Fontaines D.C. announce huge outdoor Newcastle summer 2025 show with English Teacher

Fontaines D.C. have announced details of a huge outdoor show, taking place in Newcastle next summer. Find ticket details below.

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The new gig is scheduled for Sunday July 13, and will see frontman Grian Chatten and co. head to the 10,000-capacity Exhibition Park for a headline gig.

According to a new press release, the show is the final of their 2025 outdoor headline shows to be confirmed for the UK, and it’ll see Leeds band and 2024 Mercury Prize winners English Teacher join as special guests. Another opening act joining them on the night is set to be announced at a later date.

Tickets are set to go on sale this Friday (December 6) at 10am, and pre-sale options will be available from Wednesday (December 4) to those who sign up to the band’s mailing list. Visit here for tickets.

The dates come following a number of massive outdoor shows the band have locked in for next summer, including a sold-out stop at London’s Finsbury Park on July 5, Cardiff Castle on July 30, and Manchester’s Wythenshawe Park on August 15.

At time of writing, the band are currently embarking on their 2024 headline tour of the UK and Ireland, having just completed shows in London, Manchester and more.

The shows will continue tonight (December 3) with a gig in Leeds, before rounding off with stops in Glasgow and Dublin. Find a list of all UK and Ireland tour dates below.

Fontaines D.C.’s 2024 and 2025 UK and Ireland tour dates are:

DECEMBER 2024

3 – Leeds, UK – First Direct Arena (SOLD OUT)

4 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro (SOLD OUT)

6 – Dublin, IE – 3Arena (SOLD OUT)

7 – Dublin, IE – 3Arena (SOLD OUT)

 

JULY 2025

5 – Finsbury Park, London (SOLD OUT)

13 – Exhibition Park, Newcastle (NEW DATE)

30 – Cardiff Castle, Cardiff (SOLD OUT)

AUGUST

15 – Wythenshawe Park, Manchester

As well as the massive outdoor shows the band have lined-up for the UK next summer, they have also confirmed details of a US headline tour. The 2025 trek consists of 18 dates, beginning in April and ending in May. Stops include Denver, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Columbus, Detroit, New York and more. Confirmed venues and supporting acts have yet to be announced.

Earlier this summer, ‘Romance’ arrived and marked their fourth album, the first with the new label XL Recordings. In a glowing five-star review of the James Ford-produced record, NME shared: “‘Romance’ offers moments of wonder and gravity while also feeling occasionally foreboding.”

For the direction of the album, the band told NME they wanted to implement a distinct move away from the rockier sound of their debut album, ‘Dogrel’.

“To be creatively understood by too many people feels like flies settling all over your clothes and all over your face. Every now and again you have to fucking shake them off, just to see who you are again. That’s what we wanted to do,” Chatten said.

The band have recently been hailed by Elton John as “the best band out there at the moment”, and also announced new tour dates for Japan, Australia and New Zealand.