{"id":12332,"date":"2018-02-07T12:02:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T12:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=12332"},"modified":"2018-02-07T13:12:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T13:12:21","slug":"always-ascending-the-new-album-from-franz-ferdinand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2018\/02\/always-ascending-the-new-album-from-franz-ferdinand\/","title":{"rendered":"Always Ascending \u2013 the New Album from Franz Ferdinand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/New-Franz-Ferninand-album.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/New-Franz-Ferninand-album.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/New-Franz-Ferninand-album.png 2500w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/New-Franz-Ferninand-album-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/New-Franz-Ferninand-album-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/New-Franz-Ferninand-album-1024x444.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/New-Franz-Ferninand-album-1200x520.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the first Franz Ferdinand album since their collaborative album <em>FFS <\/em>back in 2015 so fans have been eagerly awaiting its release, and now it\u2019s here!\u00a0 Always Ascending has been produced by Philippe Zdar who has worked some big names including The Beastie Boys, Phoenix and Cassius.<\/p>\n<p>So we\u2019ve got a new album, but that\u2019s not all the good news, the band are also going on a world tour, with lots of dates in the UK and Ireland to choose from.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Franz Ferdinand Tour Dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>02-10 Galway, Ireland &#8211; Leisureland<\/p>\n<p>02-11 Dublin, Ireland &#8211; Olympia Theatre<\/p>\n<p>02-13 Manchester, England &#8211; Royal Albert Hall<\/p>\n<p>02-14 Nottingham, England &#8211; Rock City<\/p>\n<p>02-16 Newcastle, England &#8211; O2 Academy<\/p>\n<p>02-17 Glasgow, Scotland &#8211; O2 Academy<\/p>\n<p>02-19 Leeds, England &#8211; O2 Academy<\/p>\n<p>02-20 Birmingham, England &#8211; O2 Academy<\/p>\n<p>02-21 Bristol, England &#8211; O2 Academy<\/p>\n<p>02-23 Cambridge, England &#8211; Corn Exchange<\/p>\n<p>02-24 London, England &#8211; O2 Brixton Academy<\/p>\n<p>02-25 Brighton, England \u2013 Dome<\/p>\n<p><strong>Franz Ferdinand \u2013 All the Facts you Never Needed to Know\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Before being in the music industry, Alex Kapranos worked as a chef and a welder.<\/li>\n<li>Their hit single <em>Take Me Out<\/em> was inspired by a graphic novel by Max Ernst called <em>Une Semaine de Bonte.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>The band is named after a race horse called Archduke Ferdinand, the horse was named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand who played a part in the start of World War I.<\/li>\n<li>Several songs have a religious aspect to them because Alex studied Theology at University.<\/li>\n<li>Alex\u2019s surname is actually Huntley but he stopped using it due as it was the same surname as the infamous murderer Ian Huntley.<\/li>\n<li>His middle name is Paul, named after Paul McCartney, because his mother fancied the famous Beatle!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Get Your FF Plates from Speedy Reg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Want to show the world you\u2019re a Franz Ferdinand Super Fan? 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