Rachael Wright
The new Bloc Party line-up will be a part of the BBC 6 Music Live series at Maida Vale in October, joining New Order and The Staves.
“I’m really excited about the brilliant line-up for this year’s 6 Music Live, as well as the prospect of reliving so many of my favourite sessions and performances from across the past year,” host Lauren Laverne has remarked.
The week-long series takes place between October 5th-9th, and will be the stage for the first live UK outing for Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack with new bassist Justin Harris and drummer Louise Bartle.
“I felt like if things didn’t change it was the point for me to step away and do something else with my life,” Okereke has said of the new line-up. “But things did change, I feel better for it.”
“Obviously everyone is aware of the line-up situation, this stuff is just coming to light now but we dealt with this two years ago.”