After a successful headlining summer tour, where they previewed tracks from their forthcoming A Weekend in the City, Bloc Party decided to broaden their appeal to emo fans by accepting the opening slot on Panic! at the Disco’s fall theater tour.

After only three shows, Bloc Party pulled out because drummer Matt Tong’s lung collapsed. And while any fan of Silent Alarm could have predicted that touring with the ultra-popular emo-pop stars would be a mistake, the members of Bloc Party seem to have come to that realization only recently.

Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke told MTV News, “The preferred course of action would’ve been to finish the tour, because we would’ve warmed into it…We’ve only done one support tour before…It was a challenge, and so we tried to step up. I don’t know, we got lots and lots of MySpace friend requests because of it. But to be honest, I’ve never heard any of [Panic's] music,”

Tong was not as diplomatic, saying, “I’d like to think those who saw us on [the Panic tour] did take it into their hearts and were concerned with the intention of the lyrics, but I do know that to some people it’s just about hearing a song on the radio or having it on their phone.”

Let the mudslinging begin.

Source: rollingstone.com

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