Franz Ferdinand, an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2002, will embark on their tour on the 28th February in Limerick Dolans, before playing a newly added show at the Mandella Hall in Belfast 2nd March, followed by a second show at the Southampton Guildhall on the 10th March. The dates follow the release their third album, ‘Tonight’ on January 26th (with influence from Afro beat, vintage synths, and on ‘Lucid Dreams’, crafting a seven-minute dance opus).
The band consists of Alex Kapranos (guitar/vocals), Nicholas McCarthy (guitar/backing vocals/keyboard), Paul Thomson (drums/backing vocals), and Robert Hardy (bass). The band has also adopted a new member, Andy Knowles, ex-drummer of The Fiery Furnaces. Andy plays guitar, drums, and keyboard. Franz Ferdinand’s debut album released in 2004 debuted on the UK album charts at number three, and won the 2004 Mercury Music Prize. So far, the band has released nine singles of which ‘Take Me Out’, ‘Matinée’, ‘Do You Want To’ and ‘Ulysses‘ were top 10 hits in the UK.

The group will not perform only in UK and Ireland, but also in many European and Asian countries.
Here are the dates for this year performances:
Tue, Feb 10, 2009 7:00 PM Zepp Tokyo, Japan
Sat, Feb 28, 2009 7:00 PM Dolans Warehouse / Upstairs Limerick, Ireland
Sun, Mar 01, 2009 7:00 PM Olympia Theatre Dublin, Ireland
Mon, Mar 02, 2009 7:00 PM Mandela Hall Antrim, United Kingdom
Wed, Mar 04, 2009 7:00 PM Barrowland Glasgow, United Kingdom
Wed, Mar 04, 2009 8:00 PM Barrowlands Glasgow, United Kingdom
Thu, Mar 05, 2009 7:30 PM Barrowland Glasgow, United Kingdom
Fri, Mar 06, 2009 7:30 PM manchester university Manchester, United Kingdom
Fri, Mar 06, 2009 8:00 PM Academy 1 Manchester, United Kingdom
Sun, Mar 08, 2009 7:30 PM Academy Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom
Sun, Mar 08, 2009 8:00 PM Academy Punk Festival Birmingham, United Kingdom
Mon, Mar 09, 2009 7:30 PM Carling Apollo Hammersmith London, United Kingdom
Mon, Mar 09, 2009 8:00 PM Hammersmith Apollo London, United Kingdom
Tue, Mar 10, 2009 7:30 PM Southampton Guildhall Southampton, United Kingdom
Thu, Mar 12, 2009 8:00 PM AB Club Brussels, Belgium
Fri, Mar 13, 2009 8:30 PM Paradiso Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sat, Mar 14, 2009 8:00 PM Palladium Cologne, Germany
Mon, Mar 16, 2009 9:00 PM Aeronef Lille, France
Tue, Mar 17, 2009 7:00 PM Olympia 75009 Paris, France
Wed, Mar 18, 2009 8:00 PM Olympia 75009 Paris, France
Fri, Mar 20, 2009 8:00 PM Store Vega Copenhagen, Denmark
Sat, Mar 21, 2009 8:00 PM Circus Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden
Sun, Mar 22, 2009 8:00 PM SENTRUM SCENE Oslo, Norway
Tue, Mar 24, 2009 8:30 PM Docks 20359 Hamburg, Germany
Wed, Mar 25, 2009 8:00 PM Columbiahalle 10965 Berlin, Germany
Thu, Mar 26, 2009 8:00 PM Tonhalle Munich, Germany
Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:00 PM Schiffbauhalle Zurich, Switzerland
Sun, Mar 29, 2009 7:00 PM Estragon Club Bologna, Italy
Mon, Mar 30, 2009 7:00 PM Alcatraz Milan, Italy
Wed, Apr 01, 2009 8:00 PM Le Phare Toulouse, France
Thu, Apr 02, 2009 8:00 PM Pabellon De La Casilla Bilbao, Spain
Fri, Apr 03, 2009 8:00 PM Palacio de Deportes Madrid, Spain
Sat, Apr 04, 2009 8:00 PM Coliseo Ciudad De Atarfe Atarfe, Spain
Sat, Apr 04, 2009 9:00 PM Coliseo C. de Atarfe Atarfe (Granada), Spain
Sun, Jul 19, 2009 7:00 PM Recinto De Conciertos 12560 Benicassim, Spain

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