Franz Ferdinand: Australian Tour 2025

Overview

So if you're lonely, Franz Ferdinand will be here waiting for you in Sydney before 2025 is out. Fresh from releasing their sixth album in January, the Scottish band are touring Down Under to help cap off the year, including on Wednesday, December 3 at ​On the Steps at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt.

It's been more than two decades since the Alex Kapranos-led group made a helluva splash with the catchy second single from their self-titled debuted album. Even just reading the name 'Take Me Out' is enough to get the number-one tune in Triple J's 2004 Hottest 100 stuck in your head. The song was also nominated for two Grammys, while the record that it springs from won the Mercury Prize.

Since the huge success of 'Take Me Out' and their 2004 Franz Ferdinand album, the band have dropped records in 2005 (You Could Have It So Much Better), 2009 (Tonight: Franz Ferdinand), 2013 (Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action), 2018 (Always Ascending) and this year (The Human Fear). Touring-wise, their past Aussie trips have included sets at Big Day Out, Splendour in the Grass and Falls Festival.

Franz Ferdinand's 2025 Aussie visit comes just a few months after Bloc Party, who benefited from Kapranos' approval when they were starting out, do the same in August.

Select images: Raph PH via Flickr.