Fontaines D.C. continues victory tour with 7-minute "It’s Amazing To Be Young" video

The Irish post-punk band embarks on a lengthy 2025 tour tomorrow in Osaka.

Fontaines D.C. continues victory tour with 7-minute
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Fontaines D.C. had a huge 2024. The Irish post-punk band’s fourth studio album, Romance, received two Grammy nominations and doubled the first-week sales of their previous record, Skinty Fia. Now, the band—Grian Chatten (vocals), Carlos O’Connell (guitar), Conor Curley (guitar), Conor Deegan (bass), and Tom Coll (drums)—is blazing into 2025 with an equally confident new single, “It’s Amazing To Be Young.” Case in point, the song comes with a seven-minute music video that may be more accurately described as a short film. The cinematic story of two previously-introduced lovers was directed by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Luna Carmoon (Hoard, Shagbands), who previously collaborated with the group on their videos for “In The Modern World” and “Here’s The Thing.” “It’s Amazing To Be Young” completes a trilogy started in the previous two videos that Carmoon describes as “all natural and kind of a surprise that [it] came together.”

The song itself was written in the presence of O’Connell’s newborn child, Deegan explains, which inspired its lullaby-esque sound. “The feeling of hope a child can give is profound and moving, especially for young men like us. That sense of wanting to create a world for them to grow up in happily,” he said in a statement. “It’s a feeling that fights against the cynicism that can often overtake us in the modern world.”

The group doesn’t have too much to be cynical about right now. They’re about to embark on a massive world tour, which includes four sold out headlining shows in the UK as well as a handful of US dates this spring. You can find tickets and more info here. Check out the full tour schedule below:

Fontaines D.C. 2025 Tour Dates

Feb 21 – Osaka, Japan – Gorilla Hall Osaka

Feb 23 – Tokyo, Japan – Toyosu PIT

Feb 27 – Red Hill, Australia – Perth Fest

Mar 1 – Brisbane, Australia – Riverstage Brisbane

Mar 2 – Wollongong, Australia – Yours & Owls Festival

Mar 6 – Sydney, Australia – Opera House Forecourt (SOLD OUT)

Mar 8 – Melbourne, Australia – Palace Foreshore (SOLD OUT)

Mar 9 – Meredith, Australia – Golden Plains Festival

Mar 10 – Melbourne, Australia – Palace Foreshore

Mar 12 – Auckland, New Zealand – Spark Arena

Mar 18 – Ciudad De México, Mexico – Pabellón Oeste

Mar 21 – Santiago, Chile – Lollapalooza Chile

Mar 23 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Lollapalooza Argentina

Mar 24 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Niceto Club (SOLD OUT)

March 26 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Audio Club

Mar 28 – São Paulo, Brazil – Lollapalooza Brazil

Mar 30 – Bogotá, Colombia – Festival Estéreo Picnic

 

April 17 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo (SOLD OUT)

April 18 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom (SOLD OUT)

April 19 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater (SOLD OUT)

April 21 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union

April 22 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom

April 24 – Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum

April 25 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall (Downstairs) (SOLD OUT)

April 26 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater (SOLD OUT)

April 28 – New Orleans, LA – Civic Theatre (SOLD OUT)

April 29 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern (SOLD OUT)

April 30 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works (SOLD OUT)

 

May 2 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom (SOLD OUT)

May 3 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz (SOLD OUT)

May 4 – Columbus, OH – Kemba Live!

May 6 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue

May 7 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore

May 8 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom

 May 10 – Washington, DC – The Anthem

May 11 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa (SOLD OUT)

May 13 – Albany, NY – Empire Live (SOLD OUT)

May 14 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall (SOLD OUT)

May 16 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom (SOLD OUT)

May 17 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom (SOLD OUT)

May 18 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom

 

June 7 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound 

June 10 – Arles, France – Theatre Antique (SOLD OUT)

June 12 – Porto, Portugal – Primavera Sound

June 14 – Hradec Králové, Czechia – Rock For People

June 17 – Bologna, Italy – Sequoie Music Park (SOLD OUT)

June 18 – Rome, Italy – Rock in Roma

June 19 – Milan, Italy – Unaltrofestival

June 21 – Budapest, Hungary – Barba Negra

June 23 – Zagreb, Croatia – INmusic Festival

June 25 – Belgrade, Serbia – Luka Beograd

June 27 – Athens, Greece – Release Festival

June 29 – Istanbul, Turkey – KüçükÇiftlik Park

 

July 2 – Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival

July 3 – Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter

July 5 – London, UK – Finsbury Park (SOLD OUT) 

July 6 – Herouville Saint-Clair, France – Beauregard Festival

July 8 – Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Neumënster Abbey (SOLD OUT)

July 9 – Aix-les-Bains, France – Festival Musilac

July 11 – Trencin, Slovakia – Pohoda Festival

July 12 – Glasgow, UK – TRNSMT Festival

July 13 – Newcastle, UK – Exhibition Park (SOLD OUT)

July 30 – Cardiff, UK – Cardiff Castle (SOLD OUT)

 

August 1 – Waterford, Ireland – All Together Now Festival

August 3 – Katowice, Poland – OFF Festival

August 4 – Leipzig, Germany – Parkbühne im Clara Zetkin Park

August 5 – Berlin, Germany – Zitadelle Spandau

August 7 – Gothenburg, Sweden, Way Out West

August 8 – Oslo, Norway, Oya

August 8-10 – Helsinki, Finland – Flow Festival

August 15 – Manchester, UK – Wythenshawe Park (SOLD OUT)

August 15-17 – Biddinghuizen, Netherlands – Lowlands Festival

August 19 – Bonn, Germany – Kunst!Rasen

August 20 – Stuttgart, Germany – BÜRGER Freilichtbühne Killesberg

August 21 – Graz, Austria – Freiluftarena B

August 23 – Chateau Gontier, France – V and B Fest

August 24 – Paris, France – Rock en Seine

 
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