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FFS (Franz Ferdinand and Sparks) announce Manchester date

Collaborative group are playing their first shows together this June.

FFS (Franz Ferdinand and Sparks) announce Manchester date

Newly-coined supergroup FFS (Franz Ferdinand and Sparks) have added a Manchester date to their first ever UK tour.

The group will play Manchester’s Albert Hall on 25th August, a couple of months on from their first ever gig at Glasgow Arts School, 16th June.

FFS’ most high-profile appearance so far is at Benicassim 2015 - they’re also playing Lollapalooza Berlin.

Expected to release a full-length alongside the tour, the band are previewing ‘The Domino Effect’ - listen below.

Franz Ferdinand’s last album was 2013’s ‘Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action’. Sparks’ most recent LP is 2009’s ‘The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman’.

FFS UK dates:

JUNE
16 Glasgow, Arts School
29 London, The Troxy

AUGUST
25 Manchester, Albert Hall

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