{"id":35265,"date":"2020-11-14T12:30:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T17:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35265"},"modified":"2023-04-07T07:33:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T11:33:10","slug":"fontaines-d-c-announce-interactive-live-show-from-o2-academy-brixton-on-melodyvr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35265","title":{"rendered":"Fontaines D.C. announce interactive live show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dublin\u2019s Fontaines D.C. have announced an interactive livestreamed event, available exclusively via MelodyVR. Returning to the scene of their biggest sold-out London headline show to date, the virtual gig will take place on 23rd November at 8.30pm GMT from the O2 Academy Brixton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fans around the globe will be able to experience the performance from the iconic London venue, and choose from multiple camera angles to make the show their own. They can look forward to a never-repeated night of impassioned literary punk, featuring tracks from the band\u2019s critically acclaimed new album \u2018A Hero\u2019s Death\u2019 and their breakthrough debut \u2018Dogrel\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ticketed event will be viewable through the MelodyVR app on smartphones and VR headsets, and will be available to watch across the UK, USA, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fontaines D.C. are frequently described as one of the best new bands of our time. Their new album, \u2018A Hero\u2019s Death,\u2019 has been one of the best-received records of 2020 so far, debuting at #2 in the UK charts (behind only Taylor Swift). Far from a re-hash of their swaggering 2019 debut \u2018Dogrel,\u2019 \u2018A Hero\u2019s Death\u2019 arrives battered and bruised – albeit beautiful, with songs that are patient, confident, and heady takes on the modern world and its great uncertainty.

Fontaines D.C.: “Brixton was one of the last places we played to an audience and it was a really special show for us. It’s a weird thing to be playing a show to an empty room, regardless of the size or esteem of it. Maybe even more so because of that. Hopefully though with you there we can get back some kind of ghost of that feeling, even if it’s not quite the same.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets are on sale now via the band\u2019s website here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fontaines D.C. at O2 Academy Brixton is exclusively available to experience on MelodyVR. To be part of the live experience, download the MelodyVR app at on.melodyvr.com\/app<\/a>. After purchasing a ticket, a redemption code and simple instructions on joining the stream will be sent.

The livestream comes ahead of Fontaines D.C.\u2019s much-anticipated 2021 UK tour \u2013 full dates below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 UK headline tour dates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st May \u2013 Edinburgh Corn Exchange
3rd May \u2013 Nottingham Rock City
4th May \u2013 Bath Forum
6th May \u2013 Liverpool Mountford Hall
7th May \u2013 Manchester Academy \u2013 SOLD OUT
8th May \u2013 Manchester Academy \u2013 SOLD OUT
10th May \u2013 Leicester De Montfort Hall
11th May \u2013 Leeds O2 Academy \u2013 SOLD OUT
12th May \u2013 Newcastle O2 City Hall
14th May \u2013 Glasgow Barrowland \u2013 SOLD OUT
15th May \u2013 Glasgow Barrowland \u2013 SOLD OUT
17th May \u2013 Cambridge Corn Exchange
18th May \u2013 Sheffield O2 Academy \u2013 SOLD OUT
20th May \u2013 Birmingham O2 Academy
21st May \u2013 Cardiff Great Hall \u2013 SOLD OUT
22nd May \u2013 Bristol O2 Academy \u2013 SOLD OUT
24th May \u2013 Bournemouth O2 Academy
25th May \u2013 Southampton O2 Guildhall
27th May \u2013 London Alexandra Palace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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