Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten on why he wore Cwmbran Celtic FC Mogwai shirt at Reading 2026

Fontaines D. C.’s Grian Chatten has revealed why he wore the shirt of Cwmbran Celtic football club during the band’s headline set at Reading Festival 2026 this weekend.

1. READ MORE: Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026 review: an emotional coronation for the modern indie kings.
2. Westside Cowboy tell us about spreading joy and hopes for “weirder, poppier” new music at Reading 2026.
3. Lancey Foux on ‘The Time Of Our Lives’ and legacy: “I’m signing out of everything I’ve built”.
4. Daine is stepping into self-aware popstardom: “It’s embarrassing in a delicious way”.
5. Reading & Leeds 2026: The most magical moments from the bank holiday bash.
6. Daisy Chain Fields 2026 review: Olivia Rodrigo’s all-women festival is a beautiful, empowering triumph.

The frontman donned the green and white jersey as he delivered an epic headline set at Reading – where they aired out new singles ‘Six Shot Morning’ and ‘Marianne’ from upcoming album ‘Dopamine Chamber’, and faced some technical issues that cut their set short.

The shirt was the design made in collaboration with Mogwai, which launched last month as the Scottish post-rock icons – as well as Super Furry Animals, Panic Shack, and Loose Articles – joined forces with the football team for new 2026/27 kits.

An exclusive, limited edition design was made for each band and proceeds from every sale were donated to the Music Venue Trust – helping support grassroots venues and emerging talent across the UK.

Speaking to BBC Wales about why he chose to get the Mogwai design, Chatten shared: “I love Cwmbran and I love initiatives that support independent venues.”.

After he wore the shirt at Reading, Cwmbran Celtic shared their thanks and said that it lead to pre-sales of the design almost doubling – and that they were sending him “a lifetime season ticket”.

The shirt is available to order here, and 10 per cent of proceeds will be donated to the Music Venue Trust.

NME awarded Fontaines D. C.’s Reading headline performance four-and-a-half stars, writing: “‘Sorry for the short set’, ends Chatten before the pure anxiety explosion of the full stop of ‘Starburster’.

We hear that three songs – and reportedly another never-played-before new one – were cut from the setlist due to the delay, and we envy the people at the sister site in Leeds who we assume are going to get the full Fontaines R+L headline experience as it was intended.

At the following headline slot at Leeds Festival, Fontaines played new song ‘Happy, For You’ for the first time live, before they played their first Irish show since the death of longtime manager and “sixth member” Trevor Dietz when they took to the stage at Electric Picnic.

The Dublin rockers will embark on an arena tour later this year, kicking off in Lisbon next month. The UK leg starts with a show at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena on November 20, with further shows in Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Birmingham and London.

For 2027, they have already announced two massive shows at Slane Castle, which will see them play to up to 160,000 over both nights and enlist support from Hayley Williams, Damien Dempsey and Madra Salach.

The world's defining voice in music and pop culture: breaking what's new and what's next since 1952.

When you purchase through affiliate links on NME.com, you may contribute to our site through commissions. Learn More.

NME Networks, a part of Caldecott Music Group. All rights reserved.