Franz Ferdinand, The Cribs and Johnny Marr at British Sound Project
| 7th March 2018
Frank Ferdinand
Legendary art-rockers Franz Ferdinand will headline the huge JD Presents: The British Sound Project at Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, on Saturday 22 September – and limited edition early bird tickets have gone on sale.
The Scottish five-piece – who have received excellent reviews for their current live shows as well as their recently released fifth studio album Always Ascending – will be joined by indie stalwarts The Cribs.
In fact, it’ll be a bit of a reunion at Victoria Warehouse in September, as the three Jarman brothers – who once boasted Johnny Marr as a full-time Cribs guitarist – worked with Franz Ferdinand frontman, Alex Kapranos when he produced their debut album Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever.
Early bird tickets sold out
Now in its third year, JD Presents The British Sound Project 2018 promises to be the most impressive event yet. Co-founder Steven Wood is thrilled to have the indie royalty headlining:
We’re very excited to have Franz Ferdinand on board for our third British Sound Project. With The Cribs confirmed and other big names under our belts, it’s looking like the strongest line up to date, and it feels good to be established on the festival calendar.”
It’s great news for younger music fans too with the age restriction for entry to this year’s event being lowered. Reflecting on this decision, Wood added:
This year we’ve dropped the age restriction to 14+ to give more people chance to come along and enjoy the music. Plus we’re starting earlier – the doors will open at 2 pm – to allow more bands to play.”
The list of bands in this first phase announcement includes Prose, Larkins, Glass Caves, Berries. There will be more announcements in the coming months.
Tickets on sale via thebritishsoundproject.co.uk
