Franz Ferdinand refused all invitations to festivals this summer, except the one in Bonnaro in Tennessee because they don't want ot play just their old songs.

"We will not perfom on Briz'ttish festivals. We don't want to play until we will makea buch of new songs. We don't see the sense in playing old songs all the time. We would like to prepare something exciting, says the frontmen Alex Kapranos.

Bend is currently working on their third album; there will be some schanges imn production - guitars will be replaced by synths.

"We want ot be maximally pop. Instead of electric guitars, we will play on synths. Anyway, there are currently, too many guitar bands"says guitarist Nick McCarthy.