Elton John: Fontaines D.C. are “the best band out there at the moment”

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Elton John has declared that Fontaines D.C. are “the best band out there at the moment”.The pop icon made the statement during the band’s appearance on his Rocket Hour show on Apple Music this week, where he conducted an interview with Fontaines frontman Grian Chatten.“For me, you’re the best band out there at the moment,” John said during his introduction of the group.“Having watched you at Glastonbury, having heard the new album, you’ve just grown every album,” hw told Chatten. “You seem to have found your feet with this album in such a big way…it’s a brilliant record.”The praise continued, with the ‘Your Song’ singer adding: “I think this album takes you – and I’ve been around for a long time – to a different level, and it’s going to stay around for a long, long time.

But what’s more important about it: the music is really, really, really special. Congratulations on everything, Grian. It’s bloody wonderful.”Elton’s sentiments were shared by NME as far back as 2022, when they picked up the Best Band In The World gong at the Bandlab NME Awards that year.Speaking to us about what that award meant to them at the time, Chatten said: “Compared to our other albums, I’d rather be called ‘a band of a generation’ or accept another crazy accolade for [third album ‘Skinty Fia’].