NME — Tickets for 2009's Shockwaves NME Awards shows, including the likes of Franz Ferdinand, The Wombats, Mystery Jets, Tricky and Black Lips, are on sale now. more info

NME — Franz Ferdinand have unveiled the album artwork for their forthcoming new album, 'Tonight: Franz Ferdinand' (pictured), exclusively to NME.COM. more info

NME — Tickets for 2009's Shockwaves NME Awards shows, including the likes of Franz Ferdinand, The Wombats, Mystery Jets, Tricky and Black Lips, are on sale now. more info

Rolling Stone — Slipknot scare up some 2009 dates, Franz Ferdinand prepare for Tonight with a small trek and Nickelback play all those songs you love when they hit arenas next year. Follow the jump for the complete list of tour dates. Slipknot January 23 - St. Paul... more info

Silent Uproar — Franz Ferdinand will tear through North America in December and preview tracks from their new album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, due January 27th. more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Hot on the heels of its brand new interface, Xbox is getting its own festival. Well, an Xtival, actually. It’s a 72 hour marathon of exclusive games, music and movie content delivered straight to the console.The first bit of downloadable goodn... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Kathryn YuWith their new single "Ulysses" coming out December 2 and their kind of ridiculously titled third album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, following in January, Franz Ferdinand have decided it's time to throw North America a bone. Thus, th... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Kathryn YuWith their new single "Ulysses" coming out December 2 and their kind of ridiculously titled third album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, following in January, Franz Ferdinand have decided it's time to throw North America a bone. Thu... more info

AngryApe — See the band live in the U.S. next month more info

MTV.co.uk News — The Scots will play two intimate shows next year... more info