Editing Bloc Party (section)

===''A Weekend in the City'' (2006–2008)===
Bloc Party's second album, ''[[A Weekend in the City]]'', was produced by [[Jacknife Lee|Garret "Jacknife" Lee]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/9zmq/ |title=Rock/Indie Review – Bloc Party, A Weekend in the City |publisher=BBC |author=Tom Young |date=1 February 2007 |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-date=21 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521101213/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/9zmq/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was released in February 2007,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000M06K5C |title=A Weekend in the City: Bloc Party |website=Amazon |access-date=3 May 2008 }}</ref> although it was [[music leak|leaked]] in November 2006.<ref name="EW" /> It became available for download on the UK [[iTunes Store]] before the physical release, and reached the number 2 spot on the UK Albums Chart.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1055075/mika-dominates-uk-album-singles-chart|title=Mika Dominates U.K. Album, Singles Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 June 2016}}</ref> The album also reached number 2 on the [[ARIA Charts|Australian]] and [[Ultratop|Belgian]] charts,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Bloc+Party&cat=a |title=Bloc Party albums |publisher=Australian Charts |access-date=1 April 2008 |archive-date=1 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201091949/http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Bloc+Party&cat=a |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/en/search.asp?cat=a&lang=nl&search=Bloc+Party |title=Bloc Party chart positions |publisher=[[Ultratop]] |access-date=3 May 2008 |archive-date=1 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201123257/http://www.ultratop.be/en/search.asp?cat=a&lang=nl&search=Bloc+Party |url-status=live }}</ref> and debuted at number 12 in the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], with 48,000 copies sold.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1054981/fall-out-boy-hits-high-note-with-no-1-debut |title=Fall Out Boy Hits 'High' Note With No.&nbsp;1 Debut|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=5 May 2008 }}</ref> The first single, "[[The Prayer (Bloc Party song)|The Prayer]]", was released on 29 January,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000KRMU1K |title=Amazon.co.uk: The Prayer: Bloc Party: Music |website=Amazon UK |access-date=4 May 2008 }}</ref> and became the band's highest charting single in the British Top 40, reaching number 4.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blocparty.com/news.php?newsID=255&s_news=165 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708015642/http://www.blocparty.com/news.php?newsID=255&s_news=165 |archive-date=8 July 2011 |title=The Prayer Hits The Top 5 |publisher=Bloc Party |access-date=4 May 2008 }}</ref> In the buildup to the release of the album, BBC Radio 1 DJ [[Zane Lowe]] aired a live set by the band from [[Maida Vale]] studios on 30 January 2007, featuring a mix of old and new songs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/galleries/1006/ |title=Radio 1 – Zane Lowe – Bloc Party live at Maida Vale |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-date=14 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214234436/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/galleries/1006/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 1 February 2007, ''A Weekend in the City'' was made available to listen to for free through Bloc Party's official MySpace page.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blocparty.com/story.php?newsID=250 |title=Listen to 'A Weekend in the City' Now! |publisher=Bloc Party |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071018203534/http://www.blocparty.com/story.php?newsID=250 |archive-date = 18 October 2007}}</ref>

[[File:BlocParty.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Bloc Party at The Brixton Academy, London, UK. October 2005.]]

The next single, "[[I Still Remember]]", was Bloc Party's highest charting American single, peaking at number 24 on the Modern Rock Chart.<ref name="USs">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bloc-party/chart-history/ |title=Bloc Party |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=3 April 2008 }}</ref> The band released their third single, "[[Hunting for Witches]]", with an accompanying video clip in August 2007. The single became their only ARIA Chart entry, peaking at number 20.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=Bloc+Party&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=australian-charts.com – Australian charts portal |publisher=Australian Charts |access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-date=16 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416031223/http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=Bloc+Party&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2007, it was announced that Bloc Party would release a new single, "[[Flux (Bloc Party song)|Flux]]", on 13 November—ahead of their end of year gigs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000WTNDD0 |title=Amazon.co.uk: Flux: Bloc Party: Music |website=Amazon UK |access-date=4 May 2008 }}</ref> The [[electronic music|electronic]] song, also produced by Jacknife Lee,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/bloc-party/31542 |title=Bloc Party announce new single details |work=[[NME]] |access-date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182149/http://www.nme.com/news/bloc-party/31542 |url-status=live }}</ref> was very different from previous singles released by the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20071216_bloc.shtml|title=Bloc Party on a High|publisher=BBC|author=Ruth Barnes|date=16 December 2007|access-date=9 June 2008|archive-date=3 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503173645/http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20071216_bloc.shtml}}</ref>

