Twenty years have passed since Francois Ferdinand He burst onto the music scene in style with his self-titled debut album. The album was a huge success, with anthems like “Take Me Out”, “This Fire”, “Michael”, “Darts of Pleasure” and “The Dark of the Matinée”.
The 21st century began with a resurgence of rock, especially dancefloor-oriented rock, and the band led by Alex Kapranos hit the nail on the head. In fact, the Scottish band confessed that their main goal was to “make girls dance.” But they accomplished much more, becoming one of the most acclaimed bands of their generation.
Since then, they have not managed to overcome this first peak of their career, but they continue to be a sure bet, with 10 million albums sold2.5 billion streams, 14 platinum albums and currently 9.5 million listeners on Spotify.
During all this time, they have not stopped giving concerts or releasing new albums. And they continue to do so: on January 10th they will release his sixth studio album, Human fearon his usual label, Domino Records. They will present it with a tour that will take them to Spain in February 2025as announced by promoter Live Nation.
After their recent visit to several major Spanish festivals in the summer of 2023 – including Mad Cool – the public will this time be able to see them in a reduced format. On February 15, 2025, they will be at Towards La Coruñain the Pelícano room; On February 17th they will play at the La Riviera room in Madridand one day later they will do it at Razzmatazz in Barcelona.
Cover of ‘The Human Fear’, the album by Franz Ferdinand which will go on sale on January 10, 2025
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Tickets will be released on sale September 20th at 11am on Livenation.es, Ticketmaster and El Corte Inglés. As usual at this promoter’s concerts, there will be two pre-sales: on Wednesday, September 18 at 10am for Santander Music customers, and another the following day for users registered on the Live Nation website.
He price Tickets will cost 40 euros (plus fees) for the concert in La Coruña, and 45 euros (plus fees) for those in Madrid and Barcelona.
In addition to reviewing their repertoire, where they continue to send the songs from their first albums, they will also present the songs from their new album, which they have already released his first glimpse, Bold.
Produced by Mark Ralph, who has previously worked with Franz Ferdinand on his 2013 album Right thoughts, right words, right actions and recorded at AYR Studios in Scotland, the 11 songs of Human fear They reflect on their deepest fears and how to overcome and accept them.
“Making this album was one of the most positive experiences I have ever had,” Kapranos said in a statement shared by the promoter.Fear reminds you that you are alive. I think we’re all, in one way or another, addicted to that emotion that it can give us. How we react to it shows how we are as human beings. So you have a lot of songs here that are looking for the emotion of the human being through fears.”
