{"id":2117805,"date":"2026-08-29T09:44:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T06:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2117805"},"modified":"2026-08-29T09:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T06:44:33","slug":"fontaines-d-c-live-at-reading-2026-an-emotional-coronation-for-the-modern-indie-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2117805","title":{"rendered":"Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026: an emotional coronation for the modern indie kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NMEAR_NME-READING-2026_AndyFord_FontainesDC-629708.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-3332206\" class=\"post-3332206 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_71 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NMEAR_NME-READING-2026_AndyFord_FontainesDC-629708-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME\" title=\"NMEAR_NME-READING-2026_AndyFord_FontainesDC-629708\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_72\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_73  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_75  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>Reviews<\/span><span>Live Reviews<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_77 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_77\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026: an emotional coronation for the modern indie kings<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_78 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Richfield Avenue, Friday August 28: Grian Chatten and co deliver a headline debut that leaves it all on the field despite a set cut short<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_review_overall tdi_79 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<table class=\"td-review td-fix-index\">\n<tr class=\"td-review-footer rate_stars\">\n<td class=\"td-review-score\">\n<div class=\"td-review-overall\">\n<div class=\"td-review-final-score\">4.5<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_80 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_80\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Andrew Trendell<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_81 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-29T10:44:33+01:00\">29th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_82\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_83  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The chilly night is drawing in and the massive crowd is growing restless with Fontaines D.C. now half an hour late to the stage, through technical\/logistical issues it seems rather than Grian Chatten going all Axl Rose on us. As the lights dip for a rousing intro of a mix of Lankum \u2018Ode To Lullaby\u2019 and Luke Kelly\u2019s \u2018For What Died the Sons of Roisin\u2019 and the band arrive to burst into the effervescent \u2018Boys In The Better Land\u2019, it\u2019s plain to see that the band have been itching to get on this stage. Headlining this hallowed arena of Reading &amp; Leeds is where they\u2019re meant to be.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re co-headlining with Charli XCX, quite a fitting combo given that \u2018Romance\u2019 was the evil indie twin to her \u2018Brat\u2019 summer in the neon green musical equivalent of <em>Barbenheimer<\/em> of 2024 that saw both acts reach their long-awaited breakthroughs. For Fontaines, that peaked with a huge show to 40,000 fans at Finsbury Park. Their comeback for fifth album \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019 could only be something as monumental as this.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0At home with Fontaines D.C.\u2019s Grian Chatten: \u201cOur personality is bigger than the sound that we make\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Seizing the moment, Chatten charges down the gangway for the punk-edged \u2018Here\u2019s The Thing\u2019 before the anguish of \u2018Nabokov\u2019 nearly collapses in on itself as he bellows: \u201c<em>Well this is what it is now, pain, pain<\/em>\u201d. These aren\u2019t the \u2018365 Party Girl\u2019 bangers we were just treated to. These are anthems from the seedy underbelly of modernity, but they still don\u2019t half slap. The cinematic new single \u2018Marianne\u2019 proves a hypnotic hit before \u2018Jackie Down The Line\u2019 makes the darkest sing-along of the day so far, but the first of many. Who can resist the fields of Reading hollering back \u201c<em>shit, shit, shit, BATTERED<\/em>\u201d on \u2018Death Kink\u2019? Fontaines have got the measure of the mindset of their generation. \u201c<em>I don\u2019t feel anything in the modern world,<\/em>\u201d offers Chatten to a crowd with arms outstretched. <em>\u201cI don\u2019t feel bad\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3965506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3965506\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3965506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NMEAR_NME-READING-2026_AndyFord_FontainesDC-629722.jpg\" alt=\"Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME\" width=\"1429\" height=\"2000\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3965506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just as the vast sidescreens slowly rising reveal themselves, tonight\u2019s is a set of tension and release, with the whole band feeling every moment while retaining a horizontal, effortless cool. For the crying guitar wails of \u2018Skinty Fia\u2019 there\u2019s the euphoria of \u2018It\u2019s Amazing To Be Young\u2019. New number \u2018Six Shot Morning\u2019 is a synthy nightmare, bubbling with the paranoia of this digital hellscape that surrounds us (\u201c<em>It\u2019s you and I living for a million years, always<\/em>\u201d), matching the all-out exorcism of \u2018I Love You\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you ready?\u201d asks Chatten after a particularly gnarly outing of \u2018Big Shot\u2019.