Bloc Party's Kele Okereke Plays Ibiza Rocks 2010

Posted on Mar 15th 2010 7:30AM by Chris Mugan
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Bloc Party's Kele Okereke is set to make one of his first solo appearances in Ibiza this summer in a line-up that also boasts Florence and the Machine.

Ibiza Rocks' line up this year features the Prodigy, Dizzee Rascal, the Courteeners, Delphic and the Kooks. Brits winner Florence plays Aug. 24, with the Bloc Party frontman headlining with Delphic as support a week later.

This year marks the Tuesday night party's fifth anniversary, with gigs taking place weekly from June 8 to Sept. 14 at the event's permanent venue, the Ibiza Rocks Hotel, which opened two years ago. Rascal said, "Can't wait to play Ibiza Rocks again this year. It was one of my best shows of 2009. It went off big time."

This year, Ibiza Rocks are set to open a sister venue, the Mallorca Rocks Hotel, in Magaluf, again with room balconies that overlook its stage. The Kooks, who played Ibiza Rocks' first year, head up its opening party with DJ Zane Lowe on June 6. Pendulum and Cavin Harris will play both venues over the season.

Last November, Warp-signed producer Hudson Mohawke told BBC 1Xtra that he had been working on Okereke's solo album, which involved "one of the guys from [Baltimore dance outfit] Spank Rock."