Franz Ferdinand covered Britney Spears’ chart-topping hit “Womanizer” for BBC Radio 1. Sixteen years later, the Scottish rockers have another spears cover on deck for a different BBC station. In Radio ...

Of these groups one band was uniquely their own: Franz Ferdinand. In 2025 the band released their first new studio album since 2018 and will be embarking on a tour well into the spring.

Franz Ferdinand singer Alex Kapranos has found fatherhood a familiar experience – as it reminds him of his band's early days. Kapranos and wife Clara Luciani welcomed their first child last year ...

LONDON (AP) — Two decades ago, the Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand sent a jolt across the music world. They waltzed in stripped-shirts and quickly became global icons for their deliriously ...

It comes roughly 16 years after Franz Ferdinand took on her track ‘Womanizer’ for BBC Radio 1 as part of their Live Lounge series. Speaking to Stereogum about their approach to taking on a ...

It's all about that tempo switch. 'Take Me Out', the signature hit of Scottish band Franz Ferdinand, possesses one of the all-time great song introductions. "So if you're lonely," frontman Alex ...

Master Peace joined Franz Ferdinand live on stage in Madrid earlier this week (February 17) to rap a verse over ‘Hooked’ – check out the moment below. Franz Ferdinand played tracks from ...

Deftones, My Chemical Romance, and Blink-182 are scheduled to headling 2025 Shaky Knees Music Festival in Atlanta this ...

Franz Ferdinand and I had a blast hanging out at the Power Station at BerkleeNYC where we chatted about the new album, The Human Fear, and the band played three tunes — "Bar Lonely," "Audacious," and ...

After releasing two celebrated albums in quick succession during the heyday of "indie sleaze," new music started to become less of a growing concern for Franz Ferdinand. In fact, The Human Fear ...

Franz Ferdinand has put their spin on the Britney Spears hit "Toxic."The "Take Me Out" rockers recorded a cover of the 2000s ...