FONTAINES D.C. announce new UK & Irish dates this Winter.

With many of the band’s upcoming North American tour dates selling out or having venues upgraded, Fontaines D.C. have annouced a fresh run of UK / IE dates has now been announced for Nov / Dec 2022. 

Full tour details can be found below. Tickets are on sale HERE.

Last month, Fontaines D.C. released a second track from their highly anticipated new album Skinty Fia – to be released on April 22nd on Partisan Records. “I Love You,” was met with international acclaim and joined the first single, “Jackie Down The Line,” in building widespread excitement for the band’s third album. Today, the beloved Irish band – who just took home the trophy for “Best Band In The World” at the 2022 BandLab NME Awards – released the album’s titular track “Skinty Fia,” accompanied by a music video.

Skinty Fia is an Irish phrase which translates to English as “the damnation of the deer” and the album’s cover art features a deer, plucked from its natural habitat and deposited in the hallway of a home, illuminated by an artificial red glow. The phrase, which is used to display disappointment or annoyance, resonated with frontman Grian Chatten as the correct expression of his feelings towards the “mutation” of Irish culture abroad. The song explores the idea through the lens of a relationship doomed by paranoia, alcohol and drugs. The accompanying music video, directed by Hugh Mulhern, captures the tension in the song, as Grian manoeuvres his way through a bustling party crowd, seemingly unnoticed, in what turns out to be a disorientating, surrealist dreamscape. “Skinty Fia” operates as the album’s anchor, setting the tone for the rest of the record, as the band explores new musical terrain while lyrically they grapple with a need to broaden their horizons following a recent relocation to London.

There are echoes of Dogrel’s rumbustious rock ’n’ roll, and the bleaker atmospheres of A Hero’s Death, but Skinty Fia, the third in the triumvirate, is much more expansive and cinematic. Fontaines D.C. are a band in a state of constant evolution and this time the result is an album of shifting moods, startling insight, maturity, and considerable emotional wallop.
With many of the band’s upcoming North American tour dates selling out or having venues upgraded, a fresh run of UK / IE dates has now been announced for Nov / Dec 2022. Full routing can be found below. Tickets are on sale HERE.

Pre-order Skinty Fia HERE.

Fontaines D.C. on Tour:

*denotes newly added date

MARCH 2022

Sun-Mar-20 Madrid, Spain @ La Riviera

Mon-Mar-21 Barcelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz 3

Wed-Mar-23 Milan, Italy @ Magazzini Generali [SOLD OUT]

Thu-Mar-24 Zürich, Switzerland @ Dynamo [SOLD OUT]

Fri-Mar-25 Dudingen, Switzerland @ Bad Bonn [SOLD OUT]

Sun-Mar-27 Prague, Czech Republic @ Roxy

Mon-Mar-28 Brno, Czech Republic @ Fleda

Wed-Mar-30 Malmo, Sweden @ Plan B

Thu-Mar-31 Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser [SOLD OUT]

APRIL 2022

Fri-Apr-1 Oslo, Norway @ Vulkan Arena

Sat-Apr-2 Denmark, Copenhagen @ VEGA [SOLD OUT]

Mon-Apr-4 Nikmegen, Netherlands @ Doornroosje [SOLD OUT]

Tue-Apr-5 Maastricht, Netherlands @ Muziekgieterij [SOLD OUT]

Wed-Apr-6 Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli Vredenburg [SOLD OUT]

Fri-Apr-8 Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix [SOLD OUT]

Sat-Apr-9 Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Den Atelier

Sun-Apr-10 Lille, France @ L’Aéronef [SOLD OUT]

Mon-Apr-11 Paris, France @ Olympia [SOLD OUT]

Thu-Apr-21 Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club [SOLD OUT]

Fri-Apr-22 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts [SOLD OUT]

Sat-Apr-23 Asbury Park, NJ @ Wonder Bar [SOLD OUT]

Mon-Apr-25 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club

Tues-Apr-26 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel [SOLD OUT]

Wed-Apr-27 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel

Fri-Apr-29 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall

[SOLD OUT]

Sat-Apr-30 Cleveland, OH @ The Beachland Ballroom

MAY 2022

Mon-May-2 Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre

Tue-May-3 Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix

Thu-May-5 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall

Fri-May-6 Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre

Sat-May-7 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

Mon-May-9 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre [venue upgrade]

Tue-May-10 Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell

Thu-May-12 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall

Fri-May-13 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre [SOLD OUT]

Sat-May-14 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo

Mon-May-16 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom

Wed-May-18 Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater [SOLD OUT]

Thurs-May-19 Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater [SOLD OUT]

JUNE 2022

Fri-June-3 Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound

Mon-June-6 Lyon, France @ Le Transbordeur

Tue-June-7 Bologna, Italy @ Arena Puccini

Wed-June-8 Milan, Italy @ Un Altro Festival

Fri-June-10 Neuchâtel, Switzerland @ Festi’ Neuch

Sat-June-11 Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands @ Best Kept Secret Festival

Sun-June-12 Berlin, Germany @ Templehof Sounds

Mon-Jun-13 Warsaw, Poland @ Proxima

Wed-June-15 Athens, Greece @ Release Festival with Nick Cave

Fri-June-17 Scheeßel, Germany @ Hurricane Festival

Sat-June-18 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany @ Southside Festival

Mon-June-20 Zagreb, Croatia @ InMusic Festival

Sun-June-24-26 Shepton Mallet, UK @ Glastonbury Music Festival

Wed-June-2929 Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival

Thur-June-30 Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter

JULY 2022

Sat-Jul-2 Dublin, Ireland @ Iveagh Gardens [SOLD OUT]

Sun-Jul-3 Dublin, Ireland @ Iveagh Gardens [SOLD OUT]

Wed-Jul-6 Lisbon, Portugal @ NOS Alive Festival

Sat-Jul-8 Lytham St. Anne’s, United Kingdom @ Lytham Festival

Sun-Jul-9 Glasgow, United Kingdom @ TRNSMT

Thur-Jul-14 Carhaix, France @ Les Vieilles Charrues

Fri-Jul-15 London, United Kingdom @ Finsbury Park with Sam Fender

Sun-Jul-17 Cologne, Germany @ Live Music Hall

Mon-Jul-18 Munich, Germany @ Neue Theaterfabrik

Wed-Jul-20 Berlin, Germany @ Astra Kulturhaus [SOLD OUT]

Thur-Jul-21 Hamburg, Germany @ Gruenspan [SOLD OUT]

Sun-Jul-24 Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schlachthof

AUGUST 2022

Thur-Aug-11 Oslo, Norway @ Oya Festival

Sat-Aug-13 Helsinki, Finland @ Flow Festival

Mon-Aug-15 Budapest, Hungary @ Sziget Festival

Tues-Aug-16 Padova, Italy @ Parco Della Musica

Fri-Aug 19 Guéret -Saint-Laurent Aerodrome, France @ Check In Party

Sat-Aug-20 Charleville-Mézières, France @ Le Cabaret Vert

Tue-Aug-23 Stuttgart, Germany @ Longhorn

Thur-Aug-25 Paris, France @ Rock En Seine

Sat-Aug-27 Reading, United Kingdom @ Reading Festival

Sun-Aug-28 Leeds, United Kingdom @ Leeds Festival

SEPTEMBER 2022

Sat-Sep-16 Los Angeles, CA @ Primavera Sound

NOVEMBER 2022*

Mon-Nov-7 Hull, United Kingdom @ Bonus Arena*

Tue-Nov-8 Leeds, United Kingdom @ O2 Academy*

Fri-Nov-11 Manchester, United Kingdom @ O2 Victoria Warehouse*

Tue-Nov-15 Stockton, United Kingdom @ Globe*

Thur-Nov-17 Glasgow, United Kingdom @ O2 Academy*

Sat-Nov-19 Swansea, United Kingdom @ Swansea Arena*

Mon-Nov-21 Birmingham, United Kingdom @ O2 Academy*

Thur-Nov-24 London, United Kingdom @ Eventim Apollo*

Mon-Nov-28 Edinburgh, United Kingdom @ O2 Academy*

Wed-Nov-30 Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street*

Sat-Dec-3 Galway, Ireland @ Leisureland*

Mon-Dec-5 Limerick, Ireland @ Live At The Big Top*

Tue-Dec-6 Derry, Northern Ireland@ Millennium Forum*

Wed-Dec-7 Belfast, Northern Ireland @ Ulster Hall*

FEBRUARY 2023

Wed-Feb-1 Sydney, Australia @ Roundhouse

Thur-Feb-2 Brisbane, Australia @The Triffid

Tue-Feb-7 Melbourne, Australia @ Corner Hotel

Wed-Feb-8 Melbourne, Australia @ The Forum

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