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Bloc Party. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Kele Okereke Addresses Bloc Party Split

by Paul Cashmere on October 1, 2011

in News

Something is going on in the Bloc Party camp and singer Kele Okereke is being left in the dark about it.

Bloc Party

Bloc Party. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

The members of Bloc Party gathered in a recording studio with Kele but he found out about it.

Kele told NME he was in New York and discovered his band had started rehearsing without his knowledge.

He told NME, “There was this rumour going around that we were supposed to be recording in September. I don’t know where that came from. I was actually eating lunch on a café on the street about three weeks ago on 8th Avenue and I saw somebody walk past. I recognised the haircut. It was Russell. He had headphones in and he was carrying a guitar. He didn’t see me. I followed him around the corner and I saw Matt, Gordon and Russell all standing outside a rehearsal space and they were all carrying their instruments. I thought what’s going on here? They all went inside. I think something is going on but I’ve got no idea what is going on”.

Have a listen to what he had to say to NME here:
Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke talks to NME by nmemagazine

 

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