Franz Ferdinand Announce First Shows in Three Years
By Noah Yoo.
Franz Ferdinand have announced a new U.S. tour. The band were previously announced to perform at Governor’s Ball festival in New York City, and now will perform headlining shows in Baltimore, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Haven, Charlottesville, and more. Find their full itinerary below. Franz Ferdinand’s last studio album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, arrived in 2013. The new tour marks the band’s first shows since 2014; they toured as supergroup FFS alongside Sparks throughout 2015. Founding member and guitarist Nick McCarthy departed the group last summer. Most recently, frontman Alex Kapranos has been collaborating with members from Band of Horses, Midlake, and Grandaddy in a new supergroup called BNQT.
Franz Ferdinand:
05-21 Gulf Shores, AL - Hangout Music Festival
05-22 Nashville, TN - Exit/In
05-23 Charlotte, NC - The Underground
05-25 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
05-26 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
05-27 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
05-28 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
05-30 Louisville, KY - Mercury Ballroom
05-31 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
06-02 Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall
06-03 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
06-04 New York, NY - Governor's Ball
06-07 New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall
06-08 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
06-11 Oceanside, CA - Oceanside Pier Amphitheater
06-12 Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theater
06-14 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live!
06-15 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater
06-16 Dover, DE - Firefly Music Festival
07-21-23 The Lake District, England - Kendal Calling
07-28-30 Benidorm, Spain - Low Festival
08-03-05 Luhmühlen, Germany - A Summer's Tale
08-05 Inverness-shire, Scotland - Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
08-26 Charleville Mezieres, France - Cabaret Vert
08-27 Portsmouth, England - Victorious Festival
08-29 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
08-30 Antwerp, Belgium - Rivierenhof
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