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Interpol and Bloc Party Announce 2023 Australian Tour

By Alex Gallagher

Two titans of turn-of-the-century indie rock will tour Australia together this year. New York’s Interpol and London’s Bloc Party will play three shows together in November. It will be Interpol’s first Australian shows since 2019, and Bloc Party’s first since 2018.

The tour will kick off Thursday, 16th November at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl. It will then head to Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Saturday, 18th November, before wrapping up at Riverstage in Brisbane on Wednesday, 22nd November. Tickets will go on sale Friday, 7th July at 9am local time. There’s a pre-sale kicking off Wednesday, 5th July you can sign up for here .

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“The histories of Bloc Party and Interpol are intertwined at various stages of our careers,” Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke said in a statement. “It made perfect sense to us to solidify that by playing some massive shows together in one of our favourite countries on earth. We can’t wait to get back to Australia in November.”

Interpol echoed Okereke’s sentiments in a briefer statement. “We are so happy to be hitting the road with our friends Bloc Party in Australia,” they wrote. “Come on down!”

When they arrive in Australia in November, both bands will have new material in tow. Both bands released new albums last year, with Interpol’s The Other Side of Make-Believe and Bloc Party’s Alpha Games both arriving in 2022.

In April this year, Bloc Party released new single ‘High Life’ , their first since Alpha Games arrived. Earlier this month, they followed it up with ‘Keep It Rolling’, a collaboration with American indie-rocker KennyHoopla.

Interpol and Bloc Party 2023 Australian Tour

• Thursday, 16th November – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
• Saturday, 18th November – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
• Wednesday, 22nd November – Riverstage, Brisbane

Tickets on sale Friday, 7th July

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18 Nov 2023

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19 Nov 2023

Indie rock heavyweights Bloc Party and Interpol are reuniting with cult fans down under for mammoth co-headline shows.

• Presented by: Destroy All Lines
• Making their first return to Australia since 2019, revered New York rock-outfit Interpol will bring their magnetic stage presence and atmospheric back catalogue to devoted music fans with acclaimed alt-anthems from records like Turn On The Bright Lights, Antics and El Pintor.
• With their live show described as a “transcendent experience”, crowds will revel in cornerstone tracks as well as music from their 7th studio album The Other Side of Make-Believe live in Australia for the first time.
• Ready to amplify Australian stages for the first time since 2018, UK’s acclaimed indie-rock force Bloc Party are set to electrify with their genre-bending catalogue of hailed gems from Silent Alarm, A Weekend In The City, Intimacy and 2022 LP release Alpha Games. If that’s not enough, Bloc Party have released two more singles this year, “Keep It Rolling” and “High Life” and will release The High Life EP in July.
• A bucket-list tour you won’t want to miss, catch powerhouse bands Interpol and Bloc Party on stage near you this November.

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EVENT DATE:

• Saturday 18th November, 2023 (SOLD OUT)
• Sunday 19 November (NEW SHOW)

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SATURDAY 18 NOVEMBER

• Box Office: 5:00pm
• Doors Open: 6:00pm
• Dust:  6.30pm
• Bloc Party:  7.30pm
• Interpol: 9.15pm

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• Interpol:  7.30pm
• Bloc Party: 9.15pm

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Bloc Party announce Australian tour this November

Bloc Party are going to be touring Australia for the first time since 2018, announcing a string of headline shows this November in Perth, Adelaide and Hobart. Plus they’ll be joined by Interpol for shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

The band have enjoyed great success with their albums  Silent Alarm  and  Weekend in the City  which came out in 2005 and 2007 respectively. They’ve followed those great records up with  Intimacy  (2008),  Four  (2012),  Hymns  (2016) and the EP  Alpha Games  in 2022. Lead singer Kele Okereke has also found success as a solo artist.

Today the band have shared their new EP  The High Life that includes recent singles  Keep It Rolling  and  High Life. 

The tour will see the band heading up Perth’s Red Hill Auditorium on Friday 10 November, Adelaide’s Hindley Street Music Hall on Sunday 12 November and Hobart’s Odeon Theatre on Tuesday 14 November, Bloc Party are turning it up ahead of their East Coast co-headline tour with Interpol mid-November.

