Irish superstars Fonatines D.C. have announced that they will be playing their biggest show of their careers so far next summer at London’ Finsbury Park next summer. The Dublin band will play the date on the 5th of July next year and will be supported by Aussie punks, Amyl & The Sniffers, and Fellow Irish trio, Kneecap as well as more acts who are yet to be confirmed. Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST next Friday (August 9) and you can sign up for tickets here. Fans can access pre-sale tickets if they pre-order the band’s upcoming album, ‘Romance’, by 2pm BST on the 6th of July from their official store.
This huge outdoor show will follow the group’s 2024 headline tour which will take place in November and December and is set to be their biggest tour to date. They will be putting on two shows at London’s Alexandra Palace, three dates in Manchester and two shows in Dublin as they return to a home crowd on the 6th and 7th of December.
They are also set to perform on the main stage at Reading and Leeds Festival 2024 later this month following the release of their upcoming album ‘Romance’, which is set to be released on the 23rd of August. Earlier in the year, the group headlined the Park stage at Glastonbury, an acclaimed performance. Singer Grian Chatten also joined Kneecap for their performance at Worthy Farm.
The full list of Fontaines D.C.’s upcoming Headline UK and Ireland dates are below:
NOVEMBER 2024
20 – The Halls, Wolverhampton
22 – Alexandra Palace, London
23 – Alexandra Palace, London
24 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
26 – Pavilions, Plymouth
27 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
29 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
30 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
DECEMBER 2024
01 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
03 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
04 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
06 – 3Arena, Dublin
07 – 3Arena, Dublin
JULY 2025
05 – Finsbury Park, London
Fontaines D. C are releasing their fourth studio album, which will be titled ‘Romance’, on the 23rd of August via XL Recordings. They have so far previewed the upcoming project with two singles, ‘Starbuster’ which sees Chatten switching from his usual singing to almost rapping, and ‘Favourite’ which sees the band reminisce about their childhood.
‘Romance’ will be the follow up to their highly acclaimed 2022 album ‘Skinty Fia’ which reached number 1 in the UK and Irish album charts as well as seeing the band win a number of awards including ‘International Group of the Year’ at the BRIT Awards in 2023.
Talking about the title of the album bassist Conor Deegan says ““We’ve always had this sense of idealism and romance. Each album gets further away from observing that through the lens of Ireland, as directly as Dogrel. The second album (A Hero’s Death) is about that detachment, and the third (Skinty Fia) is about Irishness dislocated in the diaspora. Now we look to where and what else there is to be romantic about.”
Singer, Grian Chatten said about the album: “We say things on this record we’ve wanted to say for a long time. I never feel like it’s over, but it’s nice to feel lighter.”
