Franz Ferdinand Setlist

  1. Walk Away
  2. Do You Want To
  3. Right Action
  4. Stand on the Horizon
  5. Curious
  6. The Dark of the Matinée
  7. Billy Goodbye
  8. The Fallen
  9. No You Girls
  1. Lucid Dreams
  2. Love Illumination
  3. Michael
  4. Take Me Out
  5. Darts of Pleasure
  6. Outsiders

    — Encore —

  7. Ulysses
  8. Always Ascending
  9. This Fire

Matthew Dear Setlist

  1. Honey
  2. Modafinil Blues
  3. Hikers Y
  1. Slowdance
  2. Echo
  3. Gem
  4. Deserter


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Franz Ferdinand

As I have suspected, Franz Ferdinand will be on a bigger tour in support of their new album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, which comes out next week (August 27th) on Domino Records.…
Matthew Dear

Catch Matthew Dear at an intimate 7th Street Entry venue this November 18th before meet up with MGMT. Dear’s Bunny is out now on Ghostly International. …


NME’s “Best British Group” Franz Ferdinand are on a “greatest hits” tour, in support of their greatest hits album Hits to the Head (Domino Records). The Scottish group headlined the Fillmore in Minneapolis on Saturday, August 20th.



Opening the show was Matthew Dear, playing some tracks from his Preacher’s Sigh & Potion: Lost Album (Ghostly International) … his first LP since 2018.



As you can see from the setlist, he played a minimalist version of “Hikers Y”, the second single from the new album. If you’re wondering about the song, it’s about isolation, and very much a song about Matthew Dear. He described it as, “I hear the dark of night in my voice and delivery. This song comes from the isolation of being a musician alone in a studio after midnight.”



The loneliness of the song reflects what you’re seeing on stage: a sole Matthew Dear, producing the audio, and loops, and adding in the live vocals.



What can I say about Franz Ferdinand that haven’t been said? The Scottish band is one of our favorite bands, and with their ability to write really catchy songs, the band had numerous hits in the UK. Unfortunately, only a few of those songs were beloved in the US… but let me tell you, those who found those Franz Ferdinand songs, they swear by it. They love it, and you can see the evidence at the Fillmore show, where everyone is singing and dancing to all the hit songs.



We’ve always loved the band… but it wasn’t until we attended Popscene in Toronto, Canada, when we realized how Franz Ferdinand was. The dance club would play “This Fire” and almost immediately, the audience was dancing and singing in sync to the song… that was same atmosphere at the Fillmore show.


Setlist

As you can see from the setlist, all your favorite FF songs were played, including “Take Me Out”, “This Fire”, “Do You Want To”, and “The Dark Of The Matinée”.

If there is a Franz Ferdinand tour that you absolutely cannot miss… it’s this Hits to the Head tour. This will have all your favorites, so bring your dancing shoes.



Remaining Tour Dates:

Thu, AUG 4
House of Blues Dallas
Dallas, TX
Fri, AUG 5
White Oak Music Hall
Houston, TX
Sat, AUG 6
Stubbs BBQ
Austin, TX
Mon, AUG 8
Tabernacle
Atlanta, GA
Wed, AUG 10
9:30 Club
Washington, DC
Fri, AUG 12
The Fillmore Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Sat, AUG 13
Pier 17
New York, NY
Mon, AUG 15
House Of Blues Boston
Boston, MA
Tue, AUG 16
MTELUS
Montreal, Canada
Wed, AUG 17
HISTORY
Toronto, Canada
Fri, AUG 19
Riviera Theatre
Chicago, IL
Sat, AUG 20
Fillmore Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN
Mon, AUG 22
Ogden Theatre
Denver, CO
Tue, AUG 23
The Complex
Salt Lake City, UT
Thu, AUG 25
Showbox SoDo
Seattle, WA
Fri, AUG 26
The Orpheum
Vancouver, Canada
Sat, AUG 27
McMenamins Grand Lodge
Forest Grove, OR
Tue, AUG 30
Fox Theater
Oakland, CA
Thu, SEP 1
Shrine Expo Hall
Los Angeles Downtown, CA


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Franz Ferdinand at Fillmore, Minneapolis (20 Aug 2022)



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