Fontaines D.C.haveannounced two intimate US headline shows for next month – see the information and ticket details below.
The Irish band are preparing to release their fifth studio album ‘Dopamine Chamber‘ on October 16 via XL Recordings. The record has been produced byJames Fordandthis week they shared the lead single ‘Marianne’. Pre-order ‘Dopamine Chamber’here.
The band will alsobe headlining Reading & Leeds Festivals next weekend, with a homecoming at Electric Picnicin Ireland to follow, and now they have announced details of a pair ofintimateshows in the US.
Fontaines D.C. will play Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre on September 21, before heading to Los Angeles for a show at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on September 25. The shows join already-announced performances at Shaky Knees in Atlanta,Sea.Hear.Nowin New Jersey and Ohana Festival in California.
Fan can register for access to the pre-sale for the New York and Los Angeles shows here before 6pm ET on Monday (August 24), with the pre-sale beginning at 10am local time on Tuesday (August 25).Generalsale begins at 10am local time next Friday (August 28). Find ticketshere.
Fontaines D.C will play:
AUGUST
28 – Reading Festival, UK
29 – Leeds Festival, UK
30 – Electric Picnic, Ireland
SEPTEMBER
18 – Shaky Knees, Atlanta, GA, USA
20 –Sea.Hear.Now, Asbury Park, NJ, USA
21 – Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, NY, USA
25 – Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
27 – Ohana Festival, Dana Point, CA, USA
The band recently played ‘Marianne’ during the final ever BBC live session at Maida Vale, and bassist Conor Deegan explained that the track had initially been discarded from the album, untiltheir late manager Trevor Dietztold them they were “absolute lunatics” for leaving it out.The song has now been dedicated to Dietz, who Fontaines have described as their “sixth member”.
NMEhas given ‘Marianne’ a five-star review, noting: “That predecessor was just astepping stonefor ‘Dopamine Chamber’,which follows the rabbit deeper down the hole in search of more mechanical extremes and orchestral noir flourishes to explore the true, numbing oblivion of the modern world. ‘Marianne’ is the red pill you take to come along and see the truth of it all: “Understand this is yourlife,you can go on dreaming…”
Discussing the concept behind the new record,frontmanGrian Chattenhas said: “The album itself is a dopamine chamber. You step inside and we test these different mind or mood-altering pieces of music on you.”
Speaking toNMEearlier this year, guitarist Carlos O’Connell said he liked the idea of making their Reading & Leeds setlist “maybe abit more ‘Dogrel’-heavy”, butadded that “anything could happen now – literally anything.”