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WIN: Bloc Party Australian Sideshow Double Passes

When you found out that BLOC PARTY were included on this year’s Future Music bill, did you shriek with excitement?

If you answered yes, this is a warning. You may or may not do something outrageous like kiss your cat or smile at a photo of Nickelback..

Ready? Okay. Bloc Party have announced three very special sideshows during their visit to Australia along the East Coast, and we’ve got some double passes to give away! Since the UK four piece found fame in the mid-2000s, Bloc Party have gained a humongous fan base and a peaking level of respect. It’s due to their crazy good sound that can be explored throughout their entire discography, as well as their exquisite live show.

Their fourth and most recent record Four has seen itself in the top three of the Aria charts and has sold over two million copies. Just so you know, this album was only released last year! They also just released their new single ‘Truth’. Check it!

If you witnessed their elite performance on their most recent Australian visit at last year’s Splendour In The Grass, you’d know that you just need a ticket to one/all of their 2013 shows. For those of you yet to lose your Bloc Party virginity, check out Future Entertainment’s highlights reel!

They go on sale this Friday, 25th January. But hey, who likes spending money?!

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Yay! Free shit!

We’ve got some double passes to give away for the Sydney and Melbourne shows (sorry Brisbane friends)!

In order to win one, comment us below and tell us the craziest thing you’ve ever done at a party. Don’t forget to include your full name, city and email address!

Make our jaws drop.

BLOC PARTY EAST COAST TOUR

Tuesday, 5th March
The Riverstage, Brisbane
Tickets to be available via Ticketmaster

Wednesday, 13th March
Hordern Pavillion, Sydney
Tickets to be available via Ticketek

Thursday, 14th March
Festival Hall, Melbourne
Tickets to be available via Ticketmaster

Words by Hannah Galvin.

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  • Bonita

    During a work party at the Ivy pool bar, I really wanted to go for a swim but hadn’t brought my bikini with me… so, to my CEO’s surprise (and everyone else’s), i stripped down to my underwear and jumped in! Luckily my work mates had a fantastic sense of humour and later that year presented me the ‘You Can Leave Your Hat On’ award at our Christmas party. Bonita Ayalon, Sydney. bonita_ayalon@hotmail.com

  • Amy

    Sorry for the essay, but there are so many hilarious elements to this story.

    Last year I broke my wrist two days before Christmas at our staff Christmas break up by ‘falling off’ a pool table. The story goes that I had my wrists on the edge of the pool table and asked one of my work pals to lift my legs, like superman flying (don’t ask… too many sav blancs). My friends were great with first aid, they put my wrist in an ice bucket and made a makeshift sling out of chux cloths. Partied until my sister collected us, spewed in my dad’s car (22 years of age, pathetic). Woke up with a slightly swollen wrist, must have sprained it. Then I turned up to work still drunk the next morning, the chef told me “Amyyyyy, you need to go to the hospital.” Got my xrays done, was too hungover to sit up, and went and got McDonalds awaiting the results…

    It was all fun and games until they doctor came and told me I’d need to get transferred to the Northern Hospital for surgery. I gave mum & dad who were interstate the phone call, suffered from dehydration because I’d been banned from eating or drinking pre-surgery, and got discharged from hospital at midday on Christmas Day. The irony of the situation is that I work in a winery, and after a few days of recovery I was back in the Cellar Door conducting tastings with my good hand… Couldn’t look at the 2011 Sauvignon Blanc the same… Then flew out on exchange to France two weeks later, arm in plaster from that night I got plastered at the staff Christmas party.

    Amy Jones, MELBOURNE, amycourty@hotmail.com

    Also. here is a copy of the text from the doctor’s letter:
    Dear Dr,
    Amy presented to the urgent care centre after fall last night. States at chrismtas party last night and fell off pool table. states was also intoxicated and has little memory of event….. Presented today with pain in left wrist. Right handed.
    Xray revealed a colles fracture with displacement dorsally associated with a styloid fracture.. etc etc etc.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Andrewflong Francis Riviera

    tried to light my fart infront of a group of people and shat myself. was wearing white pants and they all saw a buldge grow instead of hearing the sound and seeing the flames. Andrew Long, Canberra, andrewflong@hotmail.com

  • cdessens

    This one time.
    I got drunk.

