Franz Ferdinand news

I'm glad to hear the band is heading back on the road. I interviewed singer Alex for the last album (see elsewhere on this blog)...

Franz Ferdinand have announced a North American tour. The U.S. leg, with dates from August to September is the Scottish alt-rock band’s first US jaunt since 2018. General on-sale begins Friday, March 18 at 10am local time.

Since 2004, the group has sold 10 million albums, amassed 1.2 billion streams to date, 14 platinum albums, Brit, Ivor Novello and Mercury Prize awards in the U.K. and Grammy nominations.

Franz Ferdinand signed to Domino Recordings in May 2003 and released their first single, “Darts Of Pleasure” shortly after. Second single “Take Me Out” made international waves and was a precursor to their eponymous debut album which went on to sell nearly four million copies worldwide.

You Could Have It So Much Better (2005), Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009), Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) and Always Ascending (2018) followed. 

Last week saw Hits To The Head, a new singles compilation, released via Domino. Alongside 18 classics are two new tracks: “Billy Goodbye” and “Curious,” co-produced by Alex Kapranos, Julian Corrie and Stuart Price.

This past October, founding drummer Paul Thomson was replaced by Audrey Tait. 

TRACK LISTING:

Darts Of Pleasure
Take Me Out
The Dark Of The Matinée
Michael
This Fire
Do You Want To
Walk Away (HTTH Edit)
The Fallen (HTTH Edit)
Outsiders
Lucid Dreams
Ulysses
No You Girls
Right Action
Evil Eye
Love Illumination
Stand On The Horizon
Always Ascending
Glimpse Of Love
Curious
Billy Goodbye

STREAM “HITS TO THE HEAD” HERE
WATCH THE “CURIOUS” VIDEO HERE
WATCH THE “BILLY GOODBYE” VIDEO HERE

FORMATS CURRENTLY IN STOCK: DOUBLE LP / CD (DELUXE) / CD / CASSETTE / DOWNLOAD

Double Gold vinyl
Gatefold Sleeve
16-page booklet featuring liner notes by JD Beauvallet (Les InRocks), with lyrics & exclusive photos

TOUR DATES:

8/4: House of Blues - Dallas, TX
8/5: White Oak Music Hall - Houston, TX
8/6: Stubb’s - Austin, TX
8/8: Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
8/10: 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
8/11: 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
8/12: The Fillmore - Philadelphia, PA
8/13: Pier 17 - New York, NY
8/15: House of Blues - Boston, MA
8/16: M Telus - Montreal, QC
8/17: History - Toronto, ON
8/19: The Riv - Chicago, IL
8/20: The Fillmore - Minneapolis, MN
8/22: Ogden - Denver, CO
8/23: Union Event Center - Salt Lake City, UT
8/25: Showbox SODO - Seattle, WA
8/26: Orpheum - Vancouver, BC
8/27: Grand Lodge - Portland, OR
8/30: Fox Theatre - San Francisco, CA
9/1: The Shrine - Los Angeles, CA

Photo courtesy: Domino Recording Co./The Oriel PR