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Fontaines D.C. are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 2014. The band members include Grian Chatten (vocals), Conor Curley (guitar), Conor "Deego" Deegan III (bass), Tom Coll (drums), and Carlos O'Connell (guitar). The band was formed at BIMM Dublin and signed to Partisan Records in 2018. Their debut album, Dogrel, was released in 2019 and received widespread critical acclaim. It was listed as Album of the Year on record store Rough Trade's website, voted Album of the Year by presenters on BBC Radio 6 Music, and was nominated for the Mercury Prize and the Choice Music Prize. Their second album, A Hero's Death, was released in 2020 and was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards. The third album, Skinty Fia, was released in 2022 and became their first number one on the Irish and UK Albums Chart. It contributed to their winning the Brit Award for International Group. Their fourth album, Romance, was released in 2024 and achieved increased first-week sales, receiving two Grammy nominations and a Mercury Prize nomination. The lead single from Romance, "Starburster," became their first charting song in the UK.
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Deluxe edition arrives with a Fontaines D.C. remix and Village studios live takes.
Cádiz, Alicante and Pamplona shows mark the band's first live outings since last August.
Brand-new purpose-built dance stage The Warehouse is also confirmed for the festival.
Twenty-one signed silk screen prints from iconic live music moments go on sale today.
The prize draw will take place on Thursday 7th May.
Kasabian to headline new Thursday Main Stage at Leeds Festival.
Ceremony also honored boutique labels, record stores, and grassroots community champions.
Profits support crisis services within the charity’s wider ‘Lifelines’ apparel initiative.
With a shapeshifting album and a sold-out summer ahead, Fontaines D.C. are in their imperial phase. Grian Chatten talks touring, transformation and the art of letting go.
There are certain shows that define an entire summer. You can look to talked-about reunions all you like, but if there's a band capturing a moment while opening the door to possibilities ahead, nobody comes close to Fontaines D.C.. From scatty pub corners to here, with each step, they've evolved. Now, with 'Romance', they've laid down a marker that future bands will reference when picking up instruments for the first time. But that's to come. Today, at their biggest headline show to date, it's about celebrating and making the sort of night that will be etched in history: a proper moment from a band whose voice leads an entire generation.
CALM launches 'Lifelines' charity t-shirt collection featuring hopeful song lyrics from Blossoms, Inhaler, Fontaines DC, and Tom Walker.
Nine years, 100 issues, we're ready to party with a few of our bezzie pop mates.
The band performed their new track 'Before You I Just Forget' for the first time at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom.
Fontaines D.C. complete their Finsbury Park 2025 lineup, adding Blondshell, Been Stellar and Cardinals alongside Amyl and the Sniffers and Kneecap.
Fontaines D.C. have released a cover version of Bring Me The Horizon's 'Can You Feel My Heart', which incorporates elements of Nirvana's 'Heart-Shaped Box'.
The Irish band were set to perform across Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia, including appearances at several South American editions of Lollapalooza.
The band premiered their new song live during their performance at Tokyo's Toyosu PIT.
The band's hopeful new single is inspired by guitarist Carlos O'Connell's newborn child.
The new single follows their fourth album 'Romance'.
The track follows the band's fourth album 'Romance', released through XL Recordings last year.
The performance also included a version of Robinson's own track 'Cheerleader'.
Irish band Fontaines D.C. and football club Bohemian FC collaborate on a special jersey design with proceeds supporting Palestinian medical aid.
There's also Kneecap, The Mary Wallopers an Nilüfer Yanya.
Flow Festival Helsinki announces its 2025 lineup featuring Charli XCX, Fontaines D.C., and Khruangbin.
The Glasgow festival returns for its eighth year.
The band's fourth album 'ROMANCE', is out now.
As frontman Grian Chatten struts onto stage in huge bug-eyed sunglasses, motioning the crowd to give it some welly, it's clear the band are relishing their success. If the thousands of lads screaming the instrumentals of each song like they're football chants are anything to go by, the crowd feel the same way.
The new clip for 'Bug' incorporates footage from Arnold's upcoming film Bird, starring Barry Keoghan.
The nine-date run kicks off in Osaka this February, with Wunderhorse joining for select shows across the region.
The band’s swaggering potential has never been more apparent.
"It's an urgent song, searching for autonomy in emotional extremes," Grian Chatten explains.
There aren't really many other bands quite like Fontaines D.C. right now.
Their highly-anticipated fourth album 'ROMANCE' is due out in August.
The tour supports fourth studio album 'ROMANCE', scheduled for release on August 23th.
They lay Warsaw in Brooklyn on 8th May.
They'll be joined on the run by Wunderhorse.
Their highly-anticipated fourth album 'ROMANCE' is due out in August.
Fontaines D.C. are back with a bang, announcing their highly-anticipated fourth album, 'ROMANCE', due out August 23rd via their new home XL Recordings.
