Photography by Matt Cowan

Kele Okereke of Bloc Party was all smiles during the first of two electric nights at the Palladium as the band took us back to their debut album, Silent Alarm. Okereke and lead guitarist Russell Lissack  are the remaining original members. The floor was the place to be to move and groove to the 2005 album that put the band on our radar. “Helicopter” and “Banquet” are timeless.

Lizzy Plapinger who is LPX is no stranger to us. She is also the lead singer of pop duo MS MR and was the perfect way to warm up before Bloc Party took the stage.

Setlist via setlist.fm

1. Compliments
2. Plans
3. Luno
4. So Here We are
5. Little Thoughts
6. Price of Gasoline
7. The Pioneers
8. This Modern Love
9. She’s Hearing Voices
10. Blue Light
11. Banquet
12. Positive Tension
13. Helicopter
14. Like Eating Glass
15. Two More Years
16. Hunting for Witches
17. The Prayer
18. Flux
19. Ratchet