Franz Ferdinand Concert Anniversaries

Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002. The original lineup consisted of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Nick McCarthy (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Bob Hardy (bass), and Paul Thomson (drums, percussion, backing vocals). Julian Corrie (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals) and Dino Bardot (guitar, backing vocals) joined in 2017 after McCarthy left in 2016, and Audrey Tait (drums, percussion) joined after Thomson left in 2021.

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Date	Concert	Venue	Location
23 Years Ago Aug 21, 2003	Hot Hot Heat / Franz Ferdinand / The Kitchen	Liquid Room	Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
22 Years Ago Aug 19, 2004 – Aug 21, 2004	Pukkelpop 2004 The Killers / Kings Of Leon / 50 Cent / Phoenix / Tiësto / The Offspring / Franz Ferdinand / Papa Roach / Feist / Bloc Party / The Chemical Brothers / Kelis / Dizzee Rascal / LCD Soundsystem / Elbow / Groove Armada / Scissor Sisters / The Kills / Devendra Banhart / The Dandy Warhols / Faithless / Bloodhound Gang / The Streets / The Darkness / Everlast / Velvet Revolver / Blonde Redhead / Goldfinger / Ash / The Freestylers / Soulwax / Neneh Cherry / Joanna Newsom / The Zutons / Mylo / Mr. Vegas / Cast / Mark Lanegan / The Dillinger Escape Plan / Urge Overkill / Roger Sanchez / Archive / Mono / dEUS / DJ Krush / Beatsteaks / I Am Kloot / The White Stripes / The Bronx / Roni Size / Miss Kittin / Ricardo Villalobos / Gabriel Rios / Kaizers Orchestra / 2manydjs / Delays / El Gran Silencio / The Twilight Singers / Oceansize / The Dirtbombs / Chicks On Speed / Spektrum / Buscemi / Client / Magnus / Blanche / Boo! / Kid606 / Gravenhurst / Thou (BE) / Mondo Generator / Auf Der Maur / Mint / Zornik / Fokofpolisiekar / Dr. Lektroluv / Tumi and the Volume / Christian Kleine / Young Heart Attack / Nid And Sancy / Favez / Stijn / Face Tomorrow / Nailpin / Max Normal / Internationals / Kolya / Ultrasonic 7 / Albert Frost / Kid Suda / Brothers Of Peace / Mauro Pawlowski And The Grooms / Silverene / Andy Fletcher / Funkstrung / Cornflames / DJ Sandeman / DJ Marky & Stamina Mc / Jan Van Biesen / Junior Boys and Kid Crme / Miss Elorak / Within Temptation Show all bands Setlists		Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
22 Years Ago Aug 20, 2004 – Aug 22, 2004	Lowlands Festival 2004 The Offspring / Franz Ferdinand / Keane / Papa Roach / The Chemical Brothers / Dizzee Rascal / Dropkick Murphys / Scissor Sisters / Groove Armada / N.E.R.D / The Hives / LCD Soundsystem / Faithless / Bloodhound Gang / Razorlight / The Streets / Flogging Molly / The Darkness / Everlast / Velvet Revolver / Within Temptation / Mylo / The Zutons / Soulwax / The Dillinger Escape Plan / Felix da Housecat / Epica / dEUS / I Am Kloot / The White Stripes / Graham Coxon / Danko Jones / Nile / Miss Kittin / Gabriel Rios / The Distillers / Alter Ego / Delays / Oceansize / Radio 4 / Novastar / Textures / Solo / Ali B / Magnus / Gem / Blanche / Auf Der Maur / Opgezwolle / Eleven / Extince / Heideroosjes / The Sheer / Oil / Bays / Colour of Fire / VanKatoen / DJ Marky & MC Stamina / Otto Orgel / Tiga & Lord of the Marionette Show all bands Setlists	Evenemententerrein Walibi World	Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
22 Years Ago Aug 21, 2004	Pukkelpop 2004 The White Stripes / 50 Cent / Soulwax / Goldfrapp / Dkt-mc5 / Felix da Housecat / Franz Ferdinand / Lambchop / Miss Kittin / 2manydjs / Graham Cox / Mike Patton & Rahzel / LCD Soundsystem Photos Setlists	Domein Kiewit	Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
