Fontaines D.C. have announced a handful of intimate UK album launch shows for their forthcoming LP ‘Romance‘.
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The Dublin band – comprised of Grian Chatten, Carlos O’Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan III, and Tom Coll – took to their official social media accounts to share a list of intimate live shows in collaboration with select record shops.
They will be playing at Kingston’s Pryzim with Banquet Records, Liverpool’s Content with Rough Trade and Newcastle’s Bolier Shop with Reflex.
Tickets to the shows are set to go on sale this Friday (June 21) at 10am local time. Tickets are only available with album order bundles via this link here. Check out a full list of dates below.
Album and ticket bundles on sale tomorrow 10am. https://t.co/2kv2V3ilYv pic.twitter.com/xIRsSD8rXN
— Fontaines D.C. (@fontainesdublin) June 20, 2024
Fontaines D.C. 2024 ‘Romance’ intimate album launch show dates are:
AUGUST
27 – Kingston, Pryzm with Banquet Records
28 – Liverpool, Content with Rough Trade
29 – Newcastle, Boiler Shop with Reflex
The band are also due to embark on both a UK/IE headline tour and a joint European tour with Wunderhorse – see all dates below and get your tickets here.
Fontaines D.C.’s 2024 tour dates are:
NOVEMBER
1 – Lisbon, Portugal, Sagres Campo Pequeno
2 – Madrid, Spain, WiZink Center
4 – Milan, Italy, Alcatraz
5 – Zurich, Switzerland, X-TRA
7 – Munich, Germany, Zenith
8 – Berlin, Germany, Verti Music Hall
9 – Frederiksberg, Denmark, K.B. Hallen
11 – Hamburg, Germany, Sporthalle
12 – Cologne, Germany, E-Werk
13 – Paris, France, Zénith De Paris
15 – Bruxelles, Belgium, Forest National
16 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, AFAS Live
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
01 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
03 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
04 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
06 – 3Arena, Dublin
Elsewhere, Fontaines D.C. recently released their brand-new wistful single, ‘Favourite’. The track is the latest to be shared from the Irish band, as they gear up to share their latest album ‘Romance‘. So far, it has been previewed by its pummelling lead single ‘Starburster’.
‘Romance’ is set for release on August 23. Produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Depeche Mode), it will also be the band’s first album released through XL Recordings (Radiohead, King Krule, The xx).
Speaking about the title of the album, Deegan said: “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.”
He added: “This record is about deciding what’s fantasy – the tangible world, or where you go in your mind. What represents reality more? That feels almost spiritual for us.”
In a review of their new single ‘Starburster’, NME rated it five stars, adding: “This could be a very bloody special time for Fontaines D.C. In the coming months, there’s potential for a ‘I was there moment’ when they headline Friday’s Park Stage at Glastonbury, and a joyous collection of their flowers when they return to Reading & Leeds’ main stage on the week of album release in August, celebrating what could be yet another definitive record from the band of their generation.
“It’s shit out there, but here’s some music to make sense of it; music that matters. Take a deep breath.”
In other news, the band teamed up with Massive Attack and Young Fathers to announce the release of a limited edition 12” single to support Médecins Sans Frontières in their relief efforts in Gaza. The ‘Ceasefire’ EP will arrive on June 1.
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