Franz Ferdinand have announced a North American tour following the release of their greatest hits compilation, ‘Hits To The Head’ – buy tickets here.The US leg runs from August to September with stops in Atlanta, New York, Washington DC, and Los Angeles and will mark the Scottish band’s first tour of the country since 2018.
General on-sale for the tour kicks off Friday (March 18) at 10am local time. See the full list of dates below.The tour announcement comes just weeks after the band decided to cancel their upcoming shows in Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Earlier this month (March 9), the band played at the Night For Ukraine event which took place at The Roundhouse in London with all proceeds supporting humanitarian and emergency response work in Ukraine and its neighbouring nations.A post shared by Franz Ferdinand (@franz_ferdinand)AUGUST 20224 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues5 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall6 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s8 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle10 – Washington, DC – 9-30 Club11 – Washington, DC – 9-30 Club12 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore13 – New York, NY – Pier 1715 – Boston, MA – House of Blues16 – Montreal, QC – M Telus17 – Toronto, ON – History19 – Chicago, IL – The Riv20 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore22 – Denver, CO – Ogden23 – Salt Lake City, UT – Union Event Center25 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SODO26 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum27 – Portland, OR – Grand Lodge30 – San Francisco, CA – Fox TheatreSEPTEMBER 20221- The Shrine – Los Angeles, CALast year, the indie-rock veterans spoke to NME about pulling together their best-of album, and how “There’s quite a lot of snobbery about greatest hits.”“When I was a kid I grew up with greatest hits records,” frontman Alex Kapranos said..
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