Early Bird Presale: Tuesday 25th July 9am local time Sign up for access to Early Bird Presale here .

General On Sale: Thursday 27th July 9am local time Tickets available via Destroy All Lines here .

BLOC PARTY HEADLINE SHOWS

Friday 10 November 2023 Red Hill Auditorium Perth, WA

Sunday 12 November 2023 Hindley Street Music Hall Adelaide, SA

Tuesday 14 November 2023 Odeon Theatre Hobart, TAS

INTERPOL AND BLOC PARTY AUSTRALIAN CO-HEADLINE TOUR 2023

Thursday 16 November Sidney Myer Music Bowl Melbourne, VIC

Saturday 18 November – SOLD OUT! Horden Pavillion Sydney, NSW

Sunday 19 November – SECOND SHOW! Horden Pavillion Sydney, NSW

Wednesday 22 November Riverstage Brisbane, QLD Tickets available here .

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Bloc Party announce new headline shows for Perth, Adelaide, and Hobart

• July 21, 2023

After announcing a co-headline tour with Interpol , Bloc Party have now announced a series of headline dates of their own. With shows in Perth, Adelaide, and Hobart added to the calendar, this year marks the band’s first return to Australia since 2018.

Keen fans would have noticed two singles already released this year, “Keep it Rolling” High Life” from new EP High Life . This adds to the indie rockers’ catalogue of   Silent Alarm ,  A Weekend In The City ,  Intimacy, Four, Hymns  and 2022 LP release  Alpha Games .

Bloc Party got their breakthrough in 2015 when Franz Ferdinand singer, Alex Kapranos was given a copy of the single “She’s Hearing Voices” by frontman Kele Okereke .  They were played on the BBC, and the rest is history. Their debut album, Silent Alarm , included hit songs such as “Banquet”, “Helicopter”, “This Modern Love” and “Flux”, and went on to achieve platinum status.

You can catch Bloc Party on tour this November – here’s all the details you’ll need!

PERTH: Red Hill Auditorium on Friday 10 November

ADELAIDE: Hindley Street Music Hall on Sunday 12 November

HOBART: Odeon Theatre on Tuesday 14 November

Early bird presale will kick off on Tuesday 25th July at 9am local time. You can sign up for access here . General sale starts Thursday 27th July at 9am local time. Tickets will be available through Destroy All Lines  here .

And for those of you on the east coast, there’s till time to grab tickets for the Bloc Party/Interpol co-headline tour!

MELBOURNE: Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Thursday 16th November

SYDNEY: Horden Pavillian, Saturday 18 November – SOLD OUT!

SYDNEY: Horden Pavillion, Sunday 19 November – SECOND SHOW!

BRISBANE: Riverstage, Wednesday 22 November

Destroy All Lines has all the ticket info you need right here .

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Since the early 2000s, Interpol and Bloc Party have provided the soundtracks for fans who couldn’t get enough of guitar-driven, angst-ridden tunes.

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Your 2000s indie rock dreams can come true this November, as US legends Interpol  and UK heroes Bloc Party are heading to the east coast of Australia for a co-headline tour.

The pair of indie rock heavyweights are both regarded as quintessential bands of the early 2000s; whether they dominated the New York City hubs or the cold British landscapes, Interpol and Bloc Party have provided the soundtracks for fans who couldn’t get enough of guitar-driven, angst-ridden tunes.

With Interpol arriving in Australia for the first time since 2019 and Bloc Party touching down for the first time in five years, the co-headliners will each deliver their magnetic presences to massive venues on the east coast.

Presented by Destroy All Lines  and Double J , the tour begins on Thursday, 16 November, at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl. The bands will then head to Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion and Brisbane’s Riverstage. 

The Early Bird pre-sale commences on Wednesday, 5 July, at 9 am AEST – sign up for your pre-sale access here . The general on-sale will begin on Friday, 7 July, at 9 am local time via Destroy All Lines .

“We are so happy to be hitting the road with our friends Bloc Party in Australia. Come on down,” Interpol said in a statement.

