Fontaines D.C. have announced a huge show at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester for summer 2025, where they will be joined by Kneecap and English Teacher.The Irish band will headline the outdoor show on Friday August 15, 2025, with a total capacity of 26,000 fans.
Tickets for the one-off event go on general sale at 9am on October 4 and you can get yours here.They will be joined on the massive line-up by Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap, who have recently been promoting their self-titled biopic, which has been longlisted for an Oscar, and been hailed by NME in a five-star review as “not only one of the standout films of 2024, but arguably one of the best music biopics of all time”.Manchester.We’re playing a big show in Wythenshawe Park next August. @KNEECAPCEOL and @Englishteac_her are joining us.
Tickets go on general sale next Friday, October 4 at 9am. Sign up to our mailing list for pre-sale access.https://t.co/BZASTxdrSy pic.twitter.com/8owswg5tCI— Fontaines D.C. (@fontainesdublin) September 27, 2024Also on the bill are Leeds indie outfit English Teacher, whose 2024 debut album ‘This Could Be Texas’ recently won the Mercury Prize.
That album recently re-entered the UK Top 40 after its victory, and the band will be playing their own run of headline UK shows in November.Fontaines are currently on an extensive North American tour, which will run up until October 20 in Philadelphia.
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