British singer Tom Grennan has revealed the extent of his injuries after he was attacked outside a bar in New York on Wednesday evening.
06.04.2022 - 18:11 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Franz Ferdinand found themselves trending online after a teacher tried to use their name as a reference in a First Wold war lesson.
The Scots art-poppers are named after the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian empire, whose assassination ( along with his wife Sophie) on June 28, 1914, provided the spark that ignited the Great War.
Teachers of history love having a modern reference when talking about the war.
And although Franz are still going strong and just released their greatest hits compilation Hits To The Head, their world-wide first hit Take Me Out came out in January 2004, so not all kids at school will know who they are.
A teacher based in New York proved this fact when she posted a now viral tweet which said: "Today, when introducing WWI, a student raised her hand and brought up the death of a certain archduke.
"Nobody knew his name, so as a hint, I offered that he shares his name with a band.
"Gentle reader, my students asked if there had perhaps been an Archduke Metallica."
After the post spawned over a quarter of a million views, one person said: "Franz Ferdinand-Take Me Out How do they not know the classics?"
Another argued: "They were formed in 02, they aren’t classic lmao."
Another teacher recalled: "Unfortunately, I was teaching a WWI unit at their height. The kids thought I was messing with them. Me: "THE GUY'S NAME WAS FRANZ FERDINAND. Check the textbook. I am not making this up."
And someone else said: "Gen Z knows who Metallica is?"
Another spoke of the funny things you remember form school saying: "My son and his friend always say, “If we learn nothing else, we will always know a-squared + b-squared = c-squared, Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination led to the
British singer Tom Grennan has revealed the extent of his injuries after he was attacked outside a bar in New York on Wednesday evening.
Tom Grennan has suffered a series of horrific injuries after being subjected to an "unprovoked attack and robbery" on Wednesday 20 April.The 26 year old singer, who rose to fame for being the guest vocalist on Chase & Status's All Goes Wrong song, has since cancelled his Washington DC gig as he takes time to recover. His manager John Dawkins announced the news and gave his 260,000 followers an update on his health on Instagram following the attack.
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NYC Deli Association, here with a treat for you — and maybe a gentle nudge and nag, too. Jokes aside, the Old Jewish Men and New York Post are back again with a hot new “delicore” merchandise collab you need to see.