Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos has hit out on the RAC after his automobile broke down on a motorway.
Kapranos posted a string feedback on X complaining that he had been ready for 15 hours earlier than the breakdown service assisted him.
In an preliminary put up he wrote: “Hello @TheRAC_UK @RAC_Care. I’ve been ready to be picked up from a motorway breakdown for 7 hours. Your operators don’t appear to know what’s going on. Or say vans have been dispatched once they haven’t. Is that this regular? Is that this my life now? Ready for the truck that by no means comes?”
At that time when a fan requested concerning the scenario, the singer replied: “Oh, I’ve been talking to operators. The reply is simply ‘I don’t know’ or they put you on maintain then dangle up.”
Hello @TheRAC_UK @RAC_Care. I have been ready to be picked up from a motorway breakdown for 7 hours. Your operators do not appear to know what’s going on. Or say vans have been dispatched once they have not. Is that this regular? Is that this my life now? Ready for the truck that by no means comes?
— Alex Kapranos (@alkapranos) September 2, 2024
Oh, I have been talking to operators. The reply is simply “I do not know” or they put you on maintain then dangle up.
— Alex Kapranos (@alkapranos) September 2, 2024
After 14 hours he adopted up with one other put up asking: “Good day @RAC_Care. I see you’re now answering tweets, however not mine. It’s almost 14 hours I’ve been ready for a truck. Any clue as to what’s going on?”
After 15 hours, regardless of the RAC ultimately replying to his pleas, he confirmed {that a} driver had lastly turned up and he can be cancelling his membership.
He wrote: “A driver has arrived. 15 hours after I first broke down. Clearly I shall be cancelling my 20 yr+ RAC membership as quickly as I get residence and giving @TheAA_UK a hoop.”
Thanks for the reply, Conor. A driver has arrived. 15 hours after I first broke down.
Clearly I shall be cancelling my 20 yr+ RAC membership as quickly as I get residence and giving @TheAA_UK a hoop. https://t.co/Hj7jgpJL55
— Alex Kapranos (@alkapranos) September 2, 2024
NME has reached out to the RAC for remark.
In the meantime, Franz Ferdinand just lately introduced particulars of a trio of dwell exhibits in Scotland later this month.
The dates kick off on September 26 with a gap evening on the Spa Pavilion in Strathpeffer, and proceed the next evening with a slot on the Albert Halls in Stirling.
From there, they wrap up with a ultimate present at The Venue in Dumfries on September 28. Any remaining tickets can be found right here.
Franz Ferdinand’s upcoming dwell exhibits are:
SEPTEMBER 2024
26 – Spa Pavilion, Strathpeffer
27 – Albert Halls, Stirling
28 – The Venue, Dumfries
The band’s self-titled debut album arrived on February 9 2004 – reaching Quantity Three on the charts, containing the hit singles ‘Take Me Out’, ‘Michael’, ‘The Darkish Of The Matinee’ and ‘This Hearth’, and occurring to win the Mercury Music Prize and turn out to be generally known as an indie basic.
To have fun twenty years of their debut, the band additionally re-released the album on colored vinyl. Their final studio album was 2018’s acclaimed ‘At all times Ascending‘.
