Franz Ferdinand, Omini: photos of the concert at the Regina Arena in Cattolica – 09.01.2023

After the sale of Milan in November, i Franz Ferdinand,
On Friday 1 September 2023 they performed at the Arena della Regina in Cattolica after the opening of Omini.

The band’s first greatest hits compilation, “Hits To The Head”, released on Domino last year, also features unreleased songs by Billy Goodbye and Curious, done in Franz Ferdinand’s perfect style, with a pop sound and art rock references. Both songs were produced by Alex Kapranos, Julian Corry and Stuart Price (Dua Lipa, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys).

“It was like picking a festival setlist: you want to play songs that you know the audience will want to hear. Hits. And then we bring the hits to the stage. And straight into the hearts and feet of the people. This means making sure to include the singles, as well as all those songs that you know are special to the band and the audience in some way, such as “Outsiders”. We then also added two unreleased songs recorded last year: ‘Billy Goodbye’ and ‘Curious’, both of which were produced in the final stages with Stuart Price,” the frontman says, explaining the difficult tracklisting choice.

The Scottish band, whose sound they describe as “music that makes girls dance”, hit the big time with their first self-titled album, Franz Ferdinand, containing the hit Take Me Out, which also took them to the top of the charts worldwide. receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Performance and winning the Mercury Music Prize, the Ivor Novello Award, two Brit Awards and an MTV Best Video Award for Take Me Out.

Since then, Alex Kapranos’ band has released one hit album after another, touring with sold-out hits such as Do You Want To, No You Girls, Can’t Stop Feeling and Right Action. In 2016, following the release of the album FFS in collaboration with the historic American glam rock band Sparks, the band announces farewell to guitarist Nick McCarthy, who will not take part in the recording and tour of their latest work, Always Ascending. In his place was the talented Dino Bardo, already a member of the Scottish indie rock band of the 1990s, as well as keyboardist and music producer Julian Corry.

With over 10 million records sold, 1.2 billion streams, 14 platinum awards, Brit, Ivor Novello and Mercury Prize awards, Grammy nominations and over 6 million tickets sold for their incredible concerts, Franz Ferdinand is finally back on tour. to make his audience dance and jump again. with the biggest hits of his entire career.

The general sale is available on www.ticketmaster.it, www.ticketone.it and www.vivaticket.com.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2023
EMPOLI – BEAT FESTIVAL, SERRAVALLE PARK
Ticket price: €35.00 + pre-sale fees.

Photo gallery of Emanuel Giordani

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