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Franz Ferdinand are back on top of the newswire! As you may well know, the band has been doing a just ridiculous amount of touring over the spring and summer, and as the following expanded itinerary will show, they apparently don't know when or how to stop. Which should work out wonderfully for fans all over North America, who prior to this announcement, were only being treated to six shows. But look: they'll now be playing 14, nailing both coasts and even a few places in between. Indeed: When your super-coifed sexfaces are livin' large on the cover of pretty much every issue of NME, you gotta tour while the touring's good. We typed this out because we love you:

08-08 Benecim, Spain - Heinekin Festival
08-20 Cologne, Germany - Monsters of Spex Festival
08-24 Prague, Czech Republic - The Roxy
08-27 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
08-28 Reading, UK - Reading Festival
08-29 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
09-04 Bologna, Italy - Independent Days Festival
09-09 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
09-10 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
09-11 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
09-14 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
09-15 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater
09-17 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
09-22 San Francisco, CA - Concourse
09-24 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
09-25 Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
09-26 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
09-29 Minneapolis, MN - The Quest
09-30 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
10-01 Toronto, Ontario - The Docks
10-02 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
10-11 Belfast, Ireland - Ulster Hall
10-12 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia
10-13 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia
10-15 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands
10-16 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands
10-17 Wolverhampton, England - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
10-19 Newcastle, England - Northumbria University
10-20 Exeter, England - Exeter University
10-21 Bradford, England - St. George's Hall
10-23 Portsmouth, England - Portsmouth Guildhall
10-24 Leicester, England - DeMontfort Hall
10-25 Manchester, England - Apollo
10-28 London, England - Brixton Academy
10-29 London, England - Brixton Academy
11-01 Lille, France - Aeronef
11-02 Nantes, France - Trocadeiere
11-03 Clermont, France - La Cooperative
11-04 Paris, France - Zenith
11-10 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
11-11 Dresden, Germany - Schlachtof
11-12 Munich, Germany - Townhalle
11-14 Hamburg, Germany - Dock