The twelve-date jaunt, kicking-off February 19 in Dublin, Ireland, will see support from the Black Kids.
The forthcoming tour is in support of their new album, ‘Off With Their Heads‘.
Chris Martin and Co. have scheduled three stadium concerts with the first one kicking off September 12 in Manchester.
Supporting the band on the short jaunt will be Jay-Z.
Tickets for all three dates go on sale Friday, November 28.
The band has announced a nine-date jaunt to kick off December 3rd in Montreal, QC.
The tour will see the band preview their forthcoming album, ‘Tonight: Franz Ferdinand‘, due out January 27.
Among the dates announced are shows in Boston, Vancouver, Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego where they will wrap thing up on December 15.
The band dropped the tour to work on their sophomore album instead.
The band explained the reason behind the cancelation in a message posted on their MySpace page.
“It is with no little remorse and disappointment that we are compelled to cancel these dates.
The weeklong festival will run from February 24 through March 1, 2009 at venues throughout San Francisco, CA.
Also confirmed for the forthcoming event is a “special performance” by Antony and the Johnsons at Davies Symphony Hall.
Over 100 bands are set to take part in Noise Pop 2009.
More acts are still to be confirmed.
Bassist Adam Schlesinger recently told Billboard that the band hoped to release the new album sometime in 2009.
“We still have a ways to go, but we have eight songs that are relatively close to complete now. We’re looking to regroup after the New Year and do the second batch,” Schlesinger told Billboard.
“I think we’re trying some different things on this record, but we’re still the same band, to me. It’s kind of too early to say what direction it’s going to as a whole.”
The annual XMas concert will take place December 13 and 14 at the Gibson Amphitheatre, in Universal City, CA.
The fist night will see performances by The Offspring, Stone Temple Pilots, Rise Against, AFI, and more. The second night will see sets by The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, The Cure, Death Cab For Cutie, Snow Patrol and more.
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The short 3-day jaunt will see both bands’ play at colleges in Carrboro, NC, Gainesville, FL, and Nashville, TN.
All shows are open to the public with only a $5 entry fee.
The tour is sponsored by Green Label Sound, a singles only music label.
Both the Cool Kids and Matt and Kim released singles on the label this year.
The singles are free to download now via Green Label Sound’s website.
The annual festival and conference will kick off October 20, 2009 and will run thru October 24.
The event will showcase a long list of bands who will play in one of more than 75 venues throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The band has announced several tour dates to take place in Europe and Australia early next year.
In other Of Montreal news, the band will perform “An Eluardian Instance” on the Late Show with David Letterman on Thursday, December 18th.
They have also announced a new EP entitled ‘Jon Brion Remix EP‘ which will be released digitally on January 6 with a traditional CD release on January 27.
