Glastonbury 2024: Watch Fontaines D.C. perform ‘Starburster’
Irish post-punks Fontaines D.C. played their biggest set at Glastonbury Festival in their tenure so far as they headlined The Park Stage in front of a packed crowd on June 28th.
While Dua Lipa headlined the Pyramid Stage and Idles were the second biggest slot headlining The Other Stage, thousands flocked to see Fontaines D.C. in a leafier realm of Worthy Farm. Many fans were also clearly eager to hear the new tracks from their forthcoming fourth album, Romance.
Set for release on August 23rd, the stellar singles released so far have provided significant organic hype. Both ‘Starburster’ and ‘Favourite’ have stood out as two of the band’s finest tracks to date. Although varying in their constitution, they both seamlessly exhibit a confidence and melodic knack that bodes beautifully for Romance.
It was evident that this opinion is held by many of their fans with ‘Sarbuster’ receiving a roaring response when they wheeled it out to close their set. The track built on the energy that King Krule had provided in his set prior to the Irish band taking to the stage.
Speaking about ‘Starburster’, bassist Conor Deegan said of the album title, “We’ve always had this sense of idealism and romance. Each album gets further away from observing that through the lens of Ireland, as directly as Dogrel. The second album, A Hero’s Death, is about that detachment, and the third, Skinty Fia, is about Irishness dislocated in the diaspora. Now we look to where and what else there is to be romantic about.”
Meanwhile, Chatten explained how Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s anime, Akira, was a reference point for the upcoming record. “I’m fascinated by that – falling in love at the end of the world. The album is about protecting that tiny flame. The bigger armageddon looms, the more precious it becomes.”
That ethos felt palpable as the band performed the stellar single that launched the record. As O’Connell added: “This record is about deciding what’s fantasy – the tangible world, or where you go in your mind. What represents reality more? That feels almost spiritual for us.”
You can watch Fontaines D.C. deliver the rousing headline performance of the superb new single ‘Starburster’ below.
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