Fontaines D.C. introduced out Kurt Vile for ‘Roman Vacation’ throughout their set at La Route Du Rock – test it out beneath.
The Dublin band closed out the ultimate evening of the pageant at Fort de Saint-Père in France yesterday (August 15), whereas Vile and his band The Violators carried out on the identical stage earlier within the day.
Vile then appeared throughout Fontaines’ set and performed ‘Roman Vacation’ with the band. The collaboration was notably becoming, as Fontaines frontman Grian Chatten has spoken concerning the ‘Skinty Fia‘ track being considerably impressed by Vile within the first place.
The set additionally noticed Fontaines as soon as once more air the 2 new songs they lately debuted at their first headline present of 2026, ‘Marianne’ and ‘Six Shot Morning’.
Try footage of the efficiency right here:
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A surpresa de hoje foi a participação especial de Kurt Vile durante Roman Vacation!
Grian já contou em entrevista que ele inspirou a composição da música 💙
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Fontaines D.C. performed:
‘Boys In The Higher Land’ ‘Right here’s The Factor’ ‘Jackie Down The Line’ ‘It’s Wonderful To Be Younger’ ‘Televised Thoughts’ ‘Roman Vacation’ (with Kurt Vile) ‘Huge Shot’ ‘Nabokov’ ‘Earlier than You I Simply Overlook’ ‘Huge’ ‘Bug’ ‘Hurricane Laughter’ ‘Roy’s Tune’ ‘Marianne’ ‘In The Fashionable World’ ‘Favorite’
Encore ‘Six Shot Morning’ ‘I Love You’ ‘Starburster’
‘Roman Vacation’ appeared on Fontaines’ third album ‘Skinty Fia’ in 2022 and chatting with Rolling Stone on the time, Chatten defined: “I’d say that track was fairly impressed by Kurt Vile. I noticed him play in Croatia two years in the past once we had been taking part in there and I envied him. The solar was going down and he was capable of stand there and sit back.”
“We spend 10 minutes earlier than happening stage slapping one another within the face,” he continued. “I envy somebody who can ship a textual content to his child, go off on stage and them simply play very well.”
Fontaines and Vile each appeared on the 2021 Velvet Underground tribute album ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror’, with the previous contributing ‘The Black Angel’s Demise Track’ and the latter masking ‘Run Run Run’.
Talking to NME on the time, Fontaines bassist Conor Deegan III stated it was “class” to be related with Vile on a challenge and described his monitor as “an absolute banger”.
It comes after Fontaines previewed their forthcoming single ‘Marianne’ and lately confirmed that their fifth studio album is on the best way. No additional particulars have been confirmed, however the band have been recognized to be engaged on the report for a while.
Speaking to NME in February final 12 months, bassist Conor Deegan III stated: “It’s a kind of issues the place we will’t cease writing – it’s one thing that we simply do once we’re with one another.”
Guitarist Carlos O’Connell provided one other replace in January, telling NME: “We’ve been writing, it’s been enjoyable. We’re at Studying & Leeds and there are a few reveals earlier than that. I feel if the music is there, it may get busy.”
Fontaines will play a number of reveals round Europe – in France, Switzerland and Austria – within the coming days, earlier than topping the invoice at Studying & Leeds on the finish of the month. They then return house to headline Electrical Picnic in Eire on August 30.
Their return to the stage adopted the demise of their supervisor Trevor Dietz, who they described as “the sixth member of the band”. Their first efficiency since his passing was on the BBC’s last reside session at Maida Vale earlier this month.
They launched the standalone single ‘It’s Wonderful To Be Younger’ in February, coated Sinéad O’Connor’s ‘Black Boys On Mopeds’ for Struggle Baby’s ‘Assist(2)’ album and contributed to the soundtrack for Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.
Vile, in the meantime, launched his tenth studio album ‘Philadelphia’s Been Good To Me’ in Could. He can even be taking part in at Finish Of The Highway pageant in Wiltshire subsequent month.
