Editing Bloc Party (section)

===''Intimacy'' (2008–2009)===
"[[Mercury (song)|Mercury]]" was released as the first single from Bloc Party's third album in August 2008.<ref name="ZL08">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20080707 |title=Radio 1 – Zane Lowe tracklisting archives |publisher=BBC |access-date=7 July 2008 |archive-date=8 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108063150/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20080707 |url-status=live }}</ref> Again produced by Jacknife Lee and Paul Epworth, ''[[Intimacy (Bloc Party album)|Intimacy]]'' was rush-released later that month, with the album available to download 3 days after an announcement in August 2008. Later in the month the band played second on the bill at the Reading and Leeds Festivals<ref name="BBC_Bloc_Party">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/readingandleeds/2008/artists/blocparty/|title=BBC – Reading and Leeds Festivals 2008 – Bloc Party|publisher=BBC|access-date=6 September 2008|archive-date=5 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905142808/http://www.bbc.co.uk/readingandleeds/2008/artists/blocparty/|url-status=live}}</ref> before headlining the [[Connect Music Festival|Hydro Connect Music Festival]] in [[Argyll]], Scotland.<ref name="Connect review">{{cite web|url=http://www.theregoesthefear.com/2008/09/hydro-connect-day-2-review-bloc-party.php|title=Hydro Connect: Day 2 review: Bloc Party|date=4 September 2008|publisher=Theregoesthefear|access-date=6 September 2008|archive-date=10 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910031828/http://www.theregoesthefear.com/2008/09/hydro-connect-day-2-review-bloc-party.php}}</ref>

During the autumn of 2008, the band went on a short tour of North America, which included an appearance at the [[Virgin Festival]] in [[Toronto]], as well as the band's first ever American college show at [[Syracuse University]] and an appearance at the 2008 edition of [[MTV Video Music Brazil]], their first concert in South America, which was negatively received due to the band choosing to [[Miming in instrumental performance|mime]] their performance.<ref name="Juice Jam 2008">{{cite web|url=http://sunews.syr.edu/story_details.cfm?id=5198|title=Syracuse-born band Ra Ra Riot to open Juice Jam 2008&nbsp;Sept.&nbsp;7 on SU campus, along with rapper Talib Kweli and headliner Bloc Party|publisher=[[Syracuse University]]|access-date=7 September 2008}} {{Dead link|date=June 2010| bot=DASHBot}}</ref> They made their live return to the UK on 30 September 2008 with a special gig in London as part of [[Q Awards|Q Awards: The Gigs]]. They also played the [[Glasgow]] date of [[MTV2]]'s and [[Topman]]'s "Gonzo on Tour" on 19 October 2008.<ref name="Gonzo Tour 2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.barflyclub.com/glasgow/whatson/event/19420.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915191340/http://www.barflyclub.com/glasgow/whatson/event/19420.aspx|archive-date=15 September 2008|title=The Gonzo on Tour 2008: Bloc Party + Magistrates|publisher=[[Barfly (club)|Barfly]]|access-date=6 September 2008}}</ref> A follow-up single, "[[Talons (song)|Talons]]" was released in October 2008. The song was not part of the pre-order album, but did feature on the full album CD release<ref name="''NME'' Talons">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/bloc-party/39593|title=Bloc Party reveal new non-album single – exclusive|work=[[NME]]|access-date=10 September 2008|archive-date=11 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911223921/http://www.nme.com/news/bloc-party/39593|url-status=live}}</ref> and was made freely available to people who already purchased the download-only album.<ref name="Bloc Party Talons">{{cite web|title=Bloc Party announce 'Talons' |url=http://www.blocparty.com/news.php?newsID=357 |publisher=Bloc Party |access-date=10 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911031302/http://www.blocparty.com/news.php?newsID=357 |archive-date=11 September 2008 }}</ref> An album of remixes of all tracks on ''Intimacy'', ''[[Intimacy Remixed]]'', was released in May 2009.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.blocparty.com/news.php?newsID=393 | publisher=Bloc Party | title=Intimacy Remixed Announced | date=17 March 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421141051/http://www.blocparty.com/news.php?newsID=393 | archive-date=21 April 2009 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
The band undertook their first UK tour since December 2007 in October 2009,<ref name="Bloc Party UK Tour 2009">{{cite web|title=2009 UK Tour Confirmed |url=http://www.blocparty.com/news.php?newsID=364 |publisher=Bloc Party |access-date=26 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926153556/http://www.blocparty.com/news.php?newsID=364 |archive-date=26 September 2008 }}</ref> dubbing it "Bloctober".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.blocparty.com/news.php?newsID=392 | publisher=Bloc Party | title=Bloctober UK tour | date=2 February 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203165916/http://www.blocparty.com/news.php?newsID=392 | archive-date=3 February 2009 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>