Fontaines D.C. to headline Slane Castle next summer

Following headline shows at the Reading, Leeds and Electric Picnic festivals over the weekend, Fontaines D.C. today announce a huge Irish show at Slane Castle, Co Meath next summer.

📍 Saturday 26th June 2027

The band will follow in the footsteps of the likes of U2, Oasis, Madonna, David Bowie and The Rolling Stones as headliners at the legendary outdoor venue, and will be only the third ever Irish act to headline (after U2 and Thin Lizzy).

The news follows the recent announcement of Fontaines D.C.’s fifth studio album Dopamine Chamber, which will be released on 16th October via XL Recordings.

HOW TO GET TICKETS

🎟️ Tickets go on general sale at 10am this Thursday 3rd September from ticketmaster.ie

Artist pre-sale begins at 10am Tuesday 1st September. Registration here: https://laylo.com/fontainesdc/slane2026

MCD Pre-sale begins 10am on Wednesday 2nd September here

€1 from every ticket (minus applicable taxes) sold will go towards helping children, families and individuals get back on their feet and have a home of their own. Focus Ireland believes everyone has a right to a place to call home.

Details of coach transport services will be announced shortly.

Fontaines D.C. have spent five albums refusing to repeat themselves – from Dogrel (2019) through A Hero’s Death (2020), the UK and Irish No. 1 Skinty Fia (2022) and the anarchic, kaleidoscopic Romance (2024). Dopamine Chamber is their most radical turn yet: It was made with Ford between London, the English countryside and Palermo, where Chatten recorded vocals in a makeshift booth built from mattresses and cushions.

“There’s a poignant sense of us being on the brink of some other kind of form of humanity, or non-humanity,” says Chatten. For their fifth album, Fontaines D.C. have built the chamber. What happens to the listener inside it will be the experiment.

“Marianne” is out now. Dopamine Chamber is released on 16th October via XL Recordings and available on LP, deluxe LP, CD, cassette and digital.

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