Reminding us that it's not just the urban / hip hop community that like a good fracas (though, we must stress no guns or knifes were involved here), good old Franz Ferdinand had a bit of a row back stage at a recent gig in Paris. Having been presented with an award for their commercial success in France, things got a bit heated in the band's dressing room and Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy got into what the NME have vividly called "an explosive backstage row". Word is Alex then attempted to punch Nick, after which drummer Paul Thomson ploughed in too.
A band source told NME: "As far as I know there was a punch thrown at Nick by Alex. There was obviously some niggle there and they've grinned and bared it and got the discs, and then the tension was still there. I think a few things flew about! I think the actual brawl went on behind closed doors though. There was one swing and a lot of huffing and puffing, kicking things around in the dressing room."
So there you go: another reason to love Glasgow's finest - though Pete Doherty is still more reliable when it comes to causing trouble at gigs.