Franz Ferdinand

Glasgow’s thin white dukes, Franz Ferdinand headline Field Day 2012.

Probably one of the most influential British band of the past decade, The Ferdinand are tipped for a major comeback next year, and this will be the first time the quartet take to the Field Day stage. With a highly anticipated fourth album on Domino Records scheduled for release in 2012, expect big things from this headline performance.

Formed in Glasgow in 2002, Franz Ferdinand are Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy, Nick McCarth and Paul Thomson. Their debut album ‘ Franz Ferdinand’ put the band firmly on the map. It reached #3 in the UK chart, won the Mercury Music Prize in 2004, and NME named it their album of the year. Since then the Ferdinand have gone from strength to strength with their 2005 platinum selling second album ‘You Could Have It So Much Better’ topping the UK album charts and making the top ten in the Billboard 200 in the US.

The band took a break in 2006 after being on the road for 3 years. Alex went to Vancouver with the Cribs, Paul raised a family, Bob made a film and Nick disappeared in South America. They met up a few months later in Glasgow ready and excited to create something new. Here in a Victorian town hall, recently vacated by a drug rehabilitation unit, their third album ‘Tonight’ was born and went on to become a top 10 hit in the UK charts.

With their three studio albums, The Ferdinand have sold over 6 million albums world wide, have been nominated for several BRIT awards and became one of the few Scottiish bands to be nominated for a Grammy Award. We are honoured to have them at Field day 2012.