Franz Ferdinand returned to the UK for a trio of shows as part of their ‘Hits To The Head’ world tour this month. Stopping at London, Manchester and Glasgow.

Artistically always forging forward, their following albums, You Could Have It So Much Better (2005), Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009), Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013) and Always Ascending (2018) all offered a new take on the Franz template and saw them work with some of the most pioneering producers around including Dan Carey, Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, Todd Terje and Philippe Zdar.

With support coming from Los Bitchos and Medicine Cabinet, our photographer Abigail Shii was there to capture all the action when the played the famous Alexandra Palace.

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