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  Blink-182, Weezer, Franz Ferdinand Play Free Festival!

  June 24, 2009 – Good news for penny pinchers: this year's installment of the Virgin Mobile Festival is completely free -- and the lineup kicks ass! Blink-182, Weezer, and Franz Ferdinand are scheduled to headline the event, which has been nicknamed the "Virgin FreeFest." The show will go down August 30 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD, just outside the Baltimore and Washington, DC, areas. …
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  Franz Ferdinand Begin U.S. Tour

  April 14, 2009 – Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand strutted and strummed their way through a grand performance at Seattle's Moore Theatre Monday night, opening their 19-date national tour. The quartet played a 90-minute set that featured a lot of their new album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand. The band started things off with the catchy "Do You Want To" and their brash new single, "No You Girls." Unfortunately, the amplified sound at times overpowered fro …
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  Dolly's Third Nipple, Winehouse Smokes Bananas, and More

  April 10, 2009 – Who knew smoking banana skins had the same therapeutic effect as taking Prozac? Amy Winehouse. After all, she's on top of all the new drug crazes. [Daily Star] Dolly Parton revealed that she once drank a pig's milk... directly from its nipple. This explains A LOT. [CBS News] Billy Corgan accompanied MTV celebutard Tila Tequila to Bravo's A-List Awards Sunday night. Hey, Billy, maybe she can play drums? …
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  The SPIN Interview: Alex Kapranos

  March 1, 2009 – When Franz Ferdinand broke big, Alex Kapranos seemed older and wiser than many of his buzzy peers. Little surprise, then, that his band is still thriving five years on. "I hope we haven't written our best song," he says. "That's the sign a band is still alive  — they're not satisfied." Either Alex Kapranos is hungry or the traditional English dish of beans on toast has played a pretty memorable role in his life. …
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  Stars Sing to Save Children's Lives

  February 19, 2009 – Next Tuesday, War Child International will release Heroes, a compilation of younger artists (Beck, Duffy, TV on the Radio) covering songs by superstars (Bob Dylan, the Ramones, David Bowie), with the proceeds going to aid children in war-torn countries like Afghanistan and Sudan. For music fans looking to do good, it's a worthy way to spend $10. …
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  Franz Ferdinand Unveil U.S. Tour

  February 4, 2009 – Franz Ferdinand have announced a month-long U.S. tour in support of their third album, the SPIN-approved Tonight: Franz Ferdinand. Alex Kapranos and the lads will kick off the 19-date outing April 13 in Seattle, WA, and drop into cities across North America -- including a stop at Indio, CA's Coachella Music and Arts Festival -- before ending their run May 8 in Providence, RI. …
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  Listen to Franz Ferdinand's New Album

  January 23, 2009 – You've read the review and watched the boys chat with SPIN.com backstage in Brooklyn -- but now you can finally hear Franz Ferdinand's much-awaited new record, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand. MySpace Music, which brought you sneak peeks at albums from Fall Out Boy and Kanye West, is streaming the new release in advance of its Tuesday, January 27, street date. Head over to Franz Ferdinand's official MySpace page to hear the record now. …
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  Beck, Lily Allen, TV on the Radio Cover Rock Legends

  January 12, 2009 – File this one under "awesome idea combined with a great cause." The War Child International charity, which provides aid to children in war-torn countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, recently asked 16 legendary musicians, including Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and Bruce Springsteen, to choose a song from their catalogue and a contemporary artist to reinterpret the tune. …
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  New Video: Franz Ferdinand

  January 9, 2009 – If you thought Franz Ferdinand were four buttoned-down guys, the band are out to prove you wrong with this clip for "Ulysses," the new single off their latest album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand. Hitting a strip club, trashing their hotel room, and, um, hanging out in a 24-hour laundromat are how the boys like to spend their time. Oh, and then there's frontman Alex Kapranos' lyrics: "Come on let's get high!" Check out the video below. …
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  Remix Franz Ferdinand's New Single

  November 5, 2008 – Franz Ferdinand have announced details of a remix competition for "Ulysses," the first single off their forthcoming new album, the "hedonistic" Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, set for release in the U.S. January 27. The album is being produced by Dan Carey, and it seems his affiliations with remix-happy electro-outfit Hot Chip may have rubbed off on the Franz boys. …
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