Thursday, 3 February 2011

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.'

Sunday, 2 January 2011

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.

Monday, 27 December 2010

Bloc Party: Return To Christmas

Rock Band Bloc Party return to the ended of Christmas period. Bloc Party band since mid of the 2009 who have been on hiatus.

Bloc Party's member Kele Okereke, bassist Gordon Moakes, guitarist Russell Lissack and drummer Matt Tong all of them in here, which is said: "Merry Christmas from the Bloc".

Kindle this year Okereke released debut solo alnum "The Boxer" he said, "Who knows how we'll feel about anything in a year's time?.

In this project side Moakes and Lissack have also worked and Lissack, who has also worked as Ash's touring guitarist after Bloc Party went on hiatus.

Monday, 20 December 2010

Bloc Party: Kele Okereke release debut solo album "The Boxer"

Bloc Party's member Kele Okereke present night concert in London on 12 Friday.

Including Joker, Hudson Mohawke and Pariah will also perform in this concert, with additional acts due to be announced shortly.

Kindly this year released a debut solo album "The Boxer" to Kele Okereke.


Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Bloc Party: Kele Okereke's intensity writer and performer


British rock Bloc Party's member Kele Okereke, after a long time he choice from this band, the path his first Solo European tour.
The Boxer Okereke's great debut solo album release after the June 2010 and he is now proving when he 29 years old thats he's not only a major songwriter but an amazing performer as well.
Okereke's brave characteristic of poetic songwriter
and a rough energy that makes you want to jump out of your side being sure if you want to dance or box.
Despite playing very indie rock band Bloc Party, Kele Okereke never really ceased challenging his own art.

Okereke's interview just before going on stage, he's great opportunity of his European tour.
When I was 14, 15 years old my sister in her room she's a acoustic guitar, then she did leave the house, I’d always go into her room and take the guitar and play it. And then I got a star of songwriter.
Then when I was younger,its my great movement to I got a famous when I was a teenager. So you couldn’t help but being exposed to it. That’s maybe where it started, the admiration guitars and guitar music.

Friday, 15 October 2010

Bloc Party ended up in hospital

Russell Lissack Bloc Party ended up in hospital last month when a lion attacked him. The guitarist was visiting a wildlife refuge on tour with Ash in South Africa when the animal bit him, drawing blood.During the holidays around shows in Johannesburg and Cape Town, Lissack made a trip with Ash singer Tim Wheeler. He was playing with a cuddly little cub - there's a more benign picture at Spinner - when he attacked.

Regardless of the youth of the cat, there's no messing around when it comes to man-eating carnivores. Lissack was taken to hospital where he received treatment and a booster against tetanus. Within hours of the visit of the musicians, the hospital was closed, according to a spokesman for the group, after two men died of an unrelated virus, and unidentified. To make matters worse, the group had a car accident on the way back to the hotel.

Fortunately, no injuries later and everyone is now very well, reports Spinner. Ash are back in the UK, the preparation of their second anthology of singles AZ. It is not clear whether Lissack will continue to play with them, Bloc Party paused, he was invited into the group for a series of concert dates. Lissack electronic pop side project, Pin Me Down, released their first album in April

Friday, 13 August 2010

Kele Okereke Prefers New York City to London, Bloc Party


Bloc Party's second album, 'A Weekend in the City' despite creating the definitive soundtrack for post millennial London life, the group's frontman Kele Okereke is ready for a fresh start in another global metropolis, New York City."I like it there," Okereke tells Spinner over drinks during a recent promo tour. "I like the people, I like the conversations I have and I like the food. "You can be anything you want in New York."Having mixed his currently released debut solo album, 'The Boxer,' in the Big Apple, the Liverpool born Okereke found he enjoyed the city's relaxed atmosphere much more than that of English capitol. "I've lived in London since I was eight years old and I've done everything a young person would do there," the singer, whose lyrics have referenced his own experimentation with cocaine and ecstasy, explains. "I think there's a actual veil of coldness in London that permeates how people interact with each other and I don't like that at all. That's something specific to the UK your default setting is to be suspicious of things and strangers, whereas everyone I've met in New York is laid back."Before he packs up his earthly belongings though, an international tour the singer will set out that begins Aug. 27 in Paris and includes a stop at his prospective new home on play New York City's Webster Hall on Sept 8.