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s been a hard time for us the last couple of months, and it\u2019s nice to be back here,\u201d he continues, emotional at the memory of their\u00a0late manager Trevor Dietz, who died in June. The words \u2018Trevor Forever\u2019 are scrawled on the side of one of their guitars, and it\u2019s clear that Fontaines \u2013 waving flags for Ireland and Palestine \u2013 intend on leaving absolutely everything on this field for him and what he stood for. The following peak of \u2018Favourite\u2019 and the love it inspires could go on to be the moment of the weekend.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3965507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3965507\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3965507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NMEAR_NME-READING-2026_AndyFord_FontainesDC-60996.jpg\" alt=\"Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3965507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSorry for the short set,\u201d ends Chatten before the pure anxiety explosion of the full stop of \u2018Starburster\u2019. We hear that three songs \u2013 and reportedly another never-played-before new one \u2013 were cut from the setlist due to the delay, and we envy the people at the sister site in Leeds who we assume are going to get the full Fontaines R+L headline experience as it was intended. Either way, tonight was a deserved coronation from the band of our time, even if we didn\u2019t get them in full.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Fontaines D.C. played:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u2018Boys in the Better Land\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Here\u2019s the Thing\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Nabokov\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Marianne\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Jackie Down the Line\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018It\u2019s Amazing to Be Young\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Death Kink\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Televised Mind\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Roman Holiday\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Before You I Just Forget\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Bug\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Big Shot\u2019\u2018Favourite\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018In the Modern World\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Six Shot Morning\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018I Love You\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Starburster\u2019<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3965524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3965524\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3965524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NMEAR_NME-READING-2026_AndyFord_FontainesDC-60676.jpg\" alt=\"Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3965524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Check back at <em>NME<\/em> here for the latest news, reviews, interviews, photos and more from Reading &amp; Leeds 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Fontaines D.C.<\/li>\n<li>Grian Chatten<\/li>\n<li>Indie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_88\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_89  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_93  vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_95  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_97 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>More Stories<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 tdi_98 td-pb-border-top td_module_flex_1--card td_module_flex_1--card--highlight td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td_flex_block\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_98\">\n<div id=\"tdi_98\" class=\"td_block_inner td-mc1-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Here\u2019s what Florence + The Machine played as they headlined Leeds 2026<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Live Reviews<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Geese live at Reading Festival 2026: an apocalyptic show amid a biblical downpour<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Check out Fontaines D.C.\u2019s setlist from emotional Reading 2026 headline performance<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music Interviews<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Jamie T tells us about new album at Reading 2026: \u201cI\u2019m really happy to be where I am\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Jamie T kicks off Reading 2026 with surprise main stage set: \u201cReady for a little dance?\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Fontaines D.C. announce 2026 UK and European arena tour<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_99\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_100  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_102  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_104 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The chilly night is drawing in and the massive crowd is growing restless with Fontaines D.C. now half an hour late to the stage, through technical\/logistical issues it seems rather than Grian Chatten going all Axl Rose on us. As the lights dip for a rousing intro of a mix of Lankum \u2018Ode To Lullaby\u2019 and Luke Kelly\u2019s \u2018For What Died the Sons of Roisin\u2019 and the band arrive to burst into the effervescent \u2018Boys In The Better Land\u2019, it\u2019s plain to see that the band have been itching to get on this stage. Headlining this hallowed arena of Reading &amp; Leeds is where they\u2019re meant to be.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re co-headlining with Charli XCX, quite a fitting combo given that \u2018Romance\u2019 was the evil indie twin to her \u2018Brat\u2019 summer in the neon green musical equivalent of <em>Barbenheimer<\/em> of 2024 that saw both acts reach their long-awaited breakthroughs. For Fontaines, that peaked with a huge show to 40,000 fans at Finsbury Park. Their comeback for fifth album \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019 could only be something as monumental as this.