Franz Ferdinand have announced a run of UK shows as part of their Greater Glasgow European Cultural Exchange Tour. Tickets for the shows go on sale at 10am on Friday 20 June. Scroll to the bottom of this article for a detailed list of the band’s UK performances. 

The long-running Glasgow art rockers will tour partly in support of their latest album The Human Fear, released in January this year on Domino Records. Reviving much of their early swagger, the album was viewed as a return to form for a band that hasn't released new material since 2018's Always Ascending. 

Starting at Dundee’s Live House on Tuesday 24 February, the band will then hit venues in Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Norwich, Brighton, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff and Portsmouth, with a final date at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday 11 March. 

Listen to ‘Bar Lonely’, the latest single from The Human Fear, below. 

Franz Ferdinand’s 2026 UK tour dates: 

Live House, Dundee, Tuesday 24 February 
O2 Academy, Leeds, Wednesday 25 February 
Academy, Manchester, Friday 27 February
NX, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Saturday 28 February
Rock City, Nottingham, Monday 2 March 
UEA, Norwich, Tuesday 3 March 
Dome, Brighton, Wednesday 4 March 
O2 Institute, Birmingham, Friday 6 March 
Beacon, Bristol, Saturday 7 March 
University Great Hall, Cardiff, Sunday 8 March 
Guildhall, Portsmouth, Tuesday 10 March 
O2 Academy Brixton, London, Wednesday 11 March 

Tickets for Franz Ferdinand’s UK tour dates in 2026 go on sale at 10am on Friday 20 June.