TCS London Marathon organizers have announced that Emile Cairess, who finished third at the 2024 event, will headline a ...

The Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand sent a jolt across the music world two decades ago. They hit a critical mass with ...

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Here’s how it works. “Fanzine Made Of Flesh was written in Brooklyn when I was staying at Alex Kapranos’s house in autumn 2023," Braithwaite explains. "In my head it sounds like a cross between ABBA, ...

Sir Elton John poked fun at his sight loss as he presented a prize at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards. The 77-year-old music legend lost the vision in his right eye after coming down with an infection ...

Kieran Culkin forgot his Golden Globe Awards acceptance speech after doing "a shot of tequila". The 42-year-old actor scooped the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Motion Picture for ...

Franz Ferdinand may be one of Glasgow's most famous exports, but, as it happens, frontman Alex Kapranos also has a familial tie to Canada's biggest city. Speaking with Exclaim!, he reveals that ...

The angular indie track, heavy with synths, doesn’t differ too much from the Glasgow band’s signature dancey post-punk sound, with frontman Alex Kapranos saying about the track: “Sliding ...

Of the original quartet who formed Franz Ferdinand in Glasgow in 2002, only singer Alex Kapranos and bassist Bob Hardy remain in what is now a quintet. The 11 tracks last a sprightly 35 minutes.

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