Franz Ferdinand Prep New Single

NME.com reports that Franz Ferdinand's next single from You Could Have It So Much Better is "Eleanor Put Your Boots On," due July 10 in the UK. Since Alex Kapranos' love for Fiery Furnace Eleanor Friedberger could not be contained by merely one version, the Glasgow quartet recently recorded a new version of the song at a studio in Benton Harbor, Michigan. In addition to the brand spankin' new "Eleanor," the CD single will feature the previously unreleased b-sides "Wine in the Afternoon" and "Ghost in the Ditch."

Franz Ferdinand continues to tour throughout the summer and has added a few new tour dates to an already tight July, including an appearance at South Korea's Pentaport Festival.

Summer lovin':

06-05 Landgraaf, Netherlands - Megaland (Pinkpop Festival)
06-09 San Diego, CA - Coors Amphitheatre (X-Fest)
06-10 San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre (Live 105 BFD)
06-11 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl (Summer Roundup)
06-24 Paris, France - L'Opera Garnier (early show)
06-24 Normandy, France - Evreux Hippodrome (Le Rock dans Tous Ses États)(late show)
06-25 Roeser, Luxembourg - Open Air Arena (Rock-A-Field Festival)
06-29 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
06-30 St. Gallen, Switzerland - OpenAir Arena (OpenAir St. Gallen Festival)
07-01 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival
07-04 Zagreb, Croatia - SRC Salata Festival
07-06 Novi Sad, Serbia - Petrovaradin Fortress (Exit Festival)
07-07 Gdynia, Poland - Open'er Festival
07-08 Balado, Scotland - T in the Park
07-09 Naas, Ireland - Punchestown Racecourse (Oxygen Festival)
07-11 Athens, Greece - Rockwave Festival
07-13 Lyon, France - Les Nuits de Fourvière
07-14 Torino, Italy - Traffic Free Music Festival
07-15 Arvika, Sweden - Värmland (Arvikafestivalen)
07-17 Rome, Italy - Stadio Olimpico *
07-22 Benicassim, Spain - Benicassim Festival
07-28 Niigata, Japan - Naeba Ski Resort (Fuji Rock Festival)
07-30 Incheon, South Korea - Pentaport Festival
08-13 Saint-Malo, France - Le Fort á Saint Père (La Route du Rock Festival)
08-15 Colmar, France - Foire Aux Vins d'Alsace
08-17 Avenches, Switzerland - Rock Oz'Arène Festival
08-18 Salzburg, Austria - Salzburgring (Frequency Festival)
08-20 Orange, France - Théâtre Antique d'Orange (Chorégies d'Orange)
08-25 Reading, England - Richfield Avenue (Reading Festival)
08-26 Leeds, England - Bramham Park (Leeds Festival)

* with Depeche Mode

Posted by Quanah Humphreys on Mon, Jun 5, 2006 at 6:00pm