On 18 January 2025, Franz Ferdinand performed at Aviva Studios in Manchester for the Amazon Music City Sessions, and had guitarist Johnny Marr for 3 songs, the band’s own “Build It Up” and ” Do You Want To ” and a song from Marr’s old group The Smiths , “…
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Gerald Scarfe produced a series of animations for the Wall tour. He also commissioned the construction of large inflatable puppets representing characters from the storyline, including the “Mother”, the “Ex-wife”, and the “Schoolmaster”. Pink Floyd used the puppets during their performances. Relationships within the band reached an all-time low; their…
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The band announced their North American tour in mid-2025 would be their last.
In a 2025 interview, Moakes said Tong’s departure prompted his own decision to also quit after finishing that tour, since he felt that Tong “was the heartbeat of the band” and that he did not wish to continue in Bloc Party without Tong.
Manager and music journalist Al Aronowitz arranged for the group’s first paying gig—$75 ($766 in 2025 dollars) to play at Summit High School , in Summit, New Jersey, opening for the Myddle Class . When they decided to take the gig, MacLise abruptly left the group, protesting what he considered…
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Following a world tour in 2025, celebrating 20 years of Silent Alarm and 25 years as a band,
The compilation was ultimately re-released on 20 December 2024.
On December 15, 2024, the band reunited at a private charity event for friends and family at the Eastside Bowl in Nashville . The event comes approximately one year after Lacey performed solo at the same venue, also at the time limited to friends and family members.
On 12 December 2024, the band announced that they had signed with Rough Trade Records , which had managed the band previously.
On 22 November 2024, Bloc Party officially released a compilation entitled A Weekend In The City: B-Sides .