Fontaines D.C. announce 2026 UK and European arena tour
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Fontaines D.C. have announced a 21-date UK and European arena tour for autumn 2026, supporting their forthcoming fifth album, ‘Dopamine Chamber’. The new dates substantially expand the band’s live plans beyond previously announced intimate US shows and follow major festival appearances including Reading & Leeds and Electric Picnic.
The tour begins in Lisbon on 21 October and visits cities including Madrid, Berlin, Stockholm, Amsterdam and Paris before reaching the UK. UK shows run from Liverpool on 20 November to London’s O2 Arena on 27 November, with dates also in Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds and Birmingham; ‘Dopamine Chamber’ is due on 16 October via XL Recordings, pre-sale starts at 10am BST on 1 September and general sale at 10am on 3 September.
- Fontaines D.C. announce 21 European and UK arena shows.
- Tour supports fifth album ‘Dopamine Chamber’.
- London’s O2 Arena date closes the run.
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Fontaines D.C. are a rock band from Dublin, formed in the mid-2010s by five friends who met while studying music. They became known for urgent guitar songs and lyrics shaped by life in Dublin, then built an international following with albums including Dogrel, A Hero’s Death and Romance.
An arena tour is a run of concerts in large indoor venues, making it a significant scale for a band that began in smaller clubs. The group’s fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, is their next full-length release and is being issued by XL Recordings, an independent label with a long record of working with major British and international artists.
The dates cover several European countries as well as cities across Britain, with a final show planned at London’s O2 Arena. Announcing a tour alongside an album release is a common way for musicians to present new material live and reach audiences in different regions.
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Fontaines D.C. have announced a UK and European arena tour for 2026, scheduled to begin shortly after the release of their forthcoming album, ‘Dopamine Chamber’. The Dublin band’s fifth record is due on 16 October through XL Recordings, with the tour opening five days later at Lisbon’s MEO Arena.
The European dates run from 21 October to 13 November, taking in Madrid, Barcelona, Bologna, Belgrade, Prague, Łódź, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Paris. The itinerary includes a mixture of large arenas and, in Barcelona and Belgrade, venues described as Sant Jordi Club and Hangar Stage 1 respectively.
The UK leg starts at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena on 20 November. Fontaines D.C. will then play Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds and Birmingham before ending the run at London’s O2 Arena on 27 November. The band have said that details of Irish dates will follow. Ticket presales are set to begin at 10am BST on 1 September, with general sale opening at the same time on 3 September.
The announcement follows the group’s festival appearances at Reading and Leeds and Electric Picnic. ‘Marianne’, the first track unveiled from ‘Dopamine Chamber’, has introduced the new album campaign; one report also notes that it arrived with a cinematic video. The tour represents a further move into arena-scale shows after the band’s recent festival headline slots.
Where outlets differ
Both reports give the same tour schedule, album release date and ticket-sale times.
Source 1 provides additional context, identifying ‘Dopamine Chamber’ as the band’s fifth album on XL Recordings and discussing the sound of ‘Marianne’ alongside another recently performed song, ‘Six Shot Morning’.
Source 2 places greater emphasis on the accompanying music video for ‘Marianne’ and frames the announcement around the group’s immediate Reading, Leeds and Electric Picnic appearances.
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