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Franz Ferdinand Tickets
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Concerts in United Kingdom
- 13/08/2025Wednesday 18:00GlasgowGalvanizers Yard SWG3 Franz FerdinandLimited Availability
- 24/02/2026Tuesday 19:00Dundee LiveHouseFranz FerdinandLow Availability
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- 24/02/2026Until 24/02/2026Dundee LiveHouseFranz FerdinandOn partner site
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- 25/02/2026Wednesday 19:00LeedsO2 Academy LeedsFranz Ferdinand
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- 27/02/2026Friday 19:00ManchesterManchester AcademyFranz Ferdinand
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- 28/02/2026Saturday 18:00Newcastle Upon TyneNXFranz FerdinandLow Availability
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- 06/03/2026Friday 19:00BirminghamO2 Institute BirminghamFranz Ferdinand
- 08/03/2026Until 08/03/2026CardiffThe Great Hall - Cardiff University Students' UnionFranz FerdinandOn partner site
- 11/03/2026Wednesday 19:00LondonO2 Academy BrixtonFranz Ferdinand
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International Concerts
- 18/07/2025Friday 14:00Wabern bei Bern, CHGurtenfestivalGurtenfestival 2025 | 1-day pass | Friday
- 28/08/2025Thursday 17:00Romano D'ezzelino, ITVilla NegriFRANZ FERDINAND + STEREOPHONICS | AMA Extra date 2025
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Villa Negri
- 29/08/2025Friday 21:00San Mauro Pascoli, ITVilla TorloniaFranz Ferdinand - acieloaperto
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Villa Torlonia
- 30/08/2025Saturday 21:00Roma, ITAuditorium Parco della Musica Ennio MorriconeFranz Ferdinand | Roma Summer Fest 2025
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Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
- 13/09/2025Saturday 22:00İstanbul, TRJJ Arena+1 Sunar: Franz FerdinandOn partner site
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- 19/09/2025Until 21/09/2025Atlanta, GA, USPIEDMONT PARKShaky Knees Music FestivalOn partner site
Lineup
- Shaky Knees Music Festival
- Deftones
- My Chemical Romance
- blink-182
- Lenny Kravitz
- Sublime
- Cage The Elephant
- The Black Keys
- Vampire Weekend
- Alabama Shakes
- The Marías
- Pixies
- IDLES
- Spoon
- Inhaler
- Joey Valence & Brae
- Lambrini Girls
- Sarah Kinsley
- Public Enemy
- The Backseat Lovers
- TV On the Radio
- All American Rejects
- Johnny Marr
- The Beaches
- Mannequin P***Y
- Bilmuri
- CMAT
- Scowl
- Michigander
- Fat Dog
- Hey, Nothing
- Radio Free Alice
- Die Spitz
- SOFT PLAY
- Ecca Vandal
- Girl Tones
- Junior Varsity
- Lucy Dacus
- Devo
- Wet Leg
- Franz Ferdinand
- Stereophonics
- The Stews
- Fleshwater
- Murder By Death
- Mdou Moctar
- Improvement Movement
- English Teacher
- The Criticals
- Worry Club
- Weird Al Yankovic
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- 20/09/2025Saturday 20:00New Orleans, LA, USThe Joy TheaterFranz Ferdinand
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- 23/09/2025Tuesday 20:00Tampa, FL, USThe Ritz YborFranz Ferdinand
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The Ritz Ybor
- 24/09/2025Wednesday 19:00Orlando, FL, USHouse of Blues OrlandoFranz Ferdinand
Add-Ons
- 26/09/2025Until 28/09/2025Ocean City, MD, USOcean City InletOceans CallingOn partner site
Lineup
- Oceans Calling
- Green Day
- Lenny Kravitz
- Noah Kahan
- Vampire Weekend
- Good Charlotte
- Fall Out Boy
- Weezer
- The Black Crowes
- Nelly
- O.A.R.
- CAKE
- The Fray
- Fountains of Wayne
- The 502s
- Spin Doctors
- Letters To Cleo
- Ballyhoo!
- BEL
- Modest Mouse
- Jack's Mannequin
- Collective Soul
- En Vogue
- Franz Ferdinand
- Natasha Bedingfield
- DJ Jazzy Jeff
- Mat Kearney
- Wheatus
- Bumpin' Uglies
- Rachel Ana Dobken
- Train
- Devo
- Vance Joy
- Ziggy Marley
- Michelle Branch
- Blind Melon
- Burning Spear
- Marcy Playground
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- 26/09/2025Friday 20:00Richmond, VA, USThe NationalFranz Ferdinand
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The National
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About
Glasgow's indie stalwarts
Franz Ferdinand formed in 2002 in their hometown of Glasgow, with Alex Kapranos on lead guitar and vocals, Bob Hardy on bass, Paul Thompson on drums and Nick McCarthy on rhythm guitar and backing vocals. Though they took their name from the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination in 1914 kick-started the First World War, the band have admitted to simply liking the way the name rolled off the tongue.
