September News Update

Date: Friday, August 28 to Wednesday, September 23

Toronto, Ontario - Virgin Festival (Saturday, August 29) / Baltimore, Maryland - Virgin Festival (Sunday, August 30) / Montreal, Quebec (Monday, August 31) / Winnipeg, Manitoba (Wednesday, September 2) / Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Thursday, September 3) / Edmonton, Alberta - Sonic Boom Festival (Saturday, September 5) / Vancouver, British Columbia (Sunday, September 6) / Seattle, Washington - Bumbershoot Festival (Monday, September 7)

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News

Okay, news.

- Franz Ferdinand dj set coming up this Friday (September 25, 2009) in the UK [Read More]

- You've probably heard of the private Brazil gig. It ended up selling out in 15 minutes. High five.

- Brixton after party (October 23, 2009) [Read More.]

- Franz Ferdinand in Jakarta on November 14 for Playground Festival [Read More.]

- April 17, 2010 Beijing Peace Concert? (Be warned, clicking on this link leads to the auto-start of a really crappy band. Ugh.) [Read More.]

- Potential South American tour in April/May of next year? I'll keep you updated...

- Little blurb/photos from Franz in Seattle (September 7, 2009) on 107.7 The End [Read More.] [See More.]

- A translated old-ish article from Hove Festival (published June 22, 2009) [Read More.]

- Alex remixed a song: 'Chew Lips - Salt Air'. keep an eye out for it [Read More.]

- Ben Sherman charity - bid to win something signed by the band, and do it for a good cause [Read More.]

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The Cribs support FF

- 8 shows from November 20 - November 30, 2009

- Hamburg, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Paris, Rennes, Bordeaux

Music Go Music support FF

- UK section of the tour from October 11 - October 23, 2009

- Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Newcastle, Sheffield, Manchester, Wolverhampton, Leeds, Bournemouth, London

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Photos

- One from August 12, 2009 [See More.]

- Two from Paredes de Coura (July 30, 2009) [See More.]

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And this is from Spin Magazine's twitter, from a while ago:

"Nick from Franz Ferdinand is napping backstage by a tree while Taking Back Sunday brings the emo smackdown"

I'll be posting a full list of upcoming tour dates in the days to come. Tomorrow you get your Interview Update. I apologize in advance if it's a little late, I'm supposed to go to a concert.

We're almost completely sorted! Yay! ... And then you get to tell me if there are any blaring admissions I should be aware of. But we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.