and 20 August 2015 at The Roxy in Los Angeles).
Bloc Party unveiled their new line-up at two intimate gigs in the Los Angeles area (19 August 2015 at The Glass House in Pomona
Venom was set for release on 14 August 2015
the same day an expansive UK tour was announced
During the band’s hiatus, the band has reunited three times: on 8 August 2015, Chaplin and Rice-Oxley performed a Keane setlist at Battle Festival. On 11 September 2016, the band released a music video for ” Tear Up This Town “, written and recorded for the film A Monster Calls…
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In August 2015, the band found L-G Persson, from the Swedish heavy metal/power metal band The Storyteller and ex Steel Attack from Gävle , Sweden, to replace Manton.
The video for the band’s single ‘Spring / Sun / Winter / Dread’ was shared on 31 July 2015. The video sees the band’s frontman Jonathan Higgs take over production. He said via a press release, “The song talks about seasons passing and getting older, so we wanted to concentrate…
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The fourth and final wave of studio album reissues, Presence , In Through the Out Door , and Coda , were released on 31 July 2015.
On 28 July 2015, the band uploaded a promo video for lead single “Double Trouble” from their next studio album, What the World Needs Now… , via their YouTube channel. On 21 August, PiL released the single (backed with ” Bettie Page “) and a non-album track, “Turkey Tits”. What…
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The band released the single and music video for ” Throne ” on 24 July 2015.