AngryApe — The band performed forthcoming album tracks to a low-key audience more info

NME — Franz Ferdinand played tracks from their forthcoming new album 'Tonight: Franz Ferdinand' at a surprise London show at The End nightclub last night (December 1). more info

XFM.co.uk — The band's plan to use Girls Aloud's knob twiddlers came to nothing, says Alex Kapranos. more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy!Spinner.com: Singer Rick Astley 'Rickrolled' Thursday's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Patti Smith added a third show in her annual pre-New Years concert series at New York's Bowery Ballroom. The sho... more info

NME — Franz Ferdinand are set to play a surprise London show next week (December 1). more info

Abeano — I popped into Phonica Records earlier and saw this posted outside… I’ll be at Durrr on Monday night…I trust you will to. more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty Lil Wayne has become to Rochester what Axl Rose is to Philadelphia after Tha Carter III rapper canceled another concert. His first show was postponed due to sound problems and the replacement show has been canceled because co-headliner ... more info

Stereogum — You heard its funky first single and now you can peek the morbid album cover for Tonight: Franz Ferdinand. It's meant to emulate Weegee crime scene photographs of NYC from the 1940s. Check it at NME.com. more info

I Like Music — Will headline the opening show for the Shockwaves NME Awards Show 09, check other bands more info

I Like Music — Will headline the opening show for the Shockwaves NME Awards Show 09, check other bands more info