On 12 June 2009, Athlete released the song “Summer Sun” as a free download for email-subscribers.
On 2 June 2009 it was announced that the band had parted ways with Parlophone Records and signed up with Fiction Records, who released ” Black Swan ” on 24 August 2009.
On 1 June 2009, the band released Blood , a compilation album that includes dub music versions of songs from Tonight: Franz Ferdinand .
iTunes Festival: London 2009 , iTunes Store exclusive, was released in June as well.
On 22 May 2009, the band announced a show at Coventry ‘s Kasbah nightclub, their only scheduled headline UK performance. The concert, to take place on 3 June, sparked rumours that the band may feature at the 2009 Glastonbury Festival . The band supported Blur at their comeback show at…
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On 6 May 2009, it was announced that Franz Ferdinand would be the third opening act for the Green Day ‘s 21st Century Breakdown World Tour .
An album of remixes of all tracks on Intimacy , Intimacy Remixed , was released in May 2009.
At the beginning of 2009, the band played a small club show at Madame Jojo’s in London , their first in the capital since the NME Big Gig the previous year. During the set, the band featured new songs “Imaginary Pleasures” and “In Silver Forest”, together with the previously aired…
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In February 2009, Glastonbury Festival announced Franz Ferdinand as the first major band playing at that year’s festival.
The album, Tonight was released 26 January 2009 and debuted at No. 2 in the UK Album Chart and No. 9 in the Billboard 200 chart in the United States.