FONTAINES D.C. ANNOUNCE LANEWAY FESTIVAL SIDESHOWS

Handsome Tours are proud to announce Dublin’s acclaimed post-punks Fontaines D.C. will make their Australian debut in early 2020. Heading over for St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Fontaines D.C. will play two intimate sideshows in Melbourne and Sydney in Jan/Feb.

Fontaines D.C. met as a quintet in Dublin, influenced and driven in equal measure by the rich history of their hometown’s counter-culture, their response has been to make concise and immediately authentic indie-punk that has done anything but fall on deaf ears.

Their debut album, Dogrel (released in early 2019), spits, snarls and snaps with the very best of ‘em, but it also yearns, like the greatest Irish music must do. Their Mercury Prize-nominated debut earned the band incredibly high praise in the likes of Pitchfork, NPR, New York Times, Rolling Stone and many more. The Guardian even went as far as calling it a ‘perfect debut’.

The band have toured extensively over the last year, selling out their last three UK and EU headline tours, as well as supporting IDLES on their sold out US tour. Next month, Fontaines D.C. will embark on yet another sold out UK and EU tour.

Tickets to Fontaines D.C. intimate side shows go on sale today at midday. If their rapid upward trajectory is anything to go by, these tickets will move just as swiftly. Visit handsometours.com for details.

“One of guitar music’s most essential new voices” – NME (★★★★★)

“An inspired debut album from a special band” – CLASH (9/10)

“By striving to find romance and poetry in grim times, Fontaines D.C. have made a record to fall in love with” – Q (★★★★)

“Yes, you do need to see them ASAP” – NME

Handsome Tours presents

Fontaines D.C.

Friday January 31
Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Tix here

Tuesday February 4
Paddington RSL, Sydney
Tix here