The Mirror — Franz Ferdinand, who opened last night's awards, admit they could never win X Factor. The band's frontman Alex Kapranos said: "We and most of our contemporaries would fail the auditions. I couldn't sing a Robbie Williams song. I love t... more info

Idolator — xOasis, Alex Turner, MGMT, and Muse were the big winners at tonight's NME Shockwaves Awards in London, which also doled out awards to the Killers (Best International Band), the Jonas Brothers (Worst Band and Worst Album), and YouTube (Best Web site) ... more info

NME — Franz Ferdinand teamed up with La Roux to cover Blondie's 'Call Me' at the Shockwaves NME Awards tonight (February 25). more info

PopSugar UK — Two of the child stars of Slumdog Millionaire are to get new apartments. The Mumbai housing authority stepped in following the huge publicity that the movie brought to India. - The Sun Bolt is the number one movie in the UK for the second week in a... more info

ContactMusic — FRANZ FERDINAND star ALEX KAPRANOS is giving up his job as a food writer - because he doesn't feel qualified to comment on the culinary arts. The singer/songwriter was ... more info

ContactMusic — FRANZ FERDINAND star ALEX KAPRANOS quit a Church of Scotland religious school when a marijuana-smoking rumour got out of hand. The Take Me Out singer attended a ... more info

ContactMusic — Scottish rockers FRANZ FERDINAND's new track NO YOU GIRLS features the band playing human bones. Frontman Alex Kapranos reveals a box of bones he'd bought for just $17 ... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — Press Assoc. - Lily Allen and Franz Ferdinand are the latest additions to the line-up of T In The Park this summer. more info

Scotsman.com — THE organisers of T in the Park, Scotland's largest music festival, today launched their line-up for 2009 with additions including Scottish band Franz Ferdinand and London more info

NME — Franz Ferdinand, Lily Allen, Manic Street Preachers, The Specials, Bloc Party and The Ting Tings are among a slew of names that have been added to the T In The Park festival line-up for this year. more info