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Bloc Party vocalist Kele Okereke added, “The histories of Bloc Party and Interpol are intertwined at various stages of our careers. It made perfect sense to us to solidify that by playing some massive shows together in one of our favourite countries on earth. We can’t wait to get back to Australia in November.”

On Interpol’s January 2019 gig at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre, The Music ’s Madison Thomas placed the show in her writer’s Hall Of Fame, writing , “From the lighting design, to the band’s performance itself, it is difficult to think of a more cohesive, beautifully performed, endlessly gorgeous show in recent memory.”

Bloc Party, meanwhile, played their seminal 2005 debut album, Silent Alarm , in its entirety last time they were in Australia, with The Music ’s Luke Dassaklis declaring that “Each song brought more and more energy, building the Hordern up to a loud and thrilling crescendo.”

You don’t want to miss out on November’s thrilling crescendo.

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Bloc Party have announced they'll be playing Perth, Adelaide and Hobart this November while in the country playing co-headline shows with Interpol along the East Coast .

The British indie rock darlings were last in Australia in 2018 , performing their debut album Silent Alarm in full.

Released in 2005, the album's mix of angular, criss-crossing riffs, surging rhythms and frontman Kele Okereke 's impassioned yelp instantly cemented them as a cut above their guitar-toting peers. It went on to become a Platinum-selling, era-defining record .

Subsequent albums – such as 2007's A Weekend In The City and 2008's Intimacy – extended into ambitious electronic sounds and structures, with the group charting 10 songs in triple j's Hottest 100 before entering a new phase of their career.

Okereke and guitarist Russell Lissack were reinvigorated by a new rhythm section — bassist Justin Harris and drummer Louise Bartle – leading to 2016 comeback album Hymns and last year's Alpha Games .

The Australian tour news comes in the wake of The High Life EP, out tomorrow (Friday 21 July) and featuring new singles ' High Life ' and ' Keep It Rolling ' (featuring young US genre-bender KennyHoopla ).

Bloc Party are also a dynamite live band, underscoring the explosive quality of their high-energy numbers and leaning into the atmosphere of their tender moments. You haven't really heard ' Helicopter ' until you've experienced it live.

You'll get the chance (again) when Bloc Party headline the following dates, proudly supported by Double J.

Tickets are on sale from Thursday 27 July, 9am local time, and there's a pre-sale happening from 25 July.

Fri 10 November – Red Hill Auditorium: Whadjuk Noongar Country, Perth

Sun 12 November – Hindley Street Music Hall: Kaurna Country, Adelaide

Tues 14 November – Odeon Theatre: muwinina Country, Hobart

Bloc Party and Interpol bring their dream indie rock double bill to the following shows, also supported by Double J. Tickets on sale now ( more info here) .

Thurs 16 November – Sidney Myer Music Bowl: Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung, Melbourne (with dust)

Sat 18 November – Hordern Pavilion: Gadigal Land, Sydney (sold out) (with dust)

Sun 19 November — Hordern Pavilion: Gadigal Land, Sydney (new show) (with dust)

Wed 22 November – Riverstage: Turrbal Jagera, Brisbane (with dust)

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Interpol and bloc party announce co-headline tour for november.

Mention indie to someone who lived through the 2000s and they’d be hard pressed to not mention Bloc Party or Interpol, if not both, in their first sentence.

This makes it all the more exciting that the Bloc Party and Interpol have announced a co-headlining tour of Australia for November.

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Interpol haven’t been to Australia since 2019, busy with their new album The Other Side of Make-Believe and the Interpolations that have come after it. Hailing from New York, Interpol are closely associated with the explosion of indie in the early 2000s, along with bands like The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio and The National.

“We are so happy to be hitting the road with our friends Bloc Party in Australia. Come on down!”

From across the pond, Bloc Party are equal stalwarts of the genre, though their own genre-bending catalogue was distinctly British, while also pushing the envelope. In addition to huge hits like “Banquet”, “Helicopter”, “This Modern Love” and “Flux”, Bloc Party released their LP Alpha Games in 2022, and the upcoming release The High Life EP has already offered singles “Keep It Rolling” and “High Life”.

