Fontaines DC: ‘We`ve no licence to speak for Ireland`
(WorldNews Music)

When Elvis Costello released Trust in 1981, he delivered the famous observation: “You have 20 years to write your first album and 18 months to write your second.” Costello said this with the benefit of being on album number five. Fontaines DC are still a fledgling band, especially compared to an artist with Costello`s longevity, but they`re already turning music industry convention on its head by releasing their second album just a little over a year after their cracking debut, Dogrel. Coincidentally, singer Grian Chatten fondly recalls catching Costello at Iveagh Gardens, where Fontaines DC were originally scheduled to headline tonight. “I`m very sad not to be playing Iveagh Gardens,”...