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Fontaines D.C.
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
Fontaines D.C.
Plays on LTZ: (historical total not available beyond this vault's episode folders)
Tracks played
Black Boys on Mopeds — played 2026-03-06
Marianne — played 2026-08-20
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Fontaines D.C. — Black Boys on Mopeds
Played: 2026-03-06 (new release)(TikTok)
Album: HELP(2) (War Child compilation) | Released: 6 March 2026 | Label: War Child Records. A cover of Sinead O'Connor's 1990 protest song about police brutality, originally inspired by the death of Colin Roach in 1983. Fontaines D.C. recorded it for the HELP(2) charity compilation, produced by James Ford, with all proceeds going to War Child. The band had previously performed the song acoustically in Nashville in 2022. Frontman Grian Chatten also appears on the compilation's track 'Flags' alongside Damon Albarn and Kae Tempest. The compilation also features Olivia Rodrigo, Big Thief, Black Country New Road, and Pulp.
TikTok angle: Date-connection/charity hook: their bassist missed this recording session because his baby was being born, while the band covered a Sinead O'Connor protest song about a young Black man killed by police in 1983 - forty-three years later it still hits the same. Recorded in one session for the War Child charity album; every penny goes to children in war zones.
Fontaines D.C. — Marianne
Played: 2026-08-20 (TikTok)
Brand-new lead single announcing Fontaines D.C.'s fifth album Dopamine Chamber, out 16 October 2026 on XL Recordings — the follow-up to 2024's UK platinum-certified Romance, produced by James Ford (NME; SPIN). Released 18 August 2026, two days before this show, two weeks after its live debut in Cádiz, Spain on 8 August, with its radio premiere at 8:50am GMT on 18 August on BBC Radio 1 (Genius). The band performed it live at the last-ever BBC Maida Vale sessions as the landmark studio winds down (NME, 18 Aug 2026). Cinematic synth-noir, inspired in part by the 2024 Netflix thriller Ripley, 'drawing on feelings of escapism and surrender' (NME; Rolling Stone).
TikTok angle: Show-night opener hook: brand-new lead single, only two days old, premiered on BBC Radio 1, performed live at the last-ever BBC Maida Vale sessions — momentum of a big band's freshest single.
Sources: NME · Rolling Stone · Genius · SPIN
Fontaines D.C.
Origin: Dublin, Ireland · formed 2014 · active
Members: Grian Chatten (vocals), Carlos O'Connell (guitar), Conor Curley (guitar), Conor "Deego" Deegan III (bass), Tom Coll (drums)
Genre: Post-punk, rock
Discography:
Dogrel (2019) — Partisan Records — debut, Mercury Prize and Choice Music Prize nominated, Rough Trade Album of the Year
A Hero's Death (2020) — Partisan Records
Skinty Fia (2022) — Partisan Records
Romance (2024) — XL Recordings — UK platinum-certified, two Grammy nominations, Mercury Prize nomination
Dopamine Chamber (2026) — XL Recordings — out 16 October 2026
Facts:
The five members met while studying at Dublin's BIMM music college and originally bonded over a shared love of Irish poetry, which shaped the band's lyricism.
Their cover of Sinéad O'Connor's "Black Boys on Mopeds" for the 2026 War Child charity compilation HELP(2) was recorded for a cause tied to O'Connor's original 1990 protest song about the 1983 death of Colin Roach.