“The histories of Bloc Party and Interpol are intertwined at various stages of our careers. It made perfect sense to us to solidify that by playing some massive shows together in one of our favourite countries on earth. We can’t wait to get back to Australia in November.”

Thursday 16th November will see the bands play the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, followed by the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney and Riverstage in Brisbane on the 18th and 22nd respectively. Tickets go on sale early July.

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Interpol and Bloc Party announce co-headline Australia tour this November

With shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane confirmed

Interpol and Bloc Party will stage a co-headlining tour of Australia later this year.

• READ MORE: Interpol – ‘The Other Side Of Make Believe’ review: subtle explorations of mood, rhythm and romance

The bands announced the tour today (June 29), which is set to take place in November, with shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane confirmed. Check out the list of tour dates and venues below.

The tour will see both Interpol and Bloc Party perform full headlining sets across all dates. On November 16, both bands will perform at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, Victoria. They then head down to the Horden Pavilion in Sydney, New South Wales on November 18. Lastly, the bands will perform at the Riverstage in Brisbane, Queensland on November 22.

Australia! We’ll see you in November for three shows with our friends, @BlocParty ! Pre-sale begins July 5th at 9am AEST, on-sale starts July 7th at 9am AEST. pic.twitter.com/ojZJorpZsi — Interpol (@Interpol) June 28, 2023

Early Bird pre-sale tickets go live on Wednesday, July 5 at 9am AEST. Register for access to the Early Bird pre-sale here . Meanwhile, general tickets are set to go on sale next Friday (July 7) at 9am AEST via Destroy All Lines . Ticket prices have yet to be announced.

Interpol’s and Bloc Party’s 2023 Australian co-headline tour dates are:

NOVEMBER Thursday 16 – Sidney Myer Music Bowl – Melbourne, VIC Saturday 18 – Horden Pavilion – Sydney, NSW Wednesday 22 – Riverstage – Brisbane, QLD

Interpol released their latest album ‘The Other Side Of Make Believe’ in July 2022. The record scored a four-star review from NME ‘s Andrew Trendell, who wrote: “Far from a total reinvention, but all adds up to a confident, rewarding and subtly adventurous new chapter for Interpol – or, as [frontman Paul] Banks sings himself on the peak of ‘Toni’, “ Still in shape, my methods refined” .

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Bloc Party’s last album – last year’s ‘Alpha Games’ – scored a three-star review from Ali Shutler for  NME , who wrote: “‘Alpha Games’ sees Bloc Party still championing the ’00s scene that they came up in, but there’s not a hint of nostalgia in sight. With a renewed vigour and the desire to keep things moving, this sixth album could soundtrack a new generation of indie discos.”

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Bloc Party & Interpol offer more than just indie rock nostalgia on their Australian tour

I t's a pretty big deal. Two of the most impactful indie rock bands of the 2000s together on the one bill and back in Australia for the first time post-COVID.

The significance isn't lost on Bloc Party and Interpol , either. Both acts make a point of how special it is to be in each other's graces at the first stop of their co-headline tour , at Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

It's safe to say it's a dream come true for the audience, too.

The largely middle-aged crowd is no doubt comprised of fans who remember the era where Interpol were regarded as New York City's gothic alternative to The Strokes, and Bloc Party were as equally defining to a UK wave popularised by Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, et al.

Their respective debut albums, Turn On The Bright Lights and Silent Alarm , are widely-regarded classics.

The rush of hearing ' Helicopter ' or ' PDA ' — and how they instantly transport us back to a heyday of indie discos, skinny jeans, burnt CDs and urgent emotions — remains palpable.

While there's a minority faction who'll argue both bands would better those records, even the most contrarian fan would concede that most of the older fanbase tonight is waiting to hear 'the old stuff'.

The blogosphere culture and NME cover star ecosystem that helped bring both bands to global acclaim may have all but collapsed. And yet they've persevered, enduring significant line-up changes and shifting musical trends to continue delivering worthwhile records and tours.

