It was released in February 2007
On 1 February 2007, A Weekend in the City was made available to listen to for free through Bloc Party’s official MySpace page.
The album was released in February 2007 in Europe
In the buildup to the release of the album, BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe aired a live set by the band from Maida Vale studios on 30 January 2007, featuring a mix of old and new songs.
The first single, ” The Prayer “, was released on 29 January, and became the band’s highest charting single in the British Top 40, reaching number 4.
The album was leaked to peer-to-peer networks on January 26, 2007,
On January 19, the band performed the song on Late Night with Conan O’Brien .
On January 16, 2007, ” Jesus Christ ” was announced as the next official single from the album.
A concert in honor of Delp named Come Together: A Tribute to Brad Delp occurred on August 19, 2007, at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston . The concert included Ernie and the Automatics , Beatlejuice , Farrenheit, Extreme , Godsmack , RTZ , Orion the Hunter , and…
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Brand New toured extensively in 2007 to promote the album, first headlining an international tour of Europe before also playing festivals such as Reading and Leeds , Lowlands and Pukkelpop .