Following their recent signing to Partisan Records and the announcement of their support slot on the forthcoming Shame tour in the UK and Ireland, Dublin's Fontaines D.C. have now announced a new set of summer live dates and festival appearances to take place over the coming months.

The last year has seen Fontaines D.C. release three hotly received double A-side singles, all of which were named as singles of the week by Rough Trade, and garnered early support from the likes of Steve Lamacq and others on BBC 6 Music, as well as earning plaudits from DIY, Stereogum, KEXP, Fred Perry Subculture, London in Stereo, So Young and every major Irish publication.

The band have played a number of shows across Europe, Ireland and the UK earning a reputation for their brooding and trenchant live performances, supporting the likes of IDLES, Metz, The Horrors, Girl Band and The Lemon Twigs, as well as playing festival slots at Primavera Pro, The Great Escape, Dot to Dot, Electric Picnic, Hard Working Class Heroes and Other Voices.

They will play the following dates across the rest of 2018:

27th July - Sunflowerfest, Hillsborough (NI)

4th August - Indiependence Festival, Cork (IE)

5th August - Castlepalooza Festival, Waterford (IE)

11th August - Dolan's Warehouse, Limerick (IE)

2nd September - Electric Picnic, Stradbally (IE)

20th October - Simple Things Festival, Bristol

20th October - Ritual Union, Oxford

15th Nov - SWX, Bristol *

16th Nov - Pyramids, Portsmouth *

17th Nov - Academy 1 , Leicester *

18th Nov - The Leadmill, Sheffield *

20th Nov - LUU Stylus, Leeds *

21st Nov - Tivoli Theatre, Dublin *

23rd Nov - University, Newcastle *

24th Nov - SWG3 , Glasgow *

26th Nov - The Waterfront, Norwich *

27th Nov - Academy, Oxford *

28th Nov - o2 Insitute, Birmingham *

30th Nov - Forum, London *

5th Dec - The Lexington, London

6th Dec - The Prince Albert, Brighton

7th Dec - Eagle Inn, Manchester

* = supporting Shame

Rob Zombie’s current single may be an execrable and unwarranted version of The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’ but it’s still exciting to hear that he’s signed up with our favourite metal label, Nuclear Blast. A follow up to his 2016 studio album, The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser and 2018’s Astro-Creep: 2000 Live is expected for a 2019 release.

Zombie says "I am very excited to work with the fine folks at Nuclear Blast. The combination of the label's grassroots urge to get the hustle done mixed with the detonation of our most combustible melodic masterpiece yet should prove to be a winning hybrid of hellacious hullabaloo."

Adds Nuclear Blast: “As fans ourselves at Nuclear Blast we have long admired the artistry of Rob ZombiE throughout his extensive and successful career in both music and film. It is a very exciting opportunity to unite Rob’s visionary talent with Nuclear Blast ingenuity. Nuclear Blast has a long history of thinking outside of the box and creating personal and collectible experiences for the fans. We look forward to delivering unforgettable experiences to fans around the world for years to come with the legendary Rob  Zombie”.

Rob Zombie has sold more than twenty three million albums worldwide, and is the only artist to experience unprecedented success in both music and film as the writer/director of seven feature films with a worldwide gross totalling more than $150 million.

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