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<span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><img id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0A379.14EE8290" alt="FFS_03_high_res" height="101" width="236"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">Reveal the video to ‘Piss Off’ –
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://po.st/PissOff" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; background:white">PRESS HERE</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#10131A">Album Out Now
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><img id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D0A379.14EE8290" alt="FFS_PissOff_PR" height="250" width="445" border="0"></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white"></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">“Together they're FFS, a mutually flattering amalgamation that transcends limitations built into rock's hoariest cliché, the supergroup... the combination flexes and struts gracefully,
fluidly, as if it had been waiting patiently to do this for years.” – <b><i>NPR</i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">“The record is a 12-track collection that perfectly mixes Franz Ferdinand’s knack for taut rock jams with Spark’s ornate flourishes (particularly Russell’s soaring falsetto).” –
<b><i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">“Alex Kapranos and his compatriots are equal to the task of blending their earnest aesthetic with the pinwheeling madness that has defined
Sparks since the early ’70s. The beauty of FFS is that Franz benefits from the Maels’ quirky brilliance, while the Sparks braintrust receives a high-voltage surge of indie-rock adrenaline…FFS may be the blueprint for future musical cross-pollination.” -
<b><i>Magnet</i></b></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black; background:white">“If you don’t like this record, you
are either a lobotomised eunuch or a British restaurant ritic. Either grow some disco balls or, for fuck’s sake, piss off – pop music is not for you.” –
<b><i>The Talkhouse</i></b><i></i></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">To celebrate the release of their self-titled album,
<b>FFS </b>– the unique collaboration between Franz Ferdinand and Sparks – have revealed the video to the album track “<b>Piss Off.”
</b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://po.st/PissOff" target="_blank"><b><span style="background:white">PRESS HERE</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white"> to watch.</span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">The video, a fun and anarchic part-illustrated kung-fu-inspired caper, taking place in a futuristic city landscape, was directed by Rob
Chandler (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.spaceagefilms.co.uk" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">www.spaceagefilms.co.uk</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">).</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">FFS</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">,
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">out now<b>
</b>on <b>Domino</b>, was recorded at London’s RAK Studios in London and produced by Grammy-award winner John Congleton (St Vincent, David Byrne, Anna Calvi).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">The self-titled debut album,
<b><i>FFS</i>, </b>is available digitally and on CD, and also as 16 track double vinyl + limited edition double color vinyl special edition & deluxe CD editions featuring extra tracks. Order
<b>FFS</b> via </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=9b024328572d4527bc8008e68c198dba&URL=http%3a%2f%2fpo.st%2fFFSDM" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">DomMart</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=9b024328572d4527bc8008e68c198dba&URL=http%3a%2f%2fpo.st%2fFFSDeluxe" target="_blank"><span style="background:white"> iTunes</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">
and </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=9b024328572d4527bc8008e68c198dba&URL=http%3a%2f%2fpo.st%2fFFSAm" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">Amazon</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">FFS will also play a handful of UK dates on their European tour this summer, including an appearance at this year’s Edinburgh International
Festival.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">The dates are as follows:</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">JUNE</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">16<sup>th</sup> Glasgow Arts School
<i>– </i>SOLD OUT</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">19<sup>th</sup> Montendre Free Music Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">20<sup>th</sup> Ruoms Aluna Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">22<sup>nd</sup> Zagreb, Jarun Inmusic Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">24<sup>th</sup> Brussels Ancienne Belgique</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">26<sup>th</sup> Paris Bataclan
<i>– </i>SOLD OUT</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">29<sup>th</sup> London The Troxy
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<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white"> </span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">JULY</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">1<sup>st</sup> Cologne Gloria</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">2<sup>nd</sup> Amsterdam Melkweg – SOLD OUT</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">4<sup>th</sup> Dinan Bobital L’Armor A Sons Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">5<sup>th</sup> Lyon Transbordeur</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">7<sup>th</sup> Genova Goa Boa Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">8<sup>th</sup> Zurich Summer Odyssee</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">10<sup>th</sup> Trencin Pohoda Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">11<sup>th</sup> Barcelona Cruilla Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">16<sup>th</sup> Catania Zanne Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">18<sup>th</sup> Lisbon Super Bock Super Rock</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">19<sup>th</sup> Spain Benicassim Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white"> </span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">AUGUST</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:1.5in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-indent:-1.5in">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">15<sup>th</sup> Japan Hostess Club All-Nighter (Summer Sonic)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">20<sup>th</sup> Lausanne For Noise Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">21<sup>st</sup> Hasselt Pukkelpop Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">24<sup>th</sup> Edinburgh Festival Theatre
<i>– </i>SOLD OUT</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">25<sup>th</sup> Manchester Albert Hall</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">22<sup>nd</sup> Biddinghuizen Lowlands Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">28<sup>th</sup> Paris Rock En Seine Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">SEPTEMBER</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">3<sup>rd</sup> Treviso Home Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">5<sup>th</sup> Rovereto We Are Next Festival</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">10<sup>th</sup> Copenhagen Tivoli</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">12<sup>th</sup> Berlin Lollapalooza</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#141823; background:white">Tickets for the London and Manchester shows from
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