According to posts over on The Fans Forum (by charlotte, Annne, and remyw18), Franz Ferdinand may announce new European tour dates this week
It’s unclear if there are more dates to be added to this list, but it sounds like the concerts might be going on pre-sale for the fanclub tomorrow (10th Dec), and general sale on Friday morning (12th Dec 2008)
More info on the German dates (fanclub presale 10th+11th Dec)
06.03.2009 – ** Manchester Academy
12.03.2009 – ** Ancienne Belgique, Brüssel
13.03.2009 – Amsterdam Paradiso, Netherlands
14.03.2009 – Köln Palladium, Germany
16.03.2009 – Lille l’Aeronef, France
17.03.2009 – Paris Olympia, France
20.03.2009 – Store Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
21.03.2009 – ** Cirkus, Stockholm
22.03.2009 – Sentrum Scene, Olso, Norway
24.03.2009 – Hamburg Docks, Germany
25.03.2009 – Berlin Columbiahalle, Germany
26.03.2009 – München Tonhalle, Germany
28.03.2009 – Schiffbau, Zürich, Switzerland
01.04.2009 – Toulouse le Bikini, France
Also on the lists were a possible date in Japan, and Glasto
10.02.2009 – Zepp Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
24.06.2009 – Glastonbury Festival
…we’ll update this post when we hear of any confirmed news/dates
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Update: We found some more potential dates on a German Franz Ferdinand page (marked ** on our list above: Manchester, Brüssel, Stockholm)
Update2: NME.com are now reporting a full UK and Ireland tour… here are the dates they give:
28.02.2009 – Limerick Dolans
01.03.2009 – Dublin Olympia
04.03.2009 – Glasgow Barrowlands
06.03.2009 – Manchester Academy
08.03.2009 – Birmingham Academy
09.03.2009 – London Hammersmith Apollo
NME say that "Tickets go on sale at 9.30am (GMT) on Friday (December 12)"