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0At home with Fontaines D.C.\u2019s Grian Chatten: \u201cOur personality is bigger than the sound that we make\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Seizing the moment, Chatten charges down the gangway for the punk-edged \u2018Here\u2019s The Thing\u2019 before the anguish of \u2018Nabokov\u2019 nearly collapses in on itself as he bellows: \u201c<em>Well this is what it is now, pain, pain<\/em>\u201d. These aren\u2019t the \u2018365 Party Girl\u2019 bangers we were just treated to. These are anthems from the seedy underbelly of modernity, but they still don\u2019t half slap. The cinematic new single \u2018Marianne\u2019 proves a hypnotic hit before \u2018Jackie Down The Line\u2019 makes the darkest sing-along of the day so far, but the first of many. Who can resist the fields of Reading hollering back \u201c<em>shit, shit, shit, BATTERED<\/em>\u201d on \u2018Death Kink\u2019? Fontaines have got the measure of the mindset of their generation. \u201c<em>I don\u2019t feel anything in the modern world,<\/em>\u201d offers Chatten to a crowd with arms outstretched. <em>\u201cI don\u2019t feel bad\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3965506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3965506\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3965506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NMEAR_NME-READING-2026_AndyFord_FontainesDC-629722.jpg\" alt=\"Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME\" width=\"1429\" height=\"2000\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3965506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just as the vast sidescreens slowly rising reveal themselves, tonight\u2019s is a set of tension and release, with the whole band feeling every moment while retaining a horizontal, effortless cool. For the crying guitar wails of \u2018Skinty Fia\u2019 there\u2019s the euphoria of \u2018It\u2019s Amazing To Be Young\u2019. New number \u2018Six Shot Morning\u2019 is a synthy nightmare, bubbling with the paranoia of this digital hellscape that surrounds us (\u201c<em>It\u2019s you and I living for a million years, always<\/em>\u201d), matching the all-out exorcism of \u2018I Love You\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you ready?\u201d asks Chatten after a particularly gnarly outing of \u2018Big Shot\u2019.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s been a hard time for us the last couple of months, and it\u2019s nice to be back here,\u201d he continues, emotional at the memory of their\u00a0late manager Trevor Dietz, who died in June. The words \u2018Trevor Forever\u2019 are scrawled on the side of one of their guitars, and it\u2019s clear that Fontaines \u2013 waving flags for Ireland and Palestine \u2013 intend on leaving absolutely everything on this field for him and what he stood for. The following peak of \u2018Favourite\u2019 and the love it inspires could go on to be the moment of the weekend.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3965507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3965507\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3965507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NMEAR_NME-READING-2026_AndyFord_FontainesDC-60996.jpg\" alt=\"Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3965507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSorry for the short set,\u201d ends Chatten before the pure anxiety explosion of the full stop of \u2018Starburster\u2019. We hear that three songs \u2013 and reportedly another never-played-before new one \u2013 were cut from the setlist due to the delay, and we envy the people at the sister site in Leeds who we assume are going to get the full Fontaines R+L headline experience as it was intended. Either way, tonight was a deserved coronation from the band of our time, even if we didn\u2019t get them in full.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Fontaines D.C. played:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u2018Boys in the Better Land\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Here\u2019s the Thing\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Nabokov\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Marianne\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Jackie Down the Line\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018It\u2019s Amazing to Be Young\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Death Kink\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Televised Mind\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Roman Holiday\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Before You I Just Forget\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Bug\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Big Shot\u2019\u2018Favourite\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018In the Modern World\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Six Shot Morning\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018I Love You\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Starburster\u2019<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3965524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3965524\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3965524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NMEAR_NME-READING-2026_AndyFord_FontainesDC-60676.jpg\" alt=\"Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3965524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. Credit: Andy Ford for NME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Check back at <em>NME<\/em> here for the latest news, reviews, interviews, photos and more from Reading &amp; Leeds 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/fontaines-d-c-reading-festival-2026-review-setlist-photos-3965500&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NMEAR_NME-READING-2026_AndyFord_FontainesDC-629708.jpg&#8221;] Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026. 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