This year Portuguese Indie Band "The Doups" finished in the "Top 5" of "Supajam´s Fast Track To Heiniken FIB 2009 Competition". Winning VIP passes to The Benicassim Festival, it was there that The Doups met up with Franz Ferdinand and gave the Band some CD´s.

After recently releasing their "Six O´clock Shadow EP", The Doups were invited to play with Franz at Campo Pequeno in Lisbon on Dec 2nd. Check out samples of the new EP at www.myspace.com/thedoups