Elton John: Fontaines D.C. are “the best band out there at the moment”

"The music is really, really, really special" Elton John has declared that Fontaines D.C. are “the best band out there at the moment”.

READ MORE: At home with Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten: “Our personality is bigger than the sound that we make” The pop icon made the statement during the band’s appearance on his Rocket Hour show on Apple Music this week, where he conducted an interview with Fontaines frontman Grian Chatten .

“Having watched you at Glastonbury, having heard the new album, you’ve just grown every album,” John told Chatten. “You seem to have found your feet with this album in such a big way..

.it’s a brilliant record.” The praise continued, with the ‘Your Song’ singer adding: “I think this album takes you – and I’ve been around for a long time – to a different level, and it’s going to stay around for a long, long time.

But what’s more important about it: the music is really, really, really special. Congratulations on everything, Grian. It’s bloody wonderful.

” The band were due to begin their US tour yesterday (September 20) in Seattle, but they were forced to cancel the opening show after Chatten came down with “some kind of flu”. The frontman apologised for the inconvenience, but said playing would risk vocal injury. The tour is set to wrap up on October 20 in Philadelphia, and New York indie rockers and NME Cover alumni Been Stellar are opening at all dates.

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