In July 2018, Scottish indie-rock band Franz Ferdinand—at the peak of their tour supporting Always Ascending (2018), marking a return to 2000s danceable riffs after electronic experiments—headlined TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow, an annual event launched in 2017 as an urban counterpart to Reading and Leeds emphasizing British indie and rock on Glasgow Green. Their hour-long main stage set, captured in high quality, embodied the British tour climax, where Nick McCarthy's guitar textures intertwined with Alex Kapranos' charisma to spark euphoria among 50,000 under summer sun. As part of their global breakthrough, this performance underscored Franz Ferdinand's icon status in British post-punk, turning the city square into a dancefloor.