Kele Okereke

Kele Okereke: ‘I was always the last one to leave the club’
The musician, 40, tells Michael Segalov about driving his partner wild, gorging on Real Housewives, teenage raving and sparing his mum the gory details
Michael Segalov
09, Apr, 2022 @1:00 PM

Clara Amfo, Laura Mvula, David Lammy and more: 'We’re shifting the deadly disease of racism'
Presenters, performers, writers and politicians on whether the protests in the UK in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death will have a lasting effect
As told to Sirin Kale
11, Jun, 2020 @1:00 PM

Kele: 2042 review – Okereke's most political work yet
The Bloc Party frontman’s fourth solo album mixes the intimate and personal with references to Grenfell and Windrush
Aimee Cliff
08, Nov, 2019 @9:00 AM

Leave to Remain review – spirited gay-marriage musical from Kele Okereke
In Okereke and Matt Jones’s play, directed by Robby Graham, the story, song and movement are seamlessly integrated
Michael Billington
25, Jan, 2019 @10:57 AM

What to see this week in the UK
From Funny Cow to Julian Opie, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days
Steve Rose, Michael Cragg, John Fordham, Andrew Clements ,Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell
20, Apr, 2018 @11:29 AM

Thanks to Bob Dylan, tunes they are a changin’ | Rebecca Nicholson
Old masters and young artists are reexamining objects of desire
Rebecca Nicholson
08, Apr, 2018 @5:00 AM

Bob Dylan sings about gay love on LGBTQ wedding songs collection
St Vincent, Kesha, Ben Gibbard, Valerie June and Kele Okereke also appear on the Universal Love EP
Laura Snapes
05, Apr, 2018 @9:12 AM

Kele Okereke: Fatherland review – goodbye disco, hello folk
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Paul Mardles
08, Oct, 2017 @7:00 AM

Kele Okereke webchat – your questions answered on protest music, Pixar films and #GrimeForCorbyn
The Bloc Party frontman is about to release his third solo album, inspired by becoming a father – he’s in the office to answer your questions
Guardian music
07, Jul, 2017 @12:08 PM

Kele Okereke: ‘Tenderness is important’
The Bloc Party frontman on masculinity, his magpie eye for musical influences and the lessons of impending fatherhood
Killian Fox
13, Nov, 2016 @9:00 AM

How I found my groove: celebrities' life-changing moments
Becoming an astronaut, conquering comedy, overcoming stage fright to find Hollywood fame… Jack Black, Jenny Eclair, Dita Von Teese and seven more life changers tell Katie Forster about the time they dared to try something different
Katie Forster
27, Dec, 2015 @9:00 AM

Arguments, apologies and scouring YouTube for drummers: how Kele got Bloc Party restarted
The frontman admits ‘it sometimes felt frosty’ in his band. But now, with two new members, he’s ready to clear up why they split and how they made their sensuous comeback
Tim Jonze
26, Nov, 2015 @6:40 PM
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