With their highly anticipated new album ‘Tonight’ due for release earlier in the new year and their new single ‘Lucid Dreams’ already creating it’s fair share of buzz, Glaswegian rockers Franz Ferdinand have today unveiled shows for both Melbourne and Sydney in the first week of 2009 to capitalize. These will be the first Australian dates the band has performed in two years and with support from The Cribs and Red Riders, tickets for both concerts are expected to go quick when they go on sale on Wednesday October 29. Franz Ferdinand’s new album is expected to be released at the end of January 2009.
January 05 : Melbourne (Palace Theatre)
January 06 : Sydney (Enmore Theatre)