THERE will be no post-show McDonald's visits for Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand when they tour Australia in March. Frontman Alex Kapranos (pictured, far right) has lambasted his US label, Epic, and its owner, Sony, for allowing the band's music to be used on a McDonald's website.
Kapranos took to Twitter when he found out, using angry expletives and calling the label arrogant.
The music was later withdrawn but Kapranos was still fuming when chatting to Insider on the phone from the UK during the week.
"I don't really want our music being associated with them," he said. "A lot of fans don't realise how often your music gets asked to be used in adverts. Every day we turn down things."
Franz Ferdinand have previously allowed their music to be used to endorse a beer in Scotland, an MP3 player in Japan, iPods, and mobile phones in Italy.
"Twenty years ago, there's no way we would have let anything we do anywhere near an advert," he said. "But because people don't buy records any more you have to think of different ways for people to hear your music."
Franz Ferdinand headline the Future Music Festival at Randwick Racecourse on March 6, with a side show two days earlier at Luna Park.
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