Photo credit: Carlos Oliva
Share live performance video from Mexico for ‘Hooked’, the latest single from their recent top 3 album, The Human Fear.
‘Take Me Out’ announced as passing one billion Spotify streams.
UK/ EU tour starting in February & European festival dates this summer.
Praise for The Human Fear:
A welcome return indeed – ‘Album of the Week’ The Sunday Times 4*
Full of ideas – Mojo 4.5*
‘The Human Fear’ is a deeply fun record that radiates vivacity – Uncut 8*
It’s magnificent. It’s also a ton of fun – Classic Pop 4.5*
With their evergreen hit ‘Take Me Out’ having just passed the one billion Spotify streams mark, Franz Ferdinand have today shared a live performance video for their latest 6Music playlisted single,‘Hooked’.
Taken from their new studio album, The Human Fear, which made the U.K. top 3 on release in early January and bagged the Album Of The Week slot on Radio 2 , the video for ‘Hooked’ was shot during the band’s recent trip to Mexico in October at Frontón, Mexico City.
Set to perform as part of this month’s Radio 2 Piano Room series,the band have previously released the 6Music playlisted single, ‘Audacious’ and ‘Night Or Day’ which was added to the A list at Radio 2.
Additionally, having completed sold-out tours in Mexico, South America and U.S. at the end of last year, and most recently played a short run of SOLD OUT out-store shows around the album release, they begin a U.K / EU headline tour in February and have a full summer of festival appearances ahead. The full list of shows is as follows:
14.02.25 – Aula Magna – LISBON (SOLD OUT)
15.02.25 – Sala Pelicano – A CORUNA (SOLD OUT)
17.02.25 – La Riviera – MADRID (SOLD OUT)
18.02.25 – Razzmatazz – BARCELONA (SOLD OUT)
20.02.25 – Fabrique – MILAN (SOLD OUT)
21.02.25 – X-Tra – ZURICH
22.02.25 – Muffathalle – MUNICH (SOLD OUT)
24.02.25 – Huxleys Neue Welt – BERLIN (SOLD OUT)
25.02.25 – Progresja – WARSAW
27.02.25 – La Cigale – PARIS (SOLD OUT)
28.02.25 – Die Kantine – COLOGNE (SOLD OUT)
01.03.25 – De Roma – ANTWERP (SOLD OUT)
03.03.25 – Paradiso – AMSTERDAM (SOLD OUT)
05.03.25 – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire – LONDON
06.03.25 – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire – LONDON
07.03.25 – Barrowland – GLASGOW (SOLD OUT)
19.04.25 – Benicassim Festival – SPAIN
02.05.25 – Warm Up Festival – SPAIN
30.05.25 – Hamburg Stadtpark Open Air – GERMANY
31.05.25 – Maifield Derby Festival – GERMANY
06.06.25 – La Coopérative de Mai, Clermont-Ferrand – FRANCE
08.06.25 – Art Rock Festival – FRANCE
12.06.25 – Santiago de Compostela, O Son do Camino – SPAIN
14.06.25 – Neuchatel Openair Festival – SWITZERLAND
02.07.25 – Pause Guitarer Festival – FRANCE
09.07.25 – Zuiderparktheater, Den Haag – NETHERLANDS
11.07.25 – Bospop Festival – NETHERLANDS
13.07.25 – TivoliVredenburg Grote Zaal, Utrecht – NETHERLANDS
18.07.25 – Gurtenfestival – SWITZERLAND
25.07.25 – Forest Festival – IRELAND
26.07.25 – Tramlines – SHEFFIELD
27.07.25 – Truck Festival – OXFORD
01.08.25 – Santander Festival – SPAIN
03.08.25 – Y Not Festival – DERBY
08.08.25 – Sonorama Ribera, Aranda de Duero – SPAIN
10.08.25 – Boardmasters Festival – NEWQUAY
13.08.25 – SWG3 Yard – GLASGOW
16.08.25 – Paredes De Coura, Porto – PORTUGAL
22.08.25 – Cooltural Festival – SPAIN
24.08.25 – Roi Arthur Festival – FRANCE
28.08.25 – AMA Music Festival – ITALY
29.08.25 – Villa Torlonia, Cesena – ITALY
30.08.25 – Roma Summer Fest – ITALY
Tickets for the U.K dates are available via www.franzferdinand.com
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Franz Ferdinand signed to Domino in May 2003 and released their first single, Darts Of Pleasure shortly after. Second single, Take Me Out exploded onto the international stage, putting the band firmly on the global map and was a precursor to their eponymous debut album which went on to sell over 5 million copies worldwide.
Artistically always forging forward, their following albums, You Could Have It So Much Better (2005), Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009), Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) and Always Ascending (2018) all offered a new take on the Franz template and saw them work with some of the most pioneering producers around including Dan Carey, Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, Todd Terje and Philippe Zdar.
Their music continues to resonate globally and over the course of nearly two decades they’ve become, commercially and critically, one of the biggest UK bands in the world, selling over 10 million albums, 2.5 billion streams to date, 14 platinum albums, winning Brit, Ivor Novello & Mercury Prize awards, Grammy nominations and selling 6 million tickets for their incendiary live show worldwide which have included headline slots at festivals such as Reading & Leeds, Rock En Seine, Primavera and All Points East. A greatest hits compilation Hits To The Head, released in 2022, was a potent reminder of how universal and loved many of their songs have been and the U.K. run of shows saw them sell out Alexandra Palace in London.
Discography: Franz Ferdinand (2004), You Could Have It So Much Better (2005), Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009), Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013), Always Ascending (2018), Hits To The Head (2022).
Franz Ferdinand are: Alex Kapranos (vocals / guitar), Audrey Tait (drums), Bob Hardy (bass), Dino Bardot (guitar, backing vocals) & Julian Corrie (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals).
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