Bloc Party have announced a series of dates for their world tour, after their UK tour sold out entirely.

The band are set to play three dates in Japan in March, before heading to the US for a number of gigs. They will later play two dates in Italy.

Bloc Party will be airing material from their new album A Weekend In The CIty.

The tour dates in full are as follows:

March 4 - Tokyo Studio Coast
March 5 - Nagoya Diamond Hall
March 6 - Osak Namba Hatch
March 11 - Seattle Paramount Theatre
March 12 - Vancouver Orpheum Theatre
March 13 - Portland Crystal Ballroom
March 15 - Austin SXSW
March 17 - San Francisco Concourse Exhibition
March 19 - Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre
March 20 - Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre
March 23 - Chicago Congress Theatre
March 24 - Detroit Royal Oak Theatre
March 25 - Toronto Kool Haus
March 27 - Montreal Metropolis
March 28 - Boston Orpheum Theatre
March 30 - New York United Palace Theatre
March 31 - New York United Palace Theatre
May 12 - Bologna Estragon
May 13 - Milan Alcatraz