PopSugar UK — Lily Allen took to the stage at the Radio 1 Big Weekend in Swindon alongside a dressed down Fearne Cotton and a glammed up Alesha Dixon: find out how to copy Alesha's style with FabUK. Lily was banned from using naughty words in "Not Fair", and giggl... more info

NME — Gossip, Lily Allen and Franz Ferdinand also thrill Swindon more info

Topix — Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs To Open For Green Day Posted by Mitch Michaels on 05.08.2009 Band announces support, still looking for bands to fill other dates... Green Day have announced Franz Ferdinand and the Kaiser Chiefs as the opening acts for ... more info

411 Mania — Band announces support, still looking for bands to fill other dates... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Natasha Ryan "The band's live set didn't bother with the plot of "Tonight." It mixed old and new songs, switching between post-punk and new wave while bringing out Franz Ferdinand's musical craftiness. The band's songs are acutely conscious... more info

Rolling Stone — Green Day have enlisted Franz Ferdinand and the Kaiser Chiefs as the opening acts for the second half of their upcoming U.S. summer tour; openers for the first half are still being sorted out. The Kaisers will join Green Day from July 27th at New Yor... more info

Guardian Music — It is amazing what people do to get into a festival. When we were younger, my bandmates Nick, Whitey and I would find new and devious scams to get backstage. One year, I pretended to be the singer from Gay Dad. It wasn't my idea: a Melody Maker journ... more info

It has been announced that Franz Ferdinand will support Green Day on their '21st Century Breakdown' tour in the US from 8th-25th August. more info

Culture Bully — Franz Ferdinand perform "No You Girls" on the May 5 episode of the Late Show. more info

Guardian Music — Organisers are holding emergency talks to discuss the impact on Glastonbury should the outbreak reach the level of a pandemicGlastonbury festival organisers have revealed that the recent outbreak of swine flu may result in the cancellation of the fes... more info