It's a tricky position for an artist to be in. Do you exhibit your full artistic range? Or give in and cater to people's thirst for nostalgia?

Before we can answer that question, we need to talk about a support act that, frankly, not enough people came down early to see.

"We're dust from Newcastle. This is a lifetime experience."

The five-piece are clearly stoked to be opening for indie rock luminaries and attack the opportunity with their atmospheric post-punk . They're a tight unit with contagious energy, building layers of pealing guitar and saxophone squall only to punctuate it with explosive spasms of rhythmic, acidic riffs.

There's only a small gathering of 60 or so up front, and a smattering of people seated or splayed back across the lawn, but that doesn't stop dust from playing like they're in a sweaty club. Singer-guitarist Gabe Stove is particularly magnetic, thrashing his instrument and lurching around his mic stand, his movements and curly afro bringing to mind the intensity of At The Drive-In.

Cuts like 'Alternator' and closer 'Joy (Guilt)' – with spoken word verses from guitarist Justin Teale – show dust are adept at being both abrasive and introspective. They're an exciting live act, and with an impressive EP under their belt, they're definitely ones to watch rise.

Interpol are a band best enjoyed under cover of night. All the better to enjoy their claustrophobic atmospheres and dense rhythmic layers, so it feels strange when they begin their set in the early evening sun.

Bathed in purple stage light and dressed in regulation all-black, they begin with moody opener 'Untitled' from Turn On The Bright Lights . (No, no. turn them off!)

Both band and audience take a little warming up, especially since frontman Paul Banks – sporting slicked back hair and shades — doesn't offer much in the way of engagement. To be fair, he's never been a showman, instead relying on the band's noir majesty to captivate.

Case in point: the sprawling 'Take You On A Cruise', highlighting Interpol's tessellating guitars and Banks' foghorn voice, cutting like a lighthouse beam through the musical gloom. They next play 'Into The Night', from last year's The Other Side of Make-Believe , demonstrating how strictly they've stuck to the same aesthetic, even seven albums and two decades into their career.

If you demand growth from your bands that might be an issue, but Interpol's consistency is actually a strength. And once the sun goes down – around the time they perform the stabbing riffs of 'Roland' and the wonderfully cinematic 'Pioneer To The Falls' – the show really kicks up a level or two.

The strobe lighting and washes of red gain more power, and aside from a few cuts from recent albums (including a burly 'The Rover' and the eerie 'My Desire'), the quintet liberally cherry pick from their first three albums.

'Obstacle 1' is as bracing as ever, the oscillating spellbinding and seasick riffs of 'The New' are potent, while the growling bass intro to 'No I In Threesome' earns whoops of recognition. We're treated to half of 2004 sophomore album Antics , with 'Slow Hands' and the goth-pop 'Evil' getting the biggest reactions of the set.

It took a while to get humming but as Interpol exit to roars of approval, it's clear their decision to deliver a largely crowd-pleasing set was a wise one.

The last time Bloc Party were in the country, it was to perform Silent Alarm in full , so it makes sense for them to focus on newer material this time around.

Getting things started is 'In Situ' and 'You Should Know The Truth', from 2022 return-to-form LP Alpha Games , which might not be as instantly familiar but contain the same surging energy and angular guitars.

Unfortunately, they're beleaguered by a terrible mix up front: the guitars muffled, the bass too low and the vocals too soft. And it doesn't get much better for the remainder of the 20-song set.

They don't lack presence though, illuminated by an impressive production rig and fronted by the ever-charismatic Kele Okereke . His impassioned vocals struggle to cut through the muddy mix but there's no missing his theatrical facial expressions or efforts to pump the crowd up with handclaps, singalongs, and cheeky banter.

"This is for the person or people smoking the weed," he jokes ahead of diving into the groove-laden title track to July's High Life EP.

Looking like Tobey Maguire cast as Jonny Greenwood in a Radiohead biopic, guitarist Russell Lissack is a subdued figure on stage but lets his instrument go wild.

