Fontaines D.C. on why they “couldn’t really give a shit” about the Oasis reunion

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Fontaines D.C. have weighed in their views on the Oasis reunion, and said that they “couldn’t really give a shit” about the band reforming.The Britpop icons recently announced news of their long-awaited reformation, and took the world by storm by announcing 2025 live shows.Already, the ‘Oasis Live 25’ world tour has sold out all of its initially shared 14 stadium dates – set to take place between Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin next summer.

Two extra shows in London have also been announced for September 2025, and tickets will be available to fans who were unsuccessful the first time around.However, Irish indie band Fontaines D.C.

have made it clear that they’re not as excited about the reunion as many others, but are instead bored at the idea of nostalgic music making a comeback.Carlos O’Connell and Conor Deegan III shared their stance during a new interview with Studio Brussel, and said that the news of the reunion goes against what they were hoping to achieve with their own music.“I couldn’t really give a shit, to be honest,” O’Connell responded when the interviewer asked him if he was excited about Liam and Noel Gallagher getting back together.Deegan added: “I’m not excited about it either, to be honest.

I feel like we get caught in the last era – like the ’10s – and into such a nostalgic thing that we’re forgetting to make new things.Fontaines D.C.