FRANZ FERDINAND TO HEADLINE THE BRITISH SOUND PROJECT 2018

The British Sound Project returns to Victoria Warehouse, Manchester on Saturday 22 September for an epic celebration of UK music – with legendary art-rockers Franz Ferdinand confirmed to headline the huge indoor event. The Scottish five-piece – who have received excellent reviews for their current live shows as well as their recently released fifth studio […]
– THE ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER – Musical collaborations are often viewed with scepticism and fraught with the apprehension that it’s the band that are getting more out of the project than the audience. The overall feeling is that something isn’t quite right and the sooner things return to normal the better. FFS must have had […]

LIVE: FFS – 25/08/2015

SLUG ANNOUNCES FULL UK TOUR AND COVERS KATE BUSH’S ‘BIG SKY’

Having released his debut album Ripe earlier this year SLUG – AKA Sunderland’s Ian Black, has plotted a brand new set of dates across the coming months. Coming up are appearances at UK festivals and a Manchester date supporting FFS and then on to a headline tour in October SLUG LIVE DATES 08 Aug – […]
New supergroup FFS, comprised of members of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks, will play in Manchester on August 25. The two bands’ new side project will play at the Albert Hall (25th August), following gigs in Glasgow and London in June. Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks, and Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy, Bob Hardy and Paul Thomson […]

TICKET GIVEAWAY: FRANZ FERDINAND AND SPARKS SUPERGROUP ANNOUNCE MANCHESTER GIG

LIVE: FRANZ FERDINAND: 22/03/2014

– ACADEMY 1, MANCHESTER – Franz Ferdinand released their self titled first album in 2004. That’s the same year as Rammstein’s Amerika and Snoop Dogg’s Drop It Like It’s Hot. Feeling old yet? Ten years later they’re headlining Manchester Academy, supported by the Eagulls, soaring into their new single ‘Bullet,’ a raucous sing-along performed with a higher […]
Boxed In’s debut single ‘All Your Love Is Gone’ has already won him lots of fans, stacking up an impressive play count and winning praise across the web, radio and press. Now, with the 7” and digital download set for release through Moshi Moshi, Boxed In (AKA London’s Oli Bayston) releases a video, directed by […]

NEWS: BOXED IN – NEW VIDEO FOR ‘ALL YOUR LOVE IS GONE’

LIVE REVIEW: Franz Ferdinand – 16/10/2009

– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER- On arrival outside the Ruby Lounge on this busy Saturday lunch time in the city centre, it is strange to see a queue of parents and children waiting for the shutter of the venue to arise. The reason for this is the new child friendly Mrs Boon’s Cakes and Tea […]