On the telly
Watch Fontaines DC bring ‘Dogrel’ to US telly
The band played ‘Boys In The Better Land’ and ‘Liberty Belle’ on Fallon.

Fontaines DC are about to begin a huge US tour in support of IDLES, and stopped off at Jimmy Fallon’s late night show to make their American tv debut this week.
The Dubliners played ‘Boys In The Better Land’ and ‘Liberty Belle’ from their debut album ‘Dogrel’ on the show.
The band’s tour with IDLES begins in Raleigh, North Carolina on Sunday (5th May), and they’ll then play a host of summer festivals before a huge UK and Irish tour to the end the year.
View the tour dates and watch the band’s Fallon performances below.
MAY
05 Raleigh, Kings Barcade*
06 Richmond, Strange Matter*
08 Albany, The Hollow*
10 Brooklyn, Brooklyn Steel*
11 Washington DC, Rock & Roll Hotel*
12 Washington DC, Rock & Roll Hotel*
14 Cleveland, Beachland Ballroom*
16 Kansas City, recordBar*
17 Dallas, The Curtain Club*
18 Austin, Barracuda*
20 Phoenix, Valley Bar*
21 San Diego, Belly Up*
22 Los Angeles, The Fonda*
25 San Francisco, Great American Music Hall*
27 Portland, Wonder Ballroom*
28 Seattle, Neumo’s*
NOVEMBER
19 Manchester, O2 Ritz
20 Liverpool, O2 Academy
21 Glasgow, SWG3
22 Leeds, Stylus
23 Sheffield, Leadmill
25 Birmingham, O2 Institute
26 Oxford, O2 Academy
27 London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
28 Brighton, Concorde 2
30 Bristol, SWX
DECEMBER
01 Southampton, The 1865
JANUARY 2020
10 Newcastle, O2 Academy
11 Nottingham, Rock City
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