Dear Scotland

Aside from perhaps Glasvegas, Franz Ferdinand may take the prize for the most international gigs this year. The band have already been through North America and Japan once in 2009 and they will return to the US next week supporting Green Day and playing festivals before returning to Japan and then Europe again.

Franz launched their 3rd album in January Tonight: Franz Ferdinand and in June the band released Blood: Franz Ferdinand, a dub version of Tonight, which was included in the deluxe and box-set versions with the original album release, but is now available as a stand alone album in the US.

Last year the band spoke with Vic Galloway about how the dub/reggae elements were introduced to their music.

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More information at www.franzferdinand.co.uk . Tour dates and ticket details below for the US and Canada legs of the tour. The European dates can be seen towards the bottom of the Scotland On Tour page for now.

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Tour Dates

Artist	Date	City	Country
Franz Ferdinand	08 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Houston, TX	United States
	with Green Day Related post.
Franz Ferdinand	09 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in San Antonio, TX	United States
	with Green Day Related post.
Franz Ferdinand	11 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in St. Louis, MO	United States
	with Green Day Related post.
Franz Ferdinand	12 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Kansas City, MO	United States
	with Green Day Related post.
Franz Ferdinand	13 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Omaha, NE	United States
	with Green Day Related post.
Franz Ferdinand	15 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Denver, CO	United States
	with Green Day Related post.
Franz Ferdinand	16 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Salt Lake City, UT	United States
	with Green Day Related post.
Franz Ferdinand	18 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in San Jose, CA	United States
	with Green Day Related post.
Franz Ferdinand	20 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in San Diego, CA	United States
	with Green Day Related post.
Franz Ferdinand	21 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Las Vegas, NV	United States
	with Green Day Related post.
Franz Ferdinand	22 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Phoenix, AZ	United States
	with Green Day Related post.
Franz Ferdinand	24 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Sacramento, CA	United States
	with Green Day Related post.
Franz Ferdinand	25 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Los Angeles, CA	United States
	with Green Day Related post.
Franz Ferdinand	27 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Los Angeles, CA	United States
Franz Ferdinand	29 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Toronto, ON	Canada
Franz Ferdinand	30 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Washington, DC	United States
Franz Ferdinand	31 Aug 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Montreal, QC	Canada
Franz Ferdinand	02 Sep 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Winnipeg, MB	Canada
Franz Ferdinand	03 Sep 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Saskatoon, SK	Canada
Franz Ferdinand	05 Sep 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Edmonton, AB	Canada
Franz Ferdinand	06 Sep 09	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Vancouver, BC	Canada