Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand have announced details of the release of a new single, No You Girls, through Domino on April 6th 2009.
Taken from their recent album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, the single will also feature remixes from the legendary Vince Clarke, Noze and John Disco.
The single was produced by Dan Carey and the band as part of the album sessions which took place at the band’s own HQ in Govan, Glasgow and Carey’s South London studio.
Following a couple of low-key sold-out shows in London & Edinburgh in January, the band are also set to play a short U.K. headline tour in March. The full list of dates are as follows:
FEBRUARY
28th Limerick Dolans – SOLD OUT
MARCH
1st Dublin Olympia – SOLD OUT
2nd Belfast Mandela Hall
4th Glasgow Barrowlands – SOLD OUT
5th Glasgow Barrowlands – SOLD OUT
6th Manchester Academy – SOLD OUT
8th Birmingham Academy
9th London Hammersmith Apollo – SOLD OUT
10th Southampton Guildhall – SOLD OUT
Tonight: Franz Ferdinand proved a global success reaching number 2 in the U.K. the top 5 in Japan, Germany, Canada, Spain, France, Holland, Belgium & Austria and the top 10 in the U.S. & Australia.
Following the U.K. tour the band head to Europe for a string of dates before returning to the U.S. where they will tour & play the Coachella festival.
Franz Ferdinand are: Alex Kapranos (vocals/guitar/keys), Nick McCarthy (vocals, keys, guitar), Paul Thomson (drums/guitar) and Bob Hardy (bass).