Now it’s set for a renaissance, says travel writer Mary Lussiana. “Costa Smeralda is gearing up to become a hotspot this year. The Belmond Romazzino hotel, which opened in 2024, will soon be joined by ...

If you thought 2024 was good, get ready for 2025’s UK concert list (Picture: REX) We’ve been treated to two years of epic ...

With their evergreen hit “Take Me Out” having just passed the one billion Spotify streams mark, Franz Ferdinand have shared a ...

After releasing two celebrated albums in quick succession during the heyday of "indie sleaze," new music started to become less of a growing concern for Franz Ferdinand. In fact, The Human Fear ...

Born in a dingy Glasgow flat, Franz Ferdinand's biggest hit became a foundational part of the 2000s indie-rock boom and Hottest 100 lore.

It also topped triple j's Hottest 100 of 2004, making Franz Ferdinand the first (and thus far only) Scottish group to reach the top spot in the annual countdown. Photo shows the words triple j's ...

The self-titled debut album by Scottish band Franz Ferdinand has been named one of the best of the 21st Century so far. Released in 2004, Franz Ferdinand spawned hits 'Take Me Out', 'The Dark of ...

“We all do things that we wish we hadn’t done,” Alex Kapranos purrs at the end of the new Franz Ferdinand album, but it sounds like his regrets are too few to mention. The Scottish mod ...

Still, the album isn’t a slave to the past: take ‘Tell Me I Should Stay’ (a runaway idea between intimate ballad, ska and musical theatre) and ‘Black Eyelashes’ (with sounds and images ...