    Chris Dessens Melbourne
    Christopher.Dessens@hotmail.com

  • Michael Hutchinson

    Got so drunk that the only way I could maneuver myself around was on all fours. I had a mate think I was a hyena in the backyard. Two female friends practically carried me up two flights of stairs to bed.

  • Michael Hutchinson

    Michael Hutchinson (no, folks weren’t massive INXS fans).
    Melbourne
    lurchh@hotmail.com

  • Wezzzzz

    One of the most bizzare day time house parties I’ve been to where my friends had been collecting old tvs from hard rubbish for the few weeks before so that mid-afternoon everyone went into the brick garage and smashed tvs against the wall and floor to the soothing sounds of Rage Against The Machine. Such a good drunk afternoon activity!
    – Jarrod Wesley
    Melbourne
    wez_1990@hotmail.com

  • Guest

    Had a few drinks. Nek minnit, took an open vat of gasoline and smeared it on every living soul.

  • http://www.facebook.com/shane.morris.3348 Shane Morris

    Took a stage dive into a rose garden. Fucking killed.
    Shane Morris
    Melbourne
    smorris@deakin.edu.au

  • http://twitter.com/nicola_rushton Nicola Rushton

    My cousin.
    :|

    nicola rushton, sydney, rushton.nicola@gmail.com

  • Sir Dacealot

    We threw a monster house party and broke the cardinal rule –
    try to be slightly more sober than your guests.
    Things took a turn for the worse/awesome when myself, my
    house mate and my girlfriend decided to moon one of our guests through the
    bathroom skylight. No-one explained to my girlfriend that the skylight was just
    perspex and that actually sitting on it might be a bad idea. Needless to say,
    it shattered.
    Fortunately for her, the only injury she suffered was a few
    cuts on her bare bottom.
    Fortunately for the guy on the toilet, we caught her before
    she could fall through and onto his head.
    Unfortunately for the guy on the toilet, some shards of perspex did hit him.

    I seem to recall the evening ending with your very own Mr.
    Novosel encouraging my girlfriend to smash beer bottles against our marble fire
    place.

    When questioned, we told the real estate agents that the
    skylight had blown off in a storm and that the fire place had been like that
    when we moved in.

    No, we didn’t get our bond back.

  • rachelm

    My friend and I were at a Christmas eve party in Paddington and were dared to skinny dip in Hyde Park fountain…and that’s exactly what we did with a heap of people from the party and mortified tourists watching.
    Rachel Micallef
    Sydney
    rachhh_28@hotmail.com

  • Cara

    I wore half a coconut on my head and made everyone called me the coconut queen. Cara Sayer-Bourne, Sydney, carasayerbourne29@gmail.com

  • Annette Sheridan

    Went into labour at a friends birthday party! I doubt anyone can beat that?! 27 hours of struggle, hey! Annette Sheridan, Sydney trustmeimascientist@hotmail.com

  • http://www.facebook.com/Milo.Eastwood Milo Eastwood

    Craziest thing I’ve done at a party is set up a projector with a live stream of chat roulette and webcam for the entire party in my loungeroom

    a lot of cocks were seen that night

  • Tom Hutchins

    To put it simply, I crashed a party. When I was found out to be crashing, I used a trampoline to jump over the persons fence. Perfect plan right?

    Wrong.

    Problem was, I jumped over the fence into the hosts neighbours getting it on (subtly) under the stars. How romantic! But yeah, that was one guy who was not keen on a threesome.

