The Scottish indie rock band that has been creating generational anthems for more than 20 years has announced a concert tour to present their new album The Human Fear scheduled for release on 10 January 2025. As part of this tour, they will be playing at La Riviera on 17 February.
Franz Ferdinand got together in 2001 in Glasgow (UK) and are now a well-known alternative pop rock band led by singer Alex Kapranos. All its members were previously in other bands, and Kapranos and drummer Paul Thomson had played together previously in Yummy Fur. They decided to embark on a personal project, writing their own songs.
The band name comes from the Austro-Hungarian archduke Franz Ferdinand, and shortly after they got together, their single Take Me Out took them to number 3 in the UK charts. This brought them fame that took their self-titled album to number one in the charts, making it one of the most listened to records in the country. The album also won the Mercury Music Prize 2004 and two Brit Awards 2005, for best British band and best British rock performance.
Their second album, released in 2005, You Could Have It So Much Better, also topped the charts in the UK. After that, in 2008, they brought out Tonight: Franz Ferdinand and in 2013, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action. In 2015, Franz Ferdinand joined the American band Sparks to create a supergroup called FFS, which released an LP of the same name. Finally, in 2018, they returned to the studios on their own to record Always Ascending.
On this new tour, Franz Ferdinand will be presenting their sixth studio album The Human Fear, set for release in January 2025, featuring new members Dino Bardot (guitar) and drummer Audrey Tait, who replaced the original member Paul Thomson in 2021.