub Focus, Fred Falke, RAC and QNESS.

Meanwhile, Block Party returns this year to set the guitarist Russell Lissack's left is ashes.

Brake band in 2009 after his third album Intimacy 2008 "tour is completed.

The full tracklisting for 'The Hunter' is:

'What Did I Do? feat Lucy Taylor'
'Release Me'
'Devotion'
'Goodbye Horses'
'Cable's Goodbye'
'Love As A Weapon'
'You Belong To Someone Else'

Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke fears he has been dropped

Bloc Party frontman british singer Kele Okereke fears that without his bandmates after a recording session has been dropped.

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The Helicopters hitmakers in 2009, while the gap has announced a solo album, Okereke worked, but guitarist Russell Lissack confirmed in April that the group's reform plan was started on a new album.

However, the band's singer, told the Planning and Okereke was left stunned when Lissack, bassist Gordon Moakes and drummer Matt Tong staged a jam session together in New York without him.

He tells NME.com, "I was actually having lunch about three weeks ago... and I saw somebody walk past and I recognized the haircut. It was Russell. I was like, 'Hey!' but he didn't see me and I followed him around the corner and then I saw Matt, Gordon and Russell all standing outside this rehearsal space. They all went inside."

And Okereke can only hope he hasn't lost his job with Bloc Party: "I hope I haven't been fired. I don't really know what's going on, because we haven't really spoken recently and I'm a bit too scared to ask."

Bloc Party DJ tour wil takes in clubs across Australia in October

Bloc Party DJ tour wil takes in clubs across Australia in October, has been announced.

Kele Okereke is a frontman, who recently appear at Splendour in the Grass Festival on this weekend with bandmate Russell Lissack set to head up the Bloc Party DJ tour that kicks off in Perth on October 5.

The band's guiarist Lissack, one half of electronic side project Pin Me Down and weirdly, member of 90s rockers Ash, said the tour will feature, “dance anthems with very special indie classics, edits and remixes.”

The dates are:

Wednesday October 5, Villa Nightclub, Perth, WA
Thursday October 6, Apple Bar, Adelaide, SA
Friday October 7, Platinum Nightclub, Gold Coast, QLD
Saturday October 8, Warehouse, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday October 9, The Buddha Bar, Byron Bay, NSW
Thursday October 13, OneFiveOne, Wollongong, NSW
Friday October 14, Oh Hello!, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday October 15, The Metro, Sydney, NSW

Block Party's Kele Okereke has hinted the band will release fresh material this summer

Kele Okereke is one of the Bloc Party's band member, who has hinted that the band will release fresh material this summer.

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The singer said the band was ready to release "new stuff", speaking exclusively to NME at Latitude.

Okereke said: "There are some plans for new stuff. I'm not sure what I can say... I'd be surprised if there wasn't some new stuff before the end of the summer."

The Bloc Party band would get back together on this year in September, according to the band's guitarist Russell Lissack.

He said: "Kele and I started working on Bloc Party stuff together and separately. We're having a bit of a break until the festivals are over, because people have commitments during the summer, but we're going to get back properly in September and sit in a rehearsal studio to work on new band material."

Bloc Party are reuniting to record a new album

British rockers Block party are record a new album after reuniting with guitarist Russell Lissack ashes period is over to rejoin his bandmates.

Rumours of a reunion birth last month when Lissack, the Irish rock group Ash was a member of a tour are working down as they go back to work is regularly used.

Lissack and Okereke now confirmed that he talks about a new album and are the "block party content work on is ".

He tells NME magazine, "Well, we met up at Christmas - that was really nice - and talked about doing another record... Kele and I started working on Bloc Party stuff together and separately. We're having a bit of a break until the festivals are over, because people have commitments during the summer, but we're going to get back properly in September and sit in a rehearsal studio to work on new band material."

Lissack is also relishing the prospect of jamming with his old pals again, adding: "I really missed hanging out with those guys. I've been friends with Kele since we were kids, but we've not really seen each other much since the break. In fact, I've not really seen a lot of the other guys either... I've also really missed playing some of our songs again. The time away has really just reignited the passion I have for Bloc Party."

Block Party Irish chart toppers gig live temporarily

Block Party guitarist Russell Lissack the Irish chart toppers gig live temporarily with ash left, speculation that his major party getting ready stone is then no connection.

Block Party has been on break since 2009. During this time, Lissack by this project, pin me down with an album is released, while a solo album, singer Kele Okereke and Gordon Moakes on bass player with young Legionnaire has released an album.

Ash’s Tim Wheeler told The Sun, “Russell’s been brilliant and we’ll have him for our festival, hopefully. Then we’ll have to think. I do enjoy having the second guitarist so we’ve got our eyes peeled.”

Lissack time with ash is nothing if not eventful has been. Visited South Africa in October 2010 when he was bitten by a lion cubs.

Lissack treatment warning was in hospital for jabs. When he was there, two other patients a non-related, unknown persons died crisis. Band back in their hotel had a car accident.

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Bloc Party man's Young Legionnaire album Release in May

Gordon Moakes's bassist of Bloc Party band has another band named Young Legionnaire and his new band will release their debut album in May.

The band, which also consists The Automatic’s Paul Mullan, have called the album 'Crisis Works'. It will be out on May 9.

Debut single, ‘Chapter, Verse’ have been made by the group,available as a free download from their official website, Younglegionnaire.com.

Younglegionnaire is currently on a UK tour,They are also confirmed for Austin's South By South West festival in March and the Live At Leeds event, which takes place on April 29-May 1.

Bloc Party frontman releasing a book

Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke is writing a book revealed by himself.Singer is now heading towards New York in order to finish off the project – but did not reveal what kind of book he was writing.

"I'm moving to Manhattan in the next couple of weeks," he said. "I'm writing a book and I want to go somewhere and finish it."

He added: "We [Bloc Party] had a meeting before Christmas, but I'm just focused on the book at the moment. I'm not thinking about anything like that right now."

Bloc Party had been in dispute since 2009, while Kele released his first solo album, 'The Boxer', last year.

In the Shockwaves NME Awards 2011 Kele has been nominated for his song 'Tenderoni.'

Bloc Party return over Christmas

Bloc Party returned to the ended of the Christmas period. The band member singer Kele Okereke, guitarist Russell Lissack, bassist Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong.

It was attended by the message: “Merry Christmas from the Bloc. X”

Okereke has launched a solo career under the pseudonym Kele, while Lissack has performed with Ash. It is not clear whether the pic marks the began of a return for the band.