    Tom Hutchins. Melbourne. thomas.hutchins@hotmail.com

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Miller/625484076 Kim Miller

    I flew over a table, that I didn’t see and landed on a group of people and their drinks went flying into the air. Port Melbourne email: indiechick007@hotmail.com

  • Lost soul

    Well it was my birthday and my bestfriend had a free house so she decided it’d be the best idea to have a small party for me! Word got around and eventually it was full house. 20 minutes in and my good friends became unconscious so we had to call the ambulance. Then her back glass door shattered due to someone running into it, her dinner table fell apart due to too many people sitting on it (so we had to nail it all back up again), somehow her bathroom doornob went missing? Her playstation was stolen! Ciggie burns on her couch. And there was a random food fight including flour and eggs. Not the best mix! I dont know what i was thinking but somehow i ended up passed out in a bush on my street. My best friend and alot of other people were looking for me because I ‘went missing.’ Luckily i was found a while later and put into my best friends parents bed with a bucket. Once i’d chucked in it a few times it apparently tipped all over her parents matress. Woke up in the morning not knowing anything of the night and the house was absolutely trashed. I couldn’t move from the bed the next day whilst my friends spent the whole day cleaning. Got atleast 7 complaints for the neighbours (especially the one whos house was terribly egged.) Her parents were not the happiest when they returned and she was grounded for a very long time.

    Chloe Kaul, Melbourne! Chloe_kaul@hotmail.com

  • http://twitter.com/Corrinnegrace Corrinne Singleton.

    I was so very drunk! I wanted to get some air so I went outside and sat by myself. I began singing (yes bloc party) and ended up screaming along to every bloc party song on my phone, by the last song there’s was a group of people around me singing too, lot’s of new friends were made that night!! Corrinne Singleton, Melbourne! Corrinne.singleton@gmail.com

  • Tdawg

    I was 15. Drank a whole bottle of tequila and did magic mushrooms. Ended up in hospital, don’t remember a thing. Was out of it for days.

    Tara Lea, Melbourne, taralea144@gmail.com

  • Tash

    I was horrendously intoxicated at an especially wild underage house party. So much so that I couldn’t figure out how to unlock the bathroom door. Trapped, I figured the next logical next step was to kick out the fly screen and jump through the window. I casually strolled back to the party as if nothing had happened. Everything was fine until someone (asshole) noted that I was the only person wearing black boots and there were scuff marks all over the bathtub. It was an awkward conversation with my friends’ parents. Especially when they showed me that the lock was fully functional. Woops.

    Natasha Greenwood Sydney natasha.greenwood92@gmail.com

  • sam

    i got a kitten and realised i didnt want it so i gave it as a present. it seemed crazy at the time. i was 12

  • Novy

    I promised to stay sober to look after a friend at her birthday party, and I did… what was I thinking?

    Novy Norwich, Sydney, novynw@gmail.com

  • Marcello

    This one time; my friend had hired a jumping castle for his birthday party. All fun and games until I discovered the bag of flour and whipped cream in the kitchen. Next minute I’m on a flour throwing, whipped cream dousing spree in the jumping castle ensuring everyone has had a bit of my cream. Including my friend’s parents.

    No-one has invited me to their jumping castle party since.

    Marcello Ianno
    Melbourne
    mianno123@hotmail.com

  • http://www.facebook.com/craiglundon Craig Lundon

    hole got punched in the wall, I bogged it up with toothpaste, sand and a paint and good as new

    Craig Lundon
    SYDNEY
    craiglundon@gmail.com

  • Roberto Colombi

    Jumped (drunk & naked) from the 2nd floor of my girlfriend’s parents house into the Swimming Pool below – I caused quite a splash (but not in a good sense with them!)
    Roberto Colombi – Sydney – bertc@selc.com.au

  • Marie Pohnetalova

    showing off to a boy i did backflips on a balcony and went right over the rail – fortunately only 1 floor door but still had to have the ambulance come to take me to hospital for a broken ankle… next time i’ll just show him my charm, personality (and cleavage) to win him over!
    Marie Pohnetalova, Sydney, mariep200381@yahoo.com.au

  • Anthony Zerella

    I tricked somebody into drinking my own urine

    Anthony Zerella, Melbourne, argh_im_on_fire@hotmail.com

  • Tara

    I was was jumping on some random person’s bed playing guitar hero, naturally I was owning at it.
    ‘Killing in the Name of’ came on and as I jumped and screamed ‘F^CK YOU I WON’T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME’ I got so excited that I fell off the bed and straight out the (closed) bedroom window. Glass was everywhere and it ruined my high score.
    Tara Lee, Melbourne, guitarahero@hotmail.com

  • adam beasley

    I tried fire breathing with kerosene, set myself on fire, swallowed half a mouth full of kero and spewed.