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Having fulfilled their purpose on this earth recently-- playing an actual block party-- you'd think Britain's own Bloc Party would be ready to hang up their hats. As it turns out, though, the quartet will keep those hats and then hang onto them for dear life: beginning tonight (September 21) in Houston, their previously reported tour kicks into high gear with the addition of a hyperactive little opening agent known as Deerhoof.

Provided Bloc Party make it through tonight's gig and seven more thereafter (Smoosh will also be at most shows to cheer them on), they'll escape the caffeinated clutches of Deerhoof and do a couple more rounds of touring in the U.S. and Europe before the year's out.

Deerhoof, for their part, have some post-Party European escapades of their own lined up. Hopefully you caught the recent mp3-only Deerhoof rarities/remixes/outtakes/live collection via Forkcast, and perhaps you've seen that Dedication flick with the new Deerhoof songs? The film's in theaters now and the soundtrack's already on shelves, so get on that, yo.

Bloc Party:

09-21 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live #^
09-22 Dallas, TX - House of Blues #^
09-23 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballrooom #*
09-25 Nashville, TN - City Hall #*
09-26 Covington, KY - Madison Theatre #*
09-28 Toronto, Ontario - Ricoh Coliseum #*
09-29 London, Ontario - Centennial Hall #*
09-30 Ottawa, Ontario - Capitol Music Hall #*
10-02 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
10-03 New York, NY - Theatre @ Madison Square Garden
10-06 Los Angeles, CA - Detour Music Festival
10-20 Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves Festival
11-03 Dublin, Ireland - Big Top at Phoenix Park
11-18 Modena, Italy - Nonantola
11-19 Turin, Italy - Teatro Della Condorcia
12-12 Glasgow, Scotland - SECC %
12-13 Manchester, England - G-MEX %
12-14 London, England - Alexandra Palace %
12-15 London, England - Alexandra Palace

# with Deerhoof
^ with J Versus K
* with Smoosh
% with the Cribs

Deerhoof:

09-21 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live #^
09-22 Dallas, TX - House of Blues #^
09-23 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballrooom *#
09-25 Nashville, TN - City Hall *#
09-26 Covington, KY - Madison Theatre *#
09-28 Toronto, Ontario - Ricoh Coliseum *#
09-29 London, Ontario - Centennial Hall *#
09-30 Ottawa, Ontario - Capitol Music Hall *#
09-30 Pontiac, MI - Eagle Theater
10-01 Madison, WI - Memorial Union Rathskellar
10-02 Minneapolis, MN - McGuire Theater at Walker Arts Center
10-03 Denver, CO - Bluebird
10-06 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
10-19 Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves
10-21 Kortrijk, Belgium - Sonic City Festival
10-22 Lille, France - Le Grand Mix
10-24 Poitiers, France - Confort Moderne
10-25 Nantes, France - Olympic
10-26 Vendome, France - Rockomotives Festival
10-27 Boulogne, France - BB Mix Festival
11-02 London, England - The Forum (ATP's Release the Bats)

# with Bloc Party
^ with J Versus K
* with Smoosh