Franz Ferdinand, Perhaps the Most Innovative Band of All-Time, Start Their North American Tour Today

Avant-garde noise act Franz Ferdinand are back with their cutting-edge music — that is, if you can call it "music." Innovative, radical, revolutionary, experimental, spearheading, trailblazing, trendsetting — these are just some of the words that immediately spring to mind when I think of the group’s forward-thinking sounds. When all is said and done, Franz Ferdinand is a singularity in the music universe.

Don’t have a way to play their non-categorizable "music" at home? You’s in luck: Franz Ferdinand are touring North America starting today and, by the end of the year, will find themselves on the festival circuit before ending with a couple UK shows in January 2009. Expect to see lead Ferdinand-er Alex Kapranos consume narcotics, self-mutilate, verbally abuse the audience, expose himself, and leap off the stage. Their shows are so exciting.

12.03.08 - Montreal, QC - La Tulipe 12.04.08 - Toronto, ON - Lee’s Palace 12.06.08 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre (WFNX show) 12.08.08 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom (KNRK show) 12.09.08 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom 12.11.08 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena (Live 105 show) 12.12.08 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint (KVGS show) 12.14.08 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Ampitheatre (KROQ show) 12.15.08 - San Diego, CA - Canes Bar & Grill 12.29.08 - Gisborne, New Zealand - Rhythm & Vines Festival 12.30.08 - Tasmania, Australia - Falls Festival 12.31.08 - Victoria, Australia - Falls Festival 01.03.09 - Busselton, Australia - Southbound Festival 01.05.09 - Melbourne, Australia - Palace Theatre 01.06.09 - Sydney, Australia - Enmore Theatre 01.08.09 - Brisbane, Australia - Sunset Sounds 01.14.09 - Edinburgh, UK - The Picture House 01.20.09 - London, UK - Heaven