Franz Ferdinand Announce 2026 U.S. Summer Tour with Atlanta Stop at Buckhead Theatre
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Indie rock mainstays Franz Ferdinand are heading back to North America this summer with a newly announced run of headline tour dates across the United States.
The tour begins August 2 in Buffalo, New York and travels through major cities including Boston, Charlotte, Atlanta, Austin, and Dallas before wrapping up on August 15. One of the most notable stops comes August 9 when the band will open for My Chemical Romance at Citi Field in Queens, New York.
Atlanta fans will get their chance to see the band live on August 12 at Buckhead Theatre, a room known for hosting some of the city’s most memorable club-level shows. The stop brings one of the most recognizable indie catalogs of the 2000s back to Atlanta, including hits like “Take Me Out,” “No You Girls,” and “Do You Want To.”
Tickets for the newly announced shows go on sale Friday, March 13 at 10:00 a.m. local time through Ticketmaster. A fan presale begins Tuesday, March 10 at 10:00 a.m., followed by a Live Nation presale on March 12 for Live Nation All Access members.
Before arriving in North America, Franz Ferdinand will spend the spring touring across Europe with performances scheduled in London, Paris, Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt, and several other cities.
The band continues touring behind their latest album The Human Fear, released in 2025. The record marked another chapter in the group’s long running career that has blended dance-punk energy with sharp indie songwriting since their breakout in the early 2000s.
Frontman Alex Kapranos recently spoke out after the band’s song “Take Me Out” was used in a military propaganda video by the Israeli Defense Forces. Kapranos said the band did not authorize the use and condemned the video publicly on social media.
Franz Ferdinand have never avoided political commentary throughout their career. In 2016 the band released
the protest track “Demagogue,” an openly critical song aimed at Donald Trump during the U.S. presidential election.
Franz Ferdinand 2026 Tour Dates
03/10 Portsmouth, UK – Portsmouth Guildhall
03/11 London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton
03/23 Lyon, FR – Le Transbordeur03/25 Paris, FR – L’Olympia
03/26 Paris, FR – L’Olympia03/28 Zurich, CH – The Hall
03/29 Vienna, AT – Gasometer03/31 Munich, DE – Zenith0
4/01 Berlin, DE – Tempodrom04/03 Brussels, BE – Forest National
04/04 Cologne, DE – Palladium04/06 Lille, FR – L’Aéronef
04/07 Lille, FR – L’Aéronef04/08 Tilburg, NL – 013 Poppodium
04/10 Luxembourg, LU – Rockhal Box04/11 Frankfurt, DE – Jahrhunderthalle
04/13 Nantes, FR – La Carriere04/14 Toulouse, FR – Le Bikini
06/19 Reims, FR – La Cartonnerie06/20 Landgraaf, NL – Megaland
07/03 Rotselaar, BE – Rock Werchter07/04 Hérouville-Saint-Clair, FR – Beauregard Festival
07/05 Werchter, BE – Festivalpark Werchter
07/23 Naples, IT – Mostra d’Oltremare
07/27 Carcassonne, FR – Carcassonne Festival
08/01 Montreal, QC – Osheaga Festival
08/02 Buffalo, NY – Electric City
08/04 Albany, NY – Empire Live
08/05 Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues Boston
08/07 New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
08/08 Huntington, NY – The Paramount
08/09 Queens, NY – Citi Field (supporting My Chemical Romance)
08/11 Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre
08/12 Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
08/14 Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
08/15 Dallas, TX – House of Blues Dallas
08/28 Paris, FR – Rock en Seine
The Human Fear
Franz Ferdinand
Release Date: 2025
