Franz LP Set for January, Song Due in Madden '09

Add a last minute date at a little out-of-the-way place called Glastonbury or something
Franz LP Set for January, Song Due in Madden '09

So a January release it is for the new Franz Ferdinand album, the one the spry Scots were busy mixing in our last report on the matter. No word yet on the Epic set's details, but the first single will debut a new non-album (it might be on the album) Franz track will appear on the soundtrack to the 2009 edition of the Madden NFL video game series, which is due in mid-August. Tantalizing morsels of the new album tunes, meanwhile, can still be previewed via the music section of the band's website. You kick out those jock jams, fellas, and we'll just keep on looping "Trigger 8" in the meantime.

In the midst of their current string of teeny tiny little club dates, Franz have just announced an awfully big one on some awfully short notice. Tomorrow, they'll hit the Park Stage at the Glastonbury Festival right after John Cale and right before Dizzee Rascal, which, as Franz drummer Paul Thomson writes in a MySpace blog post, "is pretty much where I think we stand musically." They'll hit Yeovil, England's Orange Box tonight.

FF:

06-26 Yeovil, England - Orange Box
06-27 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
06-28 Cardiff, Wales - The Point
06-29 Leeds, England - Faversham
07-04 Tallinn, Estonia - Ollesummer Festival
07-12 Ferrara, Italy - Piazza Castello
07-18 Southwold, England - Henham Park (Latitude Festival)
07-19 Gräfenhainichen, Germany - Ferropolis (Melt! Festival)
08-07 Skanderborg, Denmark - Skanderborg Festival
08-08 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-15-17 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
08-30 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
08-31 Argyll, Scotland - Hydro Connect Festival

Posted by Paul Thompson on Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:30am