One fan commented on Instagram comparing Grian's new style to Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, with another replying to suggest it was more Yungblud.
The band's teasing continues at pace as they gear up to drop new music (in neon pants).
You can check out the Fontaines D.C cover of 'Cello Song' now.
The track is a cut from their new album ‘This Is What We Do’, which will be released on December 2nd via Virgin Music.
The 22 live dates will kick off in August 2023.
The song features on their recent third album, ‘Skinty Fia’, released via Partisan records.
Featuring Fontaines D.C., Bastille, Madison Beer, Pale Waves, Chloe Moriondo, Black Honey and Dylan.
We catch up with Reading 2022's latest legend the morning after the night before.
They will play across the UK and Ireland in November and December.
Heist heist heist!
Here are the new tracks joining our heavy rotation this week.
Fontaines D.C.’s ascent has been nothing short of stratospheric, but their third album ‘Skinty Fia’ might very well be their best yet.
The band's third full-length drops this Friday (22nd April)
They'll play extra shows in Leeds, Glasgow, London and Belfast.
The Fontaines D.C. BA (Hons) in Commercial Modern Music Scholarship will see one student have their €12,000 fees covered on a four-year course at the BIMM Institute.
The track is the fourth to come from the forthcoming 'The Line Is A Curve'.
The band will play extra dates in Manchester, London and Dublin as part of a larger run this November and December.
The current Dork cover stars have dropped the third taster from their new album.
The band posted to social media, with a message containing a date - 21.03.2022. That's this coming Monday.
The version was performed as part of a live stream in partnership with Jameson in Dublin.
Tickets for the Coventry event go on sale on Friday, 18th March.
The woozy, crooning take on the classic track was laid down for Apple Music's Home Sessions. Apple Music subscribers can check it out now.
There's also Wallows, Sea Girls, Walt Disco, Thomas Headon, The Regrettes, Chloe Moriondo and more.
Here are the new tracks joining our heavy rotation this week.
The second track to come from the forthcoming album was given a live debut late last year.
Originally debuted live last year, the full studio version is arriving this Thursday (17th February).
Here are the new tracks joining our heavy rotation this week.
The band's new full-length will be released this April.
Fontaines D.C. have announced their forthcoming third album, along with a new single.
The band's new full-length will be released this April.
Speed: at times, it can be a sign of a ridiculous new wave that throws everything else into orbit; at others, a rushed albatross that eventually weighs even the buzziest of new acts down - and few have moved faster than **Fontaines D.C.**.
It's all go before this weekend's event.
Irish body Focus Ireland will get 15% of profits from all sales.
As taken from their 1985 album 'Rum, Sodomy & the Lash', dontcha know?
Fontaines D.C. are going to perform an interactive live show.
It's only a couple of weeks away.
The track is taken from their recent number two album 'A Hero's Death', originally released back in July.
They've new stops in Edinburgh, Nottingham, Bath and Liverpool.
Read all about their new album in the August issue of Dork, out now.
Think you know Fontaines D.C.? The Dubliners' second album sees them not just rewrite their own rulebook, but tear it up and throw it away.
A post-punk band going Top 10, then getting a Mercury Prize nod? With their debut album, Fontaines D.C. broke out in a way no one expected. Now it’s time for round two.
The band’s hotly-anticipated second album ‘A Hero’s Death’ is out on July 31st
In support of incoming new album ‘A Hero’s Death’, the run will include their biggest headline show to date at London’s Alexandra Palace
The band's second album ‘A Hero’s Death’ is set for release on 31st July.
The 24-hour virtual in-store event is raising awareness for record stores around the UK
Fontaines D.C., Circa Waves and more have signed up for virtual in-store, #LoveRecordStores.
It’s the opening track to their anticipated second album ‘A Hero’s Death’ - out on July 31st
Fontaines D.C. have shared their new track, ‘I Don’t Belong’.
Over 100 new artists have been announced for this year's The Great Escape.
It comes after a big 2019 for the band.
"We were always ambitious," Conor Deegan asserts. It's dark outside, even though it's only just gone six o'clock, and in the basement of Paradiso in Ams...
After a run of sold out tours, they're going for the big one.
It's lifted from the Number-9-In-The UK-Albums-Chart-Smash-Record 'Dogrel'.
Following months of hype, fast-rising Dublin newcomers Fontaines D.C. have nailed their debut.
There are new dates and upgraded shows as the Irish band take flight.
Read more about the album in the new issue of Dork.
It's the latest preview of the Irish band's first full-length 'Dogrel'.
The track is taken from the band's forthcoming debut album 'Dogrel'.
Check out new single 'Big'.
The new dates are in November.
These guys are gonna have a nuts 2019, 'FYI'.
They're off on tour with Shame and ripping up the alternative airwaves - meet Ireland's latest, greatest export.
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Every Fontaines D.C. tour with five or more confirmed dates, with full setlist data and most-played songs.