The foursome began generating some buzz around the city after putting on sweaty and spirited gigs and interdisciplinary art shows from the ‘chateau’, their base and rehearsal space in an abandoned warehouse, which arguably influenced their slightly industrial aesthetic. By 2003, the band had signed to Domino Records and were sent to Sweden to record their debut album. Its lead single, Darts of Pleasure, announced Franz Ferdinand’s arrival on to the burgeoning British indie scene, pricking ears with their angular guitar-lead rock and roll. Their next single, Take Me Out, reached No.3 in the UK charts and has since become their biggest hit.
Though often dubbed art-rock or intelligent rock (as was seemingly custom to anyone wearing a skinny tie or with a short-back-and-sides haircut in the early days of the Millennium), the band actually often eschewed the term, reassuring an interviewer in 2004 that “we make pop music, but it’s quite raw”.
The self-titled debut released in early 2004 and was brimming with hits, from the jangly, Talking Heads-esque Tell Her Tonight to the disco-ready bop The Dark Of The Matinee. By the end of the year the record had brought the Glaswegians a Mercury Prize and a Grammy nomination.
The so-called ‘difficult second album’ didn’t seem so difficult for Franz Ferdinand, who decided to record it back in Glasgow this time around. You Could Have It So Much Better entered the UK charts at No.1 and even broke the top ten Stateside, with tracks such as Do You Want To? and Walk Away soon became fan favourites on tour and at festivals.
Though the band had always incorporated a sense groove into their tracks, for their third album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, Kapranos and co. decided to tap further into their dancier side, working around the loose concept that followed a hedonistic night out – a narrative no doubt familiar to a young band now firmly in the limelight.
The 2013 follow up Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions saw the band return to their scratchy antics while building on their tight, rhythmic punch, borrowing the likes of Todd Terje and Hot Chip(Opens in new tab)’s Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard on production duties. After curating a Late Night Tales compilation and forming the side project FFS with Sparks, Franz Ferdinand released their fifth album, Always Ascending.
In November 2021, after dropping a series of teasers on social media the band released the new single Billy Goodbye and announced news of a Best Of collection, Hits To The Head.
In 2024, Franz Ferdinand announced their sixth studio album, The Human Fear.
Setlists
- 1.The Dark of the Matinée
- 2.Night or Day
- 3.Do You Want To
- 4.Build It Up
- 5.Walk Away
- 6.No You Girls
- 7.Audacious
- 8.40'
- 9.Bar Lonely
- 10.Michael
- 11.Love Illumination
- 12.Take Me Out
- 13.Hooked
- 14.This Fire
- 1.No You Girls
- 2.Bar Lonely
- 3.Michael
- 4.Night or Day
- 5.Walk Away
- 6.Build It Up
- 7.Do You Want To
- 8.The Dark of the Matinée
- 9.Black Eyelashes
- 10.40'
- 11.Stand on the Horizon
- 12.Ulysses
- 13.Take Me Out
- 14.Hooked
- 15.Outsiders
Encore
- 16.Audacious
- 17.Love Illumination
- 18.Darts of Pleasure (Alex dedicated this song to Richard Foster)
- 19.Evil and a Heathen (Not in the original setlist)
- 20.This Fire (including a jam with teases from Kiss' "I Was Made for Lovin' You")
- 1.Do You Want To
- 2.Bar Lonely
- 3.No You Girls
- 4.Right Action
- 5.The Dark of the Matinée
- 6.The Doctor
- 7.Walk Away
- 8.Night or Day
- 9.Michael
- 10.Glimpse of Love
- 11.Jacqueline
- 12.Build It Up
- 13.Love Illumination
- 14.Ulysses
- 15.Take Me Out
- 16.Hooked
- 17.Audacious
Encore
- 18.Outsiders
- 19.Lucid Dreams
- 20.This Fire
- 1.No You Girls
- 2.Walk Away
- 3.The Doctor
- 4.The Dark of the Matinée
- 5.Night or Day
- 6.Do You Want To
- 7.Audacious
- 8.Stand on the Horizon
- 9.Build It Up
- 10.40'
- 11.Black Eyelashes
- 12.Love Illumination
- 13.Take Me Out
- 14.Ulysses
- 15.Hooked
- 16.Jacqueline (Played on request of audience)
- 17.Outsiders
Encore
- 18.Darts of Pleasure
- 19.Michael
- 20.This Fire
- 1.The Dark of the Matinée
- 2.Bar Lonely
- 3.Do You Want To
- 4.Night or Day
- 5.Walk Away
- 6.No You Girls
- 7.Build It Up
- 8.Audacious
- 9.Evil Eye
- 10.Black Eyelashes
- 11.Michael
- 12.Love Illumination
- 13.Take Me Out
- 14.Hooked
- 15.Evil and a Heathen
- 16.Outsiders
- 17.This Fire
FAQS
Franz Ferdinand have announced three UK dates in April 2022.
- London
- Manchester
- Glasgow
Tickets for Franz Ferdiand's April 2022 UK dates are available from 10:00 at Friday 12 November.
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