Fontaines D.C. talk “very tough year” and launch ‘Dopamine Chamber’ at intimate Roundhouse gig

Fontaines D. C. opened up about their “very tough year” at an intimate gig at London’s Roundhouse last night (Thursday October 15) – airing tracks to launch new album ‘Dopamine Chamber’.

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Check out footage, photos, the setlist and what went down below.

The band, who are due to play a series of stadium shows next summer after an upcoming arena run, announced the gig at the 3,300-capacity venue last week, with net proceeds going to the mental health charity CALM.

Tendo já se associado à caridade de prevenção ao suicídio para lançar uma camiseta especial, eles também lançaram uma versão especial em CD de “Dopamine Chamber” para arrecadar fundos.

Much of the gig drew on the five-piece’s new album which was released at midnight, though the setlist also featured established fan favourites such as ‘Boys In the Better Land’, ‘I Love You’ and ‘Jackie Down The Line’.

Towards the end of the night, appearing to refer to the death of manager Trevor Dietz, who passed away in June, frontman Grian Chatten told the crowd: “It’s been a very tough year for us.

Eu gostaria de cantar essa música para você." O grupo então prosseguiu com a apresentação de “Favourite”, um single de seu último álbum, “Romance” de 2023.

As usual, Fontaines kept audience interaction to a minimum, though Chatten regularly walked out to the lip of the stage to throw his hands in the air, encouraging the audience to cheer.

He twice announced “Free Palestine,” which drew vocal support from the crowd. Bassist Conor ‘Deego’ Deegan III also wore a T-shirt bearing the word “Palestine” in capital letters.

Embora ele tenha introduzido inúmeras músicas com as palavras “This is a new one”, ele fez apenas uma referência direta à “Dopamine Chamber”, quando explicou: “We’re releasing a new album tomorrow” – provocando uma enorme resposta da plateia.

Fontaines then played moody new song ‘Happy For You’, marking its live debut.

After a false start of another new track, the elegiac ‘Japan’, Chatten joked: “Thank you very much – next song!”.

Além desse pequeno contratempo, o novo material estava extremamente polido, com o sombrio ‘Marianne’, o single principal de ‘Dopamine Chamber’, recebido como um velho favorito.

Chatten sat at the edge of the stage for a muted rendition of ‘Where Is Gone?’, singing Rosalía’s lines as well as his own.

When Fontaines left the stage, the audience stomped and clapped for an encore. Upon their return, the band tore through ‘Six Shot Morning’ (the opener to ‘Dopamine Chamber’) and ‘I Love You’, with the latter receiving one of the biggest responses of the night.

For their closing song, a spotlight fell on Chatten and guitarist Carlos O’Connell as the latter played the keyboard and the frontman sang ‘In Heaven’, which appeared in the David Lynch film Eraserhead.

Isso então se transformou em um explosivo 'Starburster.

In a five-star review of ‘Dopamine Chamber’, NME’s Andrew Trendell wrote: “The biggest Irish band since U2 have now also secured themselves as the definitive band of this decade on ‘Dopamine Chamber’ – an extraordinary record for extraordinary times.

Filmed at Alexandra Palace this week, a Fontaines special of Later… With Jools Holland will air in November with the intimate set hitting via iPlayer next week.

Meanwhile, Chatten recently shared plans for the band to take a break after their scheduled tour dates with hopes to make a new solo album. “The best place we can go from here is away for a while,” he told MOJO.

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