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Bloc Party
John Cain Arena
3/8/2025
It was a surprisingly warm winters night in Melbourne and you could feel the anticipation that was buzzing from the crowd as people lined up waiting to go into John Cain Arena
Once inside ,everyone was eager to get to their seats or if you were fortunate enough to be standing, making their way to the front of the stage in hope of catching a glimpse of Bloc Party. Before that could happen, Young the Giant took the stage and warmed the crowd up.
Arena falling into total darkness, crowd cheering, Bloc Party takes the stage, opening with “So here we are”, “She’s hearing Voices” and “Mercury”.
Frontman Kele Okereke exclaimed at his joy performing in Melbourne – saying he wasn’t sure when they (the band) will be back, but they will be back again.
Playing through Silent Alarm and all their greatest hits, the crowd went wild, gazing out upon the sea of people, I noticed something that I haven’t seen for a long time, the crowd were there for the music and to be in the moment, when “Song for Clay(Disappear Here)” rang out – no one in the pit was on their phone, the white glow on peoples faces wasn’t to be seen, just pure joy and excitement was up in the air, a rare site in todays extreme hustle society where everyone lives on their phones. Maybe it’s the slightly older crowd who turned up or maybe, just maybe, Bloc Party pulled the crowd into the moment blasting everyone with their sound, a night to be remembered.
Blazing through their set list they played other hits like “Banquet”, “Traps”, The Prayer” and “Like Eating Glass” – ending their set with a 5 song Encore saving their best for last, sending of the night with “Signs”,” The Pioneers”, “Helicopter”, This Modern Love” and rocking the house down with “Ratchet”. Couldn’t have had a better send off for a night out.
Photographs by Jacinta Keefe