He gets to shred through the heavier crunch of 'Kettling' (a rare showing from much maligned 2012 album Four ), provides FX-aided fireworks on 'Hunting For Witches' and criss-crosses around Okereke's lines on 'Real Talk' and the sparkling 'So Here We Are'.

But the real star is drummer Louise Bartle . Maintaining wire-tight groove through the sparser 'Different Drugs' or motoring through the up-tempo numbers, she's the cornerstone of the band's infectious rhythmic drive.

Bonus points too for perfectly performing the athletic, kit-smashing parts of Bloc Party's older material (written by original drummer Matt Tong as a kinetic twenty-something), tearing through it with ease and flair.

The set's first real fever pitch moment arrives when Okereke sneaks in an impromptu cover of Paul Kelly 's 'Dumb Things', which immediately ignites into a ripping version of nihilistic A Weekend In The City opener 'Song For Clay (Disappear Here)'.

They segue straight into Silent Alarm favourite 'Banquet', played at breakneck tempo, the entire venue detonating and shouting along at top volume: 'I'm on fire!'

'Traps' follows and manages to capitalise on the momentum somewhat but some relatively weaker selections from 2016's Hymns make for a lull.

Later, when the signature slicing notes of 'Helicopter' arrive, the energy leaps from zero to one hundred again, emphasising the inconsistent feel to the performance. The audience is hot and cold, their energy dipping as they wait around for hits, then skyrocketing when they arrive.

Interpol didn't seem to have quite the same problem, and the uneven feel isn't exactly Bloc Party's fault.

They deliver a dynamic, career-spanning set and compared to previous tours, seem much more comfortable embracing the explosive reactions to Silent Alarm material.

It's a catch-22 many older bands inevitably deal with, but rather than risk becoming soulless jukeboxes placating ageing audiences, seeing Bloc Party and Interpol back-to-back in 2023 feels just as invigorating as it would have in 2007. And that's an experience worth celebrating.

Catch Bloc Party & Interpol at the remaining Australian dates, proudly presented by Double J.

Saturday 18 November – Hordern Pavilion: Gadigal Land, Sydney (sold out) (with dust)Sunday 19 November - Hordern Pavilion: Gadigal Land, Sydney (new show) (with dust)

Wednesday 22 November – Riverstage: Turrbal Jagera, Brisbane (with dust)

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The 2000s favourites are teaming up on a joint tour of Australia's east coast this November.

Back in the 2000s, if you weren't listing to Interpol and Bloc Party, were you really in the 2000s? No, no you weren't. The former arrived out of Manhattan in the late 90s, then helped define the city's turn-of-the-century indie music scene with The Strokes , Yeah Yeah Yeahs , TV on the Radio and The National. Hailing from Britain and also coming together just before Y2K, the latter initially scored some hefty approval in 2003 via Franz Ferdinand's lead singer Alex Kaprano.

From those beginnings, both bands became indie rock greats. Next, they're heading to Australia to remind music lovers why. Busting out everything from 'Slow Hands' to 'She's Hearing Voices', the two groups will share the same bill on a co-headlining tour of the country's east coast in November , including a show at Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Thursday, November 16.

For Interpol, it'll be their first visit Down Under since 2019, plus their debut chance to play 2022 album The Other Side of Make-Believe in Australia. Tracks from past records such as Turn on the Bright Lights , Antics and El Pintor will also feature.

Bloc Party are making the trip after last rocking Aussie stages in 2018, and will perform songs from  Silent Alarm , A Weekend in the City , Intimacy and 2022 LP Alpha Games .

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Interpol Tour 2024

Interpol tour 2024 announced : Starting in April, Interpol will embark on a long tour that will take them to perform in the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe.

Interpol’s first tour in two years starts with a 19-date tour of North America. They will perform in Dallas, San Diego, Denver, Chicago, Boston and Brooklyn before moving to Los Angeles to perform at the Just Like Heaven festival. Tycho and Matthew Dear will be opening for the US tour, while Dry Cleaning will be opening for Interpol on May 28 in Mexico City.