21 Years Ago Aug 19, 2005 – Aug 21, 2005	Lowlands 2005 The Prodigy / Kaiser Chiefs / Franz Ferdinand / The Rakes / Marilyn Manson / Nightwish / Apocalyptica / Maxïmo Park / Foo Fighters / Incubus / Jamie Lidell / Editors / Queens of the Stone Age / Dropkick Murphys / Korn / Beatsteaks / Gabriel Rios / The Polyphonic Spree / KT Tunstall / The Bravery / Social Distortion / The Blue Van / The Magic Numbers / The Subways / Johnny Panic / Tom Vek / The Grudge / Boogeyman / Racoon / Juliette And The Licks / Athlete / Bonny Billy & Matt Sweeney / Makcim / Michael Mayer / Yvan Smagghe / Chaos / Seeed / Melon / L-dopa / Fort Minor / royksopp / Roni Size / Aphrodite / Att Wenger / Thelonious / Fat Freddy's Drop / K-Os / Antal / New Cool Collective / Roisin Murphy / Zuco 103 / Bad Religion / Mark Foggo's Skasters / Brainpower / Zita Swoon / Arcade Fire / Pixies / Face Tomorrow / El Plus / Art Brut / The Others / Born / 2nd Place Driver / Pete Philly & Perquisite / zZz / Mala Vita / Death from Above 1979 / Coheed and Cambria / Panteón Rococó / St. Paul / Platinum Piped Pipers / Parker Jones / De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig / Monica Electronica / Vive La Fete / Le Peuple de l'Herbe / Audio Bullys / The Hacksaw Boys / Amadou & Mariam / Millionaire / Morcheeba / Gentleman / Heather Nova / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / Enge Buren / Quit Your Dayjob / Alkali ne Trio / Voicst / The Futureheads / MxPx / Viva Voce / Editors / Sons and Daughters / T. Raumschmiere / Jamie Lidell / Buiten Westen / Josz LeBon / Arsenal / Soulwax / Joost van Bellen / LCD Soundsystem / Vitalic / 2manydjs / The Hacker / Cheb Balowski / Amp Fiddler / Infadels / Kees Van Hondt Show all bands Setlists	Lowlands Festivalterrein	Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
21 Years Ago Aug 20, 2005 – Aug 21, 2005	Lowlands Festival 2005 Foo Fighters / Arcade Fire / Pixies / Korn / Queens of the Stone Age / Franz Ferdinand / Incubus / Marilyn Manson / The Prodigy / Kaiser Chiefs / LCD Soundsystem / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / Röyksopp / Dropkick Murphys / Editors / KT Tunstall / Bad Religion / Morcheeba / Fort Minor / Coheed and Cambria / Apocalyptica / Nightwish / The Bravery / Social Distortion / Alkaline Trio / Róisín Murphy / Maxïmo Park / Death from Above 1979 / The Mars Volta / Ane Brun / Athlete / Amadou & Mariam / Soulwax / The Subways / Vitalic / Jamie Lidell / The Futureheads / Seeed / Panteón Rococó / The Magic Numbers / MxPx / Gentleman / K-Os / De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig / Racoon / Tristan Prettyman / The Polyphonic Spree / Audio Bullys / Beatsteaks / Roni Size / Miss Kittin / Heather Nova / Gabriel Rios / Art Brut / Tom Vek / Buck 65 / Arsenal / Vive La Fête / 2manydjs / The Blue Van / Juliette And The Licks / Zuco 103 / The Hacker / Le Peuple de l'Herbe / Infadels / Viva Voce / Pete Philly & Perquisite / Hackensaw Boys / zZz / Zita Swoon / Millionaire / Opgezwolle / Brainpower / New Cool Collective / That 1 Guy / T.Raumschmiere / Heiko Laux / Voicst / DJ Aphrodite / Kon / Attwenger / Kubus / Ivan Smagghe / DuvelDuvel / Jason Forrest / Mark Foggo's Skasters / Face Tomorrow / Motion Trio / Enge Buren / El Pus / Johnny Panic / Mala Vita / Rosemary's sons / Cheb Balowski / Jan Jaap Van Der Wal / Kirsten / Joost van Bellen / Quasimodo Jones / 2nd Place Driver Show all bands Setlists	Lowlands Festival 2005	Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
