Speaking about the track, frontman Kele Okereke said: “There was no specific incident that inspired this song – it was more a composite of lots of things I've seen over the years when being in clubs and seeing violence erupt with feuding love rivals. I've always had a slight obsession with those sorts of moments; like a fuse being lit, when actions turn from words into violence. You can learn a lot about who people really are in those moments. I think 'The Girls Are Fighting' is kind of self-explanatory – someone's been selling dreams to someone they shouldn't have and it's caught up with them. I just wanted to capture that moment of going from nought to ten in an evening, in a sweaty nightclub.”
Bloc Party will also be setting off on tour around the UK and Europe in May and June, featuring a homecoming show at London's Alexandra Palace, with tickets on sale now.
10 - La Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
11 - L'Aéronef, Lille, France
12 - Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium
14 - Store Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
15 - Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany
16 - E-Werk, Cologne, Germany
17 - TivoliVredenburg Ronda, Utrecht, Netherlands
26 - O2 Academy 1, Birmingham, UK
27 - Rock City, Nottingham, UK
28 - Alexandra Palace, London, UK
30 - O2 Academy, Bristol, UK
31 - O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK
2 - O2 City Hall, Newcastle, UK
3 - The Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK
4 - O2 Academy, Leeds, UK
