Fontaines Dc: Fontaines D.C. headline Reading Festival on Friday night
fontaines dc are scheduled to headline Reading Festival on Friday 28 August 2026. UK viewers are expected to see coverage on BBC One from 10.40pm BST, with the performance due to appear on BBC iPlayer afterwards, although the precise start time of the band’s set has not been established. Yahoo Entertainment
Fontaines D.C. headline Reading Festival on Friday night
The group is one of the headline acts at this year’s Reading and Leeds Festivals, which began on Thursday 27 August. The other acts listed at the top of the bill are Charli xcx, Florence And The Machine, Raye, Chase And Status and Dave. Yahoo Entertainment
BBC One coverage is scheduled to begin at 10.40pm BST on Friday. The available report says the programme will show selected headline sets across the weekend, with footage uploaded to BBC iPlayer shortly afterwards. It does not provide a confirmed time for when Fontaines D.C. will actually come on stage.
The set is therefore a live broadcast event rather than a confirmed past performance as of the latest reporting. Viewers who miss the BBC One coverage are expected to be able to watch it on iPlayer afterwards, subject to the report’s stated TV licence requirement. Yahoo Entertainment
The Reading set follows news of a fifth album
The headline appearance comes shortly after the band announced its fifth album, Dopamine Chamber. The record is due to follow 2024’s Romance and is scheduled for release through XL Recordings on 24 October 2026.
The first single from the album is titled “Marianne”. The available report also identifies Grian Chatten as the group’s frontman and includes his description of the album as a space built around different mind- or mood-altering pieces of music. Yahoo Entertainment
No further details about the Reading setlist or whether new material will be played are established in the available reporting.
Electric Picnic is the next listed festival date
After Reading and Leeds, Fontaines D.C. are due to play Electric Picnic at Stradbally Hall in Ireland on 30 August. Hot Press describes the appearance as the group’s first headline slot at the festival. Hot Press
The magazine places that booking in the context of the band’s earlier Electric Picnic appearances. It says they first played there eight years ago on what was then the Body & Soul stage, before returning in 2022 after releasing three albums: Dogrel, A Hero’s Death and Skinty Fia. Hot Press
Hot Press also notes that Skinty Fia reached No. 1 in both the UK and Ireland, and that the band later won the BRIT Award for International Group. It describes Romance as a more adventurous release, recorded with producer James Ford, and says the album followed Grian Chatten’s 2023 solo record Chaos For The Fly. Hot Press
For now, the confirmed immediate development is the Reading Festival headline appearance and its planned BBC coverage on Friday night. The exact stage time and setlist remain unconfirmed.