The concert in Palma Arena is one of only two Spanish concerts currently planned. No matter how much you try you will not be able to resist their music. Live, this Glasgow foursome have to be one of the most powerful and memorable bands that you can see on the circuit today. Their songs are so catchy that they infuriate you: you want to resist but it’s just impossible not to dance to the beat of tunes like “Take Me Out”, “Do You Want To” or their latest song “Ulysses”.įronted by the charismatic Alex Kapranos, Franz Ferdinand were paraded as the great revelation of 2003 with the release of their self titled first album “Franz Ferdinad” (Domino), followed up with “You Could Have It So Much Better” (Domino, 2005), which clearly showed they were no simple flash in the pan and were here to stay.Īfter a stretch of 3 years on the road and in the studio which included outstanding performances at some of the most important festivals across the world they took a break giving them time to put together their latest work, the album “Tonight…” (Domino, 2009), they followed this almost immediately with the release of the experimental re-mix compilation album “Blood” (Domino, 2009) which includes dub music versions of songs from “Tonight…” For the doubters out there FF stayed on track and the talent of Kapranos brought together the profane and the sublime with total irony. They have created a simple rule: get the girls dancing and the guys are right behind them. On the one side they are included amongst some of the most well-known groups of the Scottish music scene like Orange Juice, Josef K and Fire Engines and on the other giving us all dance music in a totally self assured approach. Having started out at the beginning of the last decade, in Glasgow, they are known for creating their own style and bringing the genre art-rock to its now popular zenith. In an era that foretold of the extinction of the big stage groups, up stepped one band, Franz Ferdinand, appearing from nowhere, straining at the leash like some smart Alec art school students but have since gone on to become one of the most important British pop bands of the last decade if not the most important.
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