- Music
- 08 Sep 25
Franz Ferdinand announce headline tour with Dublin and Belfast dates
Tickets will go on sale on Friday, September 12.
Franz Ferdinand have announced a headline tour of Europe and the UK for spring 2026 with dates in Belfast and Dublin.
The three-month tour will kick off with shows at the Telegraph Building in Belfast on February 21 and the National Stadium in Dublin on February 22.
The band will play gigs in the UK in February and various venues in Europe in March and April.
The news follows Franz Ferdinand's performance at Glastonbury in June as well as a headline show at Forest Fest in July.
Franz Ferdinand released their sixth studio album The Human Fear in January. They have since released tracks 'Build It Up' (with The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr) and 'Hooked' as singles.
Revisit the 'Take Me Out' band's 2022 interview with Hot Press here.
Tickets for the tour will go on sale on Friday, September 12 at 10:00 a.m. via Ticketmaster.
See the full list of tour dates and locations below:
Saturday, February 21 – Telegraph Building, Belfast, Ireland
Sunday, February 22 – The National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
Tuesday, February 24 – LiveHouse, Dundee, UK
Wednesday, February 25 – O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds, UK
Friday, February 27 – Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK
Saturday, February 28 – NX Newcastle, Newcastle, UK
Monday, March 2 – Rock City, Nottingham, UK
Tuesday, March 3 – University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Wednesday, March 4 – Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK
Friday, March 6 – O2 Institute Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Saturday, March 7 – Bristol Beacon, Bristol, UK
Sunday, March 8 – The Great Hall, Cardiff, UK
Tuesday, March 10 – Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, UK
Wednesday, March 11 – O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK
Monday, March 23 – Le Transbordeur, Lyon, France
Wednesday, March 25 – L'Olympia, Paris, France
Thursday, March 26 – L'Olympia, Paris, France
Saturday, March 28 – The Hall, Zurich, Switzerland
Sunday, March 29 – Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
Tuesday, March 31 – Zenith, Munich, Germany
Wednesday, April 1 – Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany
Friday, April 3 – Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
Saturday, April 4 – Palladium, Cologne, Germany
Tuesday, April 7 – L'Aéronef, Lille, France
Wednesday, April 8 – 013 Poppodium, Tilburg, Netherlands
Friday, April 10 – Rockhal Box, Luxembourg
Saturday, April 11 – Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Monday, April 13 – La Carriere, Nantes, France
Tuesday, April 14 – Le Bikini, Toulouse, France
