Fontaines D.C. & Rosalía - "Where Is Gone?"
On Monday, Fontaines D.C. shared "Where Is Gone?", the song people have been wondering about since the Dopamine Chamber tracklist dropped in September: a duet with Rosalía, and the first time the Dublin band has given a featured-guest credit on one of its albums. It's the third preview of the record after "Marianne" and "Tongue" (we covered the album announcement here), and it sits at number eight on the tracklist, ahead of the album's release this Friday, October 16 on XL Recordings.
The song had a head start: it leaked over the weekend after white-label 7" copies turned up at album listening events, then arrived officially a few days after Rosalía's appearance on SNL.
Strings, echoes and two very different voices
Dopamine Chamber has so far been described as a colder, more synthetic record. "Where Is Gone?" shows another side of it: a big, dramatic, string-laden ballad built on echoing guitars and sweeping orchestral crescendos, produced by James Ford like the rest of the album. Stereogum hears Bond-theme drama in it, along with a faint echo of Rosalía's 2025 album LUX. The two voices don't melt into each other so much as contrast, Grian Chatten's and Rosalía's lines intertwining while keeping their own colour. Both sing in English.
An unexpected pairing, on paper
For guitarist Carlos O'Connell, the collaboration is personal. He has recently been reconnecting with his Spanish heritage, and says he has followed Rosalía since her debut album, admiring how she keeps a Spanish musical tradition alive — something that felt close, to him, to what the band has tried to do with Irish music. Stereogum also points to the long history of solidarity between Ireland and Catalonia, which gives the meeting an extra layer beyond the music.
It's another turn from a band that has spent five albums refusing to repeat itself, and a first taste of how Dopamine Chamber will sound once the full record lands on Friday.
Album: Dopamine Chamber, out October 16, 2026 on XL Recordings — pre-save / pre-order.
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Upcoming tour dates — UK & Europe, autumn 2026 (support: Chalk):
Thu Oct 15 — The Roundhouse, London, UK
Wed Oct 21 — MEO Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
Thu Oct 22 — Movistar Arena, Madrid, Spain
Sat Oct 24 — Sant Jordi Club, Barcelona, Spain
Mon Oct 26 — Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
Wed Oct 28 — Hangar Stage 1, Belgrade, Serbia
Fri Oct 30 — Sportovní hala Fortuna, Prague, Czech Republic
Sat Oct 31 — Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland
Mon Nov 2 — Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
Thu Nov 5 — Hovet, Stockholm, Sweden
Fri Nov 6 — Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
Sun Nov 8 — Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tue Nov 10 — Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Thu Nov 12 — AFAS Dome, Antwerp, Belgium
Fri Nov 13 — Accor Arena, Paris, France
Fri Nov 20 — M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, UK
Sat Nov 21 — AO Arena, Manchester, UK
Sun Nov 22 — OVO Hydro, Glasgow, UK
Tue Nov 24 — First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK
Wed Nov 25 — Utilita Arena, Birmingham, UK
Fri Nov 27 — The O2, London, UK
2027 highlights:
Jun 26–27 — Slane Castle, County Meath, Ireland
Jun 29 — Blackweir Fields, Cardiff, UK
Jul 1 — St James' Park, Newcastle, UK
Jul 3–4 — Heaton Park, Manchester, UK
Jul 6 — Glasgow Green, Glasgow, UK
Jul 9 — London Stadium, London, UK
Also: North America (spring and fall 2027), plus dates in Asia-Pacific, Latin America and mainland Europe — full list on the band's site.
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