Carlos O’Connell on his Fontaines D.C. bandmates: “I never thought I’d miss them this much”
nme.comNME caught up with Fontaines D.C.‘s Carlos O’Connell on the red carpet of the BRITs 2023, where he discussed the band’s upcoming tour with Arctic Monkeys, new music, and how much he’s been missing his bandmates while they’ve been on tour.
Watch our video interview with him above.The rest of Fontaines D.C. are currently on a tour of Australia, New Zealand and Japan which began last month; but O’Connell is missing the shows as he awaits the birth of his first child – with