Bloc Party – INDIE ROCK CAFE

A very lucky winner of a contest from Filter magazine will get a weekend in the city (the title of their new, highly-acclaimed CD) with Bloc Party.

In a promotional event together with Urban Outfitters, Filter will fly you to New York for two nights with tickets to see the band play the United Palace Theatre on Friday, March 30 or Saturday, March 31st.

What is missing from the announcement is the details, such as what airline, what hotel, where is it, what show the winner is actually seeing (both? that’s a weekend right?) and whether or not the winner will spend anytime in the city with the band members. The contest ends March 6th.

At the end of the contest ‘details’, is the this note from the editors at Filter:

“Oh yeah, while you’re at it, don’t forget to pick up a copy of the new album A Weekend in the City – it’s out now.” What? Is this is a ploy or a contest? Shouldn’t the contest winner get a DVD copy signed by the band? Aren’t they spending the weekend together?

Can someone from Filter please clarify?

Bloc Party’s new CD, A Weekend in the City, won’t be in the stores until Tuesday (Feb. 6), but you can stream the entire album on the band’s MySpace site right now.

In addition, each track has been listed individually so you can pick and choose. Most full album streams play the full album in one big chunk, not list every individual track.

Therefore, Bloc Party may be setting a new trend here in online exclusives.

Also, we’re still looking out for concert updates from Bloc Party.

Here is there current tour schedule as of Feb. 4:

Feb 5 2007 8:00P Reading Hexagon Reading
Feb 6 2007 8:00P Cardiff University Cardiff
Feb 7 2007 8:00P Carling Academy Bristol Bristol
Feb 9 2007 8:00P Exeter University Exeter
Feb 10 2007 8:00P Birmingham Academy Birmingham
Feb 11 2007 8:00P Rock City Nottingham
Feb 13 2007 8:00P Corn Exchange Cambridge
Feb 14 2007 8:00P Manchester Academy Manchester
Feb 16 2007 8:00P Dublin Ambassador Theatre Dublin
Feb 17 2007 8:00P Glasgow Barrowland Glasgow
Feb 18 2007 8:00P Aberdeen Music Hall Aberdeen
Feb 20 2007 8:00P Edinburgh Corn Exchange Edinburgh
Feb 21 2007 8:00P Newcastle Academy Newcastle
Feb 22 2007 8:00P Sheffield Octagon Sheffield
Mar 11 2007 8:00P Paramount Theatre Seattle, Virginia
Mar 12 2007 8:00P Orpheum Theatre Vancouver, Alberta
Mar 13 2007 8:00P Crystal Ballroom Portland, Oklahoma
Mar 15 2007 8:00P SXSW Austin, Texas
Mar 17 2007 8:00P Concourse Exhibition San Francisco, Arkansas
Mar 19 2007 8:00P The Wiltern Los Angeles, Arkansas
Mar 20 2007 7:30P The Wiltern Los Angeles, Arkansas
Mar 23 2007 8:00P Congress Theatre Chicago, Illinois
Mar 24 2007 8:00P Royal Oak Theatre Detroit, Michigan
Mar 25 2007 8:00P Kool Haus Toronto, Ontario
Mar 27 2007 8:00P Metropolis Montreal, Quebec
Mar 28 2007 8:00P Orpheum Theatre Boston, Massachusetts
Mar 30 2007 8:00P United Palace Theatre New York, New York
Mar 31 2007 8:00P United Palace Theatre New York, New York

These dates have just been added (don’t have the concert time yet) but do not yet appear on the band’s official website (for whatever reason).

April 4 2007 – Bourges Festival
April 23 2007 – Nantes Le Carriere
April 24 2007 – Lille Aeronef
April 25 2007 – Brussels AB
April 27 2007 – Paris Olympic
April 28 2007 – Utrecht Music Centre
April 30 2007 – Copenhagen Vega
May 1 2007 – Stockholm Cirkus
May 2 2007 – Oslo Sentrum Scene
May 4 2007 – Berlin Columbiahalle
May 5 2007 – Vienna Gasometer
May 6 2007 – Dresden Schlachthof
May 8 2007 – Cologne E-Werk
May 9 2007 – Munich Tonhalle
May 10 2007 – Lausanne Metropole
May 12 2007 – Bologna Estragon
May 13 2007 – Milan Alcatraz
May 14 2007 – Lyon Transbordeur
May 15 2007 – Barcelona Razzmatazz
May 17 2007 – Madrid Riviera
May 18 2007 – Lisbon Coleseum

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