Fontaines D.C. announce huge summer 2025 Finsbury Park show with Kneecap and Amyl & The Sniffers
Fontaines D.C. have announced a huge outdoor show at London’s Finsbury Park – find all the details below.
The gig is due to take place on Saturday July 5, 2025, marking the Irish band’s biggest headline performance to date. Support will come from Amyl And The Sniffers and Kneecap, with more acts to be confirmed.
Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST next Friday (August 9) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.
Check out the official poster and announcement video – filmed at Finsbury Park – here:
Fontaines D.C. follow in the footsteps of Arctic Monkeys, Queens Of The Stone Age, Pulp, Liam Gallagher, Sam Fender and more in topping the bill at Finsbury Park in north London.
The massive show will follow their 2024 UK and Ireland headline tour, which is set to take place in November and December. That stint includes two nights at Alexandra Palace in the capital.
Later this month, Fontaines D.C will perform on the main stage at Reading & Leeds 2024 after releasing their fourth studio album, ‘Romance’, on August 23. The group have already shared two singles from the James Ford-produced record: ‘Starburster’ and ‘Favourite’.
In June, the band headlined The Park Stage at Glastonbury 2024. Frontman Grian Chatten also joined Kneecap on stage to perform ‘Better Way To Live’ during the Belfast trio’s slot on the Peace Stage.
Speaking to NME at this year’s festival, bassist Conor Deegan III explained what Fontaines D.C.’s latest singles tell us about the forthcoming ‘Romance’.
“They tell us who we want to be, but also where we came from as well,” he said. “‘Starburster’ is us trying to push things out there and ‘Favourite’ is us trying to bring who we were with us.”
Guitarist Carlos O’Connell added: “For the first time, it’s an album that looks at our present with a forward view, you know?
“I think in the past we’ve either tried to live in the past or missed the past. Now we’re trying to understand the world we live in right now and not try to think of something that’s gone, but think of what’s to come.”
Elsewhere at Glasto ’24, Kneecap praised Fontaines D.C.’s “fucking amazing” slot at the festival while chatting to NME: “They’re flying at the moment.”
Fontaines D.C.’s upcoming UK and Ireland headline dates are:
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
1 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
3 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
4 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
6 – 3Arena, Dublin
7 – 3Arena, Dublin
JULY 2025
5 – Finsbury Park, London
In a five-star review of their set at Glastonbury 2024, NME called Fontaines D.C. “the defining band of their generation, still”.
It added: “Tears are shed and vocal cords strained, yes, but there’s a shared understanding that there may be teenagers here experiencing the full guts and potency of guitar music for the first time, as well many older fans feeling reinvigorated by this emotional spectacle.”
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Tom Skinner
NME
