At the beginning of the year, I wrote an article in which Kele from Bloc Party announced that the band had been working on an album that would be released later this year.

Well, now we have a date, album title AND tour line-up!

Bloc Party now under the Frenckiss Record label will release their fourth album “Four”, also the first album in four years, on August 21st.

Here’s also a teaser trailer with music from Bloc Party’s “Four”:

Here are the band’s upcoming tour dates:

Bloc Party 2012 Tour Dates
06/19 – Glasgow, UK @ Garage
06/20 – Manchester, UK @ HMV Ritz
06/21 – London, UK @ Koko
06/29 – Borlange, SE @ Peace and Love Festival
07/05 – Sesimbra, PT @ Super Bock Super Rock
07/06 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/08 – Turku, FI @ Ruisrock Festival
07/12 – Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live
07/13-15 – Ferropolis, DE @Melt! Festival
07/28 – Byron Bay, AU @ Splendour in the Grass
07/30 – Honolulu, HI @ The Republik
08/03 – Los Angeles, CA @ HARD Summer Music Fest
08/04 – Chicago, IL @Lollapalooza
08/05 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
08/07 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
08/08 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
08/09 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
08/11 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Cosmopolitan
08/16 – Kiewitt, BE @ Pukkelpop
08/17 – Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
08/18 – St. Polten, AT @ Frequency Festival
08/24 – Paris, FR @ Rock en Seine
08/25 – Zurich, CH @ Open Air Festival
09/04 – Mallorca, ES @ Mallorca Rocks
09/05 – Ibiza, ES @ Ibiza Rocks
11/03 – Nantes, FR @ Le Stereolux
11/04 – Lyon, FR @ Le Transbordeur
11/05 – Bordeaux, FR @ Le Rocher de Palmer
11/07 – Toulouse, FR @ Le Bikini
11/08 – Milan, IT @ Alcatraz
11/11 – Hamburg, DE @ Docks
11/12 – Stuttgart, DE @ Theatrehaus
11/13 – Dresden, DE @ Eventwerk
11/15 – Munich, DE @ Tonhalle
11/18 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
11/20 – Oslo, NO @ Rockafeller