Franz Ferdinand renames ‘Better’ new album
By Jonathan Cohen
NEW YORK (Billboard) – After initially opting to self-title
its second album, Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand has now
opted to call the set “You Could Have It So Much Better …
With Franz Ferdinand.”
The album will still be released as planned Oct. 3
internationally and the next day in North America via
Domino/Epic. First single “Do You Want To?” will precede the
album on Sept. 19.
The original plan was to have only the band’s name printed
on the new album cover, and to distinguish it from its
similarly self-titled predecessor with a different color
scheme.
Franz Ferdinand is gearing up for a handful of U.K.
festival dates later this month, beginning Aug. 20-21 at the V
Festival. A North American tour will begin Sept. 20 in Chicago.
Reuters/Billboard