Franz Ferdinand have announced details of a UK tour in March 2009.
The dates follow the release their third album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand through Domino Records on Monday January 26th 2009.
The 12-track album will be preceded by a single, Ulysses, on January 19th.
The full list of dates are as follows:
FEBRUARY
28th Limerick Dolans
MARCH
1st Dublin Olympia
4th Glasgow Barrowlands
6th Manchester Academy
8th Birmingham Academy
9th London Hammersmith Apollo
Tickets for the shows will be priced at £20 (except London where they will be £22.50 and Ireland where they are 30 euros) and are available for general sale below on Friday 12th December at 9.30am.
The band, currently at the start of a short U.S. tour, are also set to play two already sold-out low-key UK shows in the new year at London's Heaven on 20th January and Edinburgh The Picture House on January 14th.
They will also be playing a string of shows in New Zealand & Australia over the new-year.
Franz Ferdinand are: Alex Kapranos (vocals/guitar/keys), Nick McCarthy (vocals, keys, guitar), Paul Thomson (drums/guitar) and Bob Hardy (bass).