.bloc party

This was my second time seeing Bloc Party in concert. I believe the first time was in 2007 or 2008. The band just released A Weekend in the City. I guess my fandom goes back to their first album Silent Alarm with killer tracks like "This Modern Love" and "Banquet." Being an avid concert-goer the friend who accompanied me was not. We had spots dead center of the stage. When things started to get a tad rowdy (just fans jumping about) she immediately wanted to move further back. Since it was a sold-out show we had to stand on the stairs of the balcony. Thankfully I at least got to see the first set of songs up front.
 

It was great to see the new line-up of band members, especially Louise. I love when women play drums. Opening for Bloc Party was Oscar. He was really super and something different. His voice is very sexy and all of us enjoyed his jacket of cartoon characters. I felt he had better merchandise compared to the other bands. I'm a bit mad at myself for not buying his album on the way out. Ms Mr were okay in my opinion. I wasn't blown away with their songs but I loved their energy. Especially the synth / keyboard player. He had all of the moves. Then Bloc Party came out. The most annoying thing of the night was the girl on my left hand side. Her and her girlfriend moved up front last minute (seatbelters ugh) and just went ape-shit crazy almost the entire show. Every video I took you can hear her annoying voice belting out the lyrics. Her hair whipped me in the eyes at least 3 times that evening while she was headbanging. She kept shouting "Oh my fucking god!!! Are you serious?!" *sigh* I was glad to be next to her instead of my friend K who would've been really annoyed. At least her energy wasn't rampant the entire show.

SETLIST:
ONLY HE CAN HEAL ME
HUNTING FOR WITCHES
POSITIVE TENSION
MERCURY
VIRTUE
SONG FOR CLAY
BANQUET
DIFFERENT DRUGS
SO REAL
OCTOPUS
SO HE BEGINS TO LIE
THE LOVE WITHIN

ENCORE:
EVIL JAKE
FLUX
HELICOPTER
RATCHET

The highlight of the night for me was hearing "Mercury" because that is my current favorite Bloc Party song of the moment. The way Kele loops his voice and the repetitious chorus is just infectious. No "Modern Love" but it's okay. I heard it the first time I saw them. It was a great show nonetheless and K's first time at The Fillmore (she loved the venue)!