The band's first gig following the release of ''A Weekend in the City'' was on 5 February 2007, in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]],<ref name="live07">{{cite web|url=http://www.blocparty.com/gigs.php?year=2007 |title=Live: Archive |publisher=Bloc Party |access-date=2 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731134058/http://www.blocparty.com/gigs.php?year=2007 |archive-date=31 July 2008 }}</ref> and was broadcast live on [[BBC 6 Music]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/litc/galleries/1045/ |title=Lamacq in the City – Reading Hexagon, 5&nbsp;Feb&nbsp;2007 |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-date=16 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116060952/http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/litc/galleries/1045/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 20 May 2007, Bloc Party headlined on the ''In New Music We Trust'' stage at the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2007/artists/blocparty/ |title=Radio 1's Big Weekend – Bloc Party |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-date=5 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105110357/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2007/artists/blocparty/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They also performed at the UK leg of [[Live Earth]] on 7 July 2007 at [[Wembley Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/liveearth/artists/blocparty/ |title=Live Earth – Bloc Party |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-date=19 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219192832/http://www.bbc.co.uk/liveearth/artists/blocparty/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Furthermore, the band played sets at [[T in the Park]] and [[Oxegen 2007|Oxegen 07]] that same weekend,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/tinthepark/artists/bloc_party |title=BBC Scotland – T in the Park 2007 – Bloc Party |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070715061122/http://www.bbc.co.uk/tinthepark/artists/bloc_party |archive-date = 15 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxegen.ie/line_up.php |title=Oxegen '07 Lineup |publisher=[[Oxegen]] |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080422094234/http://www.oxegen.ie/line_up.php |archive-date = 22 April 2008}}</ref> as well as [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]] and the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]] later in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/gallery/2007/jun/25/blocparty?picture=330078810 |title=Glastonbury gallery: photographs by Bloc Party |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=4 May 2008 |location=London |date=25 June 2007 |archive-date=30 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530051656/http://www.theguardian.com/arts/gallery/2007/jun/25/blocparty?picture=330078810 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/readingandleeds/2007/artists/#b |title=Reading and Leeds 2007 – Artists/Line-up |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-date=30 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130201656/http://www.bbc.co.uk/readingandleeds/2007/artists/#b |url-status=live }}</ref> Bloc Party announced a tour of Australia and New Zealand in August 2007, which would include a special appearance at the [[Splendour in the Grass]] Festival on 5 August.<ref name="live07" /> On 17 September 2007, they recorded a set for the [[PBS]] show [[Austin City Limits]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=147&Itemid=635 |title=Austin City Limits – Bloc Party followed by Ghostland Observatory |publisher=PBS |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-date=8 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308211541/http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=147&Itemid=635 }}</ref> a day after playing at the [[Austin City Limits Music Festival]].<ref name="live07" /> On 27 October, the band performed a set at London's [[The Roundhouse]] with the [[Exmoor Singers of London Chamber Choir|Exmoor Singers]], a London-based choir, as part of the [[BBC Electric Proms]]. The set included songs from both ''Silent Alarm'' and ''A Weekend in the City'' along with the first British live performance of "Flux".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms/2007/artists/blocparty/ |title=Electric Proms 2007 – Bloc Party |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-date=23 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423231018/http://www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms/2007/artists/blocparty/ |url-status=live }}</ref>