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Fontaines D.C. Play Special Jools Holland Set, Then Address AI Video Row

Kiran MachadoPublished just now2 min readBased on 12 sources
Fontaines D.C. Play Special Jools Holland Set, Then Address AI Video Row
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Dublin band Fontaines D.C. have been featured in a special edition of Later… With Jools Holland, the BBC music show hosted by pianist Jools Holland. The five-piece filmed the performance at Alexandra Palace Theatre in London in the week before 21 October 2026, and the full 45-minute set is now available to UK viewers on BBC iPlayer, according to Pitchfork.

The set drew on the band's new album, Dopamine Chamber. The performance included 'Mimesis', 'Tongue', 'You Miss Me' and 'Favourite', the last of which was a radio hit for the band in 2024. The BBC describes the episode as marking the album's release, with the band playing an intimate set in the venue. Individual songs from the performance have also been posted to the BBC Music YouTube channel.

The episode came with a separate and less welcome story. Frontman Grian Chatten told Pitchfork that the band only learned after release that artificial intelligence had been used in the making of the video for 'Marianne'. He said the video's main scenes and effects were made with visual effects (digital imagery added in post-production) and prosthetics (physical makeup and special effects pieces), and that more than 110 people worked on it.

Chatten said the band, their record label and their management were not told about the use of AI in the video's visual effects process. He said the band plans to prevent a repeat by writing an AI ban into future contracts.

The band also used the moment to look ahead. Fontaines D.C. plan a headline tour in 2027 across North America, Europe and Australia, with several dates in Japan. No on-sale dates or ticket prices for those shows have been announced so far.

For fans, the practical news is simple. The Jools Holland set is there to watch in the UK, and the tour is coming next year. The AI question is less simple. Contracts are where artists, labels and managers agree who decides how their work is made, and Chatten's comments point to a gap that the band now wants closed in writing.

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