Watch Fontaines D.C. play ‘Demolition’ live for first time as band hail student victory over government in Belgrade

Fontaines D.C. played their song ‘Demolition’ live for the first time at a Belgrade concert, where frontman Grian Chatten also acknowledged a student-led election victory over Serbia’s governing party. He told the cheering crowd, “Victory”, and said the moment belonged to them, linking the performance to a significant political change.

The Student List won 141 seats, ahead of the Serbian Progressive Party’s 103, ending President Aleksandar Vučić’s 14-year rule, according to the article. The movement grew after public backlash over the fatal 2024 train station canopy collapse. The concert was part of Fontaines D.C.’s European arena tour for ‘Dopamine Chamber’, which continues in Prague before later UK and Ireland dates.