21 Years Ago Aug 21, 2005	Rize Festival (Chelmsford) "Rize Festival" (Chelmsford) / The Prodigy / Athlete / The Ordinary Boys / Joss Stone / Dizzee Rascal / The Hives / The Music / The Presidents of The United States of America / Franz Ferdinand / Embrace / Bronze Age Fox / Scissor Sisters / Ian Brown / The Roots / Thirteen Senses Show all bands Setlists	Hylands Park	Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
17 Years Ago Aug 21, 2009	Franz Ferdinand / Green Day 21st Century Breakdown Tour Setlists	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
13 Years Ago Aug 21, 2013	Franz Ferdinand / The Amazing Snakeheads Setlists	Queen Margaret Union, University of Glasgow	Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
12 Years Ago Aug 20, 2014 – Aug 23, 2014	Paredes de Coura Festival 2014 Cage The Elephant / Franz Ferdinand / James Blake / CHVRCHES / Mac DeMarco / Janelle Monáe / Beirut / Cut Copy / The Growlers / Black Lips / Dawes / The Dodos / Osees / Conor Oberst / Panama / Seasick Steve / Public Service Broadcasting / Thurston Moore / Goat / Hamilton Leithauser / Fort Romeau / Buke and Gase / Perfect Pussy / Cheatahs / Sensible Soccers / Linda Martini / Capicua / Oso Leone / Ivan Smagghe / The Violators / Sequin / Mick Turner / KILLIMANJARO / Fast Eddie Nelson Show all bands Setlists	Paredes De Coura Festival	Paredes de Coura, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
12 Years Ago Aug 21, 2014	Paredes De Coura Franz Ferdinand / CHVRCHES / Seasick Steve / Mac DeMarco / Osees / Thurston Moore / Panama / Ivan Smagghe Setlists	Praia Fluvial do Tabuão	Porto, Porto, Portugal
11 Years Ago Aug 21, 2015 – Aug 23, 2015	Lowlands Festival 2015 The Indien (NL) / Eaves / Preoccupations / Throes + The Shine / Dollkraut / Icicle / Daniel Harding / Formation / Shamir / Spor / Matroesjka / Low Roar / Vaults / Ho99o9 / Father John Misty / Wand / Tourist / The Lowlands / Pauw / iET / Kasba / MY BABY / SBTRKT / DMA’s / thomston / HowlingHowling / Projekt Rakija / Kodaline / Bastille / Major Lazer / Mark Ronson / Interpol / Ben Howard / José González / Caribou / Django Django / Courtney Barnett / While She Sleeps / Benjamin Clementine / Chef'Special / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / The Bohicas / FFS / Limp Bizkit / Tove Lo / Underworld / Franz Ferdinand / De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig / The Chemical Brothers / Nothing But Thieves / Kendrick Lamar Show all bands Setlists	Lowlands	Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
9 Years Ago Aug 20, 2017 – Aug 23, 2017	Lowlands festival 2017 All Time Low / Bastille / Ben Howard / Franz Ferdinand / José González / Years & Years / Bleachers / Twenty One Pilots / The Chemical Brothers / James Bay Setlists	Lowlands Festival Grounds	Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
8 Years Ago Aug 21, 2018	Franz Ferdinand at Nelson W. Wolff Stadium	Nelson W. Wolff Stadium	San Antonio, Texas, United States
1 Year Ago Aug 21, 2025 – Aug 24, 2025	COOLTURAL FEST 2025 Franz Ferdinand / Crystal Fighters / Love of Lesbian / Duncan Dhu / Amaia / Judeline / Zahara / Viva Suecia / Carolina Durante / Miss Caffeina / La Garfield / Besmaya / Ruslana / Veintiuno / ELYELLA / Niña Polaca / Karavana / Alcalá Norte / Yarea / Samantha Hudson / Anabel Lee / Casero / MELIFLUO / Mateo Eraña / Sidonie Show all bands Setlists	Recinto De Conciertos De Almería	Almería, Spain

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