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Kele Okereke
Bloc Party's gay Kele to play solo gig
Openly gay Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke has announced that he will play his first ever solo show.
Appearing under the name Kele, he will perform at June's Ibiza Rocks series in San Antonio, Ibiza, alongside other acts including The Prodigy, Florence & The Machine and Dizzee Rascal.
Interviewed in the latest issue of Butt magazine, Okereke revealed that his parents had struggled to accept his sexuality.
He said: "My parents are super-Catholic and they come from a culture in Nigeria where there weren't any visible gay people who were out and were happy.
"My parents are getting older and I didn't like the idea that they could possibly die without knowing something that is a big part of my life.
"It's not easy. But I know that they love me and I love them.
"This interview is actually an important step in my relationship with my parents. The reason I'm doing it is whenever I go out, I'm always stopped by young, gay kids who say it's really refreshing and encouraging to see someone like me being out in a relatively mainstream band."