This year should be momentous for Interpol. This year they celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album Turn On the Bright Lights, featured prominently in the new documentary Meet Me in the Bathroom (read the review) and have just finished working on their seventh album with producers Flood and Alan Moulder at Battery Studios in London. (Their last album was Marauder, 2018). Matador Records states: "New music coming soon". While we wait to see what happens, you can see a brief montage of the band in the studio below, which includes just one track of the new music.

We are likely to see new music from Interpol when its newly announced US tour begins in Dallas on April 25 and concludes with the Just Like Heaven festival in Los Angeles on May 21. Most shows are with Tycho and Matthew Dear. In addition to major cities in the United States, they will also play in Mexico and the United Kingdom and in Europe as part of the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona.

Interpol 2024 tickets for the full tour will be on sale to the general public on Friday, January 28 at 10 am local time.

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April 25 – Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum April 26 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater April 28 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre April 29 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre April 30 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre May 02 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union May 03 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom May 05 – St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre May 06 – Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom May 07 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit May 08 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre May 10 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem May 11 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner May 13 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia May 14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre May 15 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre May 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Rose Bowl, Pasadena – Just Like Heaven May 28 – Mexico City, MEX @ Palacio De Los Deportes June 08 – Barcelona, Spain @ Sala Apolo June 09 – Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound June 11 – Porto, Portugal @ Primavera Sound June 12 – Berlin, Germany @ Templehof Sounds Festival June 14 – London, UK @ The Roundhouse June 15 – London, UK @ The Roundhouse June 16 – Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique June 18 – Paris, France @ Salle Pleyel June 19 – Landgraaf, Netherlands @ Pinkpop Festival

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Australian Tour February 2008

Having defined their own genre New York City’s purveyors of dark rock, Interpol, return to Australia for the third time in February 2008.

In 2005, Interpol turned on the bright lights at Splendour in The Grass and kept the crowd enthralled with their on stage antics. Their headline shows across Australia sold out in hours. With a new album, Our Love To Admire, under their belt Interpol step it up a notch on this tour playing their biggest venues yet.

Interpol recently headlined Coachella Festival in the USA and are currently on a massive US tour. Since the release of Our Love To Admire, the dapper gentlemen known for their suave style have been constantly on the road – from Summer Sonic Festival in Japan to major UK tours. Finally it is Australia’s turn to see the third album by one of the world’s top bands brought to life on stage.

Interpol first turned heads across the world in 2002 with their breakthrough definitive debut album, Turn On The Bright Lights. They quickly followed up this massive effort with the equally lauded Antics. Third album Our Love To Admire is their first album on major label Capitol records. Produced by Interpol and Rich Costey, Our Love to Admire takes a new approach to songwriting with rich orchestration and synergetic instrumental arrangements.

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PERTH When: Sun 17-02-08 Where: Metro City

BRISBANE When: Tue 19-02-08 Where: Convention Centre

SYDNEY When: Thu 21-02-08 Where: Hordern Pavilion

MELBOURNE When: Mon 25-02-08 Where: Festival Hall

ADELAIDE When: Tue 26-02-08 Where: Thebarton Theatre

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New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) A wanted accused in the NIA’s gold smuggling case, facing an Interpol Red Notice, was repatriated from Saudi Arabia in an operation coordinated by the CBI, officials said on Thursday.

The Global Operations Centre of the Central Bureau of Investigation has coordinated via Interpol channels with the National Central Bureau-Riyadh for the return of Shokat Ali to Mumbai from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday night, the CBI spokesperson said.

Ali was wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a gold smuggling case registered in 2020 related to the seizure of smuggled gold bars at Jaipur International Airport, Rajasthan.

“During investigation it had been found that accused Shokat Ali had conspired with his co-accused in illegal smuggling of gold bars from Saudi Arabia into India,” the official said.

He was booked under stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) pertaining to offences of unlawful activities and criminal conspiracy and was earlier geo-located in Saudi Arabia with close follow-up through Interpol, he said.

The CBI got a Red Notice issued against him from the Interpol General Secretariat on September 13, 2021. The Red Notice was circulated to all Interpol member countries to locate and arrest the accused, the spokesperson said in a statement. PTI ABS SMN

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