Franz surprise gig

Scot rockers announce secret show

05 June 2008 - Franz Ferdinand have announced a surprise show in Hoxton East in London next Monday 9 June.

The secret gig will take place at the Macbeth pub and there were just 150 tickets.  Word from Rough Trade reports that the gig is already fully sold out.

They went on sale at 8am today (5 June) and were available on a first come first served basis from the Rough Trade East store  at 91 Brick Lane in London.

The band are currently working on the follow-up to 2006's You Could Have It So Much Better with producer Dan Carey of Hot Chip and Lily Allen.

Album track titles that have been bandying about include Lucid Dreams, Ulysses, Dream Again, Turn It On, A Severed Head and Katharine Kiss Me.

After a series of intimate gigs across the UK, the band are rumoured to be playing another intimate show at Hull's Adelphi club on June 22.

Franz Ferdinand's summer dates are below:
 
21 June - York Fibbers
22 June - Hull Adelphi
24 June - Bristol Thekla
25 June - Bath Moles
26 June - Yeovil The Orange Box
28 June - Cardiff The Point
29 June - Leeds Faversham

09 June -  The Macbeth, London
22 June - The Adelphi, Hull
04 July - Ollesummer Festival, Estonia
12 July - Piazza Castello, Italy
18 July - Latitude Festival, Southwold,
19 July - Ferropolis (Melt! Festival), Germany

07 August - Skanderborg Festival, Denmark
08 August - Way Out West Festival, Sweden
30 August - Electric Picnic, Ireland
31 August - Hyrdro Connect Festival, Scotland

Georgie Rogers