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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

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Fontaines D.C. announce 'mood-altering' album Dopamine Chamber

Fontaines D.C. have announced their new album Dopamine Chamber, previewed by Marianne, and say the record delivers “mind‑altering” music shaped by themes of escape, disconnection and modern chaos.

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Lewis Capaldi provides update on album three

Lewis Capaldi says he’ll head back into the studio after his summer shows, marking his first full‑length project since taking time out to recover from a mental health breakdown following the 2023 album Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent.

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Fontaines D.C. pay tribute to manager and '6th member of the band' Trevor Dietz

Irish rockers Fontaines D.C. have been left "utterly heartbroken" by the death of their manager Trevor Dietz, who has passed away aged 47, and they have praised the late star for being "fearless in his beliefs".

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Lewis Capaldi won't 'chase hits' anymore

Lewis Capaldi thinks his fans "deserve better" than for him to just "chase" hits and he's vowed to care more about his output.

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"It has that outlaw quality, that dangerous quality…they’re incredible songs." Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy on the modern indie greats he loves so much that he's basically "just a groupie" for them at this point

Oppenheimer and 28 Days Later star Cillian Murphy didn't hold back in his praise of these Irish lads

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‘Some artists thought it was too political’: can Jarvis, Damon, Olivia Rodrigo and Arctic Monkeys reboot the biggest charity album of the 90s?

Oasis, Macca and Radiohead made Help a smash for War Child in 1995. A new reboot packs comparable star power – and was partially produced from a hospital bed

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Fontaines DC display words ‘Israel is committing genocide’ on screen at sell-out gig

Fontaines DC played to a crowd of 45,000 people in London

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‘Israel is committing genocide’ beamed on screen at Fontaines DC gig

The Irish band performed to tens of thousands of people in Finsbury Park, London, on Saturday night.

Evening Standard

Fontaines D.C. bring pro-Palestine group on stage at Roskilde festival in Denmark

This move by Irish rockers Fontaines D.C. comes as both Kneecap and Bob Vylan are under investigation by the police for their pro-Palestine comments at Glastonbury 2025. The BBC, official broadcasters for Glastonbury, has now said it will no longer live broadcast "high risk" performances.

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Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten ghosted Loyle Carner over album feature

Loyle Carner has claimed Grian Chatten stopped replying to him after he asked him to feature on his latest LP.

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Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten brands Kneecap's Mo Chara's terror charge a 'witch hunt'

Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten is speaking up for Kneecap's Mo Chara after he was slapped with a terror charge for protesting Israel’s actions in Gaza.

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Fontaines D.C. axe South American shows for medical reasons

Fontaines D.C. have cancelled a string of concerts in South America so singer Grian Chatten can seek "urgent medical attention" for a herniated disc.

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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

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Guitar World

“Shredding is an amazing thing to be able to do, but when you can really write a feeling with a melody, like Johnny Marr did so well, that’s the goal”: Conor Curley of Fontaines D.C. on his love of Deftones and why he’s writing riffs like a beginner

Romance is the sound of self-confessed “guitar culture nerd” Curley expanding the Fontaine D.C. sound with elemental reasoning, pure instinct, and occasional Mellotron – and if he ever gets stuck for inspiration, he has a pile of Total Guitar back issues to reference…

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“When I heard Nirvana’s Live at Reading it became less about learning solos than putting the guitar in front of an amp and making it scream”: Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell on playing Rory Gallagher’s Strat and why a spring reverb is the best overdrive

One half of the Fontaines D.C. six-string machine talks songwriting and influences, and admits that he, too, is a disciple of YouTube’s Kurt Cobain tone guru Aaron Rash

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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 Independent UK

Fontaines DC review, Romance: Leaves post-punk in its dust and roars off into broad new horizons

New producer James Ford brings depth and richness to a knockout record that is pleasingly disjointed

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Fontaines DC: Romance review – arenas await, but on the band’s own strange terms

On their most approachable album the Irish rockers add pop melodies, nu-metal touches and lush orchestration – while their troubled view of the world remains

Louder

“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

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"We decided that if we say and believe we’re the best in the world, then we will be": Fontaines D.C.'s Grian Chatten on the Dublin rockers' early days

Chatten says the band were "ridiculously cocky and arrogant" when they were starting out

Metal Hammer

“Korn scared me as a kid!” Fontaines D.C. extend Romance tour, talk up unexpected nu metal influences on new album

Fontaines D.C. love Korn and Deftones, hate Limp Bizkit

The Guardian - UK

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

Grian Chatten: Chaos for the Fly review – the Fontaines DC frontman gets personal

Chatten dials down the rollicking post-punk of the Dublin band with a solo debut of haunted, Leonard Cohen-esque songs

Evening Standard

Grian Chatten: Chaos for the Fly album review - short but sweet, bleak but beautiful

The Fontaines DC frontman recorded this solo record in just two weeks

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