{"id":31905,"date":"2019-08-10T12:30:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31905"},"modified":"2019-08-05T16:28:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T20:28:06","slug":"fontaines-d-c-announce-biggest-headline-show-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31905","title":{"rendered":"Fontaines D.C. announce biggest headline show to date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album \u2018Dogrel\u2019, which charted at #9 in the UK album chart and landed them a Mercury Prize Nomination, as well as an electrifying performance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and a mind-blowing Glastonbury 2019 performance; Fontaines D.C. are making their mark. Now, the band continue their rapid upward trajectory with the announcement of their biggest headline show to date at London\u2019s O2 Academy, Brixton&nbsp;<a href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/5\">on Tuesday 25th February 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"993\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/32F19075-3D75-4A83-A74D-08F97B2CB5CB.jpeg?resize=702%2C993\" alt=\"Fontaine\u2019s D.C. O2 flyer\" class=\"wp-image-31906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/32F19075-3D75-4A83-A74D-08F97B2CB5CB.jpeg?w=702 702w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/32F19075-3D75-4A83-A74D-08F97B2CB5CB.jpeg?resize=212%2C300 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tickets are on sale now via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-mdutjul-ejlihlkhu-k\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The band have toured extensively over the last year selling out&nbsp;every date of their own EU and UK headline tours in December 2018, January 2019 and&nbsp;April 2019, as well as supporting IDLES on a sold-out 30 date US tour and Shame on their last UK tour. They also have further North American headline dates lined up for September with support from label-mates Pottery, before returning to tour the EU and UK across November (sold out 6 months in advance) and December later this year. Full list of dates below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the last year, Fontaines D.C. have released six critically acclaimed singles, all of which garnered considerable support both from radio, with the band A-listed at BBC Radio 6 Music for every single released to date, and from a vast range of international press, with the band featuring in a number of end of year lists as well as receiving high praise for their debut album from the likes of: Pitchfork, The Guardian, The Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, Q, NME, The FADER, Time Out, DIY, The Line of Best Fit, Loud &amp; Quiet, MOJO, Q, Dork, Clash, Stereogum and more&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fontaines D.C.\u2019s critically debut album \u2018Dogrel\u2019 is out now via Partisan Records&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-mdutjul-ejlihlkhu-u\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album \u2018Dogrel\u2019, which charted at #9 in the UK album chart and landed them a Mercury Prize <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31905\" title=\"Fontaines D.C. announce biggest headline show to date\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On Culture Addicts: Fontaines D.C. announce biggest headline show to date","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,25,28],"tags":[7996,8388],"class_list":["post-31905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-live","category-music","tag-fontaines-d-c","tag-o2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/B9F1A11E-3F84-467F-BCE3-7FD955E0D0EB.jpeg?fit=900%2C1125","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8iB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34532,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34532","url_meta":{"origin":31905,"position":0},"title":"Fontaines D.C. announce UK tour dates for May 2021","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"June 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Fontaines D.C. have announced new UK tour dates for May 2021. 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