Fontaines DC at Slane Castle – How and where to buy tickets

The Dublin band had announced their world tour this week with no mention of Ireland.

Tickets will go on general sale on Thursday, September 3, at 10am, with fans who register with the band's website will get a chance to buy tickets early.

No specific date for the show in Slane has been confirmed, as the announcement was made via the big screen with no other details available.The Fontaines DC show marked the end of a very wet Electric Picnic, with torrential rain plaguing the festival. While others voiced concerns about over crowding.

EP owner Melvin Benn was asked by a local newspaper reporter at a press conference about whether there should be more crowd control for the festival, which has increased its capacity by 15% since 2023, Benn initially denied there was any issue.

The Festival Republic managing director said: “Quite frankly, I don’t think it could have gone better.”

He later acknowledged there had been a crowd collapse when thousands of people tried to enter a tent.

“I don’t know why the crowd collapsed at that point, but the moment that it did, we stopped it. We had medics there. We had security there, and we stopped Armand van Helden going on stage. He hadn’t even got on stage at that point in time," he said.