Dublin post-punks Fontaines DC will headline a huge outdoor show at Finsbury Park in north London next summer.
The five-piece show at the 45,000-capacity park will take place on Saturday 5 July 2025. Australian punks Amyl & The Sniffers and West Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap will be supporting acts, with more names to be added to the bill in due course.
Tickets go on general sale on 9th August at 10am, with a number of pre-sales to follow earlier in the week. Full details here. Tickets for the Irish band’s November/December arena tour of the UK and Ireland are available at the same location.
Fontaines DC will release their fourth album, Romanceon August 23. It will be the group’s first album for XL Recordings, after three acclaimed albums for Partisan. Two singles, stellar explosion It is Favoritehave already been released from the album.
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In other Irish music news, Kneecap’s award-winning, self-titled semi-fictional biopic has been selected as Ireland’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. The Irish Film & Television Academy announced the news on social media yesterday, August 2, prompting the band to joke “c*nts are easily pleased 
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“Based on the origin story of the tumultuous and groundbreaking Irish-language rap trio Kneecap, the film stars Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí in their acting debuts,” reads an official synopsis for the film. “Set in West Belfast in 2019, it chronicles how fate brings the trio together and how they then go on to ‘change the sound of Irish music forever.’”
Talking to Higherthe Irish trio admit they were more than a little skeptical when they were first approached by writer/director Rich Peppiatt with the idea of making a film – “The English have a reputation for exploiting the Irish,” joked DJ Próvaí – but ultimately, Peppiatt’s persistence, openness and enthusiasm for the project convinced the band that his intentions were sincere.
“We were obviously protective because if the film sucked, we’d still have to be the band Kneecap,” says Móglaí Bap, “while everyone else who was involved would go on to their next project. We were aware that if it sucked, we’d be kind of screwed.”
Kneecap won best Irish film at the Galway Film Fleadh last month, and also took home the inaugural Audience Award and Irish-language Film Award. The film also won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
The film was released in the US yesterday and will be released in Ireland on August 8. The UK release will be on August 23.
Well, well… first time acting… cunts are easily pleased
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