The Latest Breaking News from Fontaines

Fontaines D.C. announce UK stadium and outdoor shows and two huge homecoming gigs in Ireland

Fresh from headlining Reading and Leeds festivals, Dubliners Fontaines D.C. announce massive outdoor shows for 2027

Louder · Sep 3

At Reading Festival 2026, Charli XCX and Fontaines DC shine on a rock-heavy Friday

4/5 Like most festivals of its size, Reading has only a loose musical identity at this point, but Friday’s lineup is decidedly rock-focused

The Independent UK · Aug 29

Fontaines D.C. announce expansive UK and Europe arena tour

Fontaines D.C. will be touring extensively in support of their forthcoming fifth album Dopamine Chamber

Louder · Aug 28

Rock acts Fontaines DC, Sam Fender and Wolf Alice shortlisted for the 2025 Mercury Prize

An Irish act could win for the first time in Mercury Prize history, with both Fontaines DC and pop singer CMAT shortlisted, while North Shields singer-songwriter Fender will be hoping for a homecoming triumph as the ceremony takes place in Newcastle

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025

Kneecap at Finsbury Park: 'infamy doesn't weigh heavily on them'

4/5 Jake Hawkes on the most controversial group of the moment hitting the big stage in Finsbury Park in typically outspoken form

Evening Standard · Jul 6, 2025

Fontaines D.C. at Finsbury Park: 'the band of their generation'

4/5 A political set of performances in Finsbury Park ends in a cathartic performance by Fontaines

Evening Standard · Jul 6, 2025

Fontaines D.C. at Alexandra Palace review: intoxicating, playful and visceral

5/5 The band are clearly having fun in this latest era – and honestly, the feeling’s mutual

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024

Fontaines DC review – Dublin rockers strike out into the stratosphere

Rolling out new album Romance and an expansive change of direction, the band range from wistful to brutal in a small-scale gig of epic intensity

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2024

“Conventional ideas about love and romance are blurred, twisted and contorted here.” Fontaines D.C. explore love in all its beautiful, messy, euphoric and melancholic confusion on Romance

Dublin's finest band move away from post-punk and step into the big league on album number four, Romance

Louder · Aug 7, 2024

Fontaines DC: ‘We can generate ideas that sound like they’ve been carved in stone for a thousand years’

Influenced by Korn and moving beyond their native Ireland, the band are ready to be one of the biggest in the world. They explain how panic attacks and parenthood came to bear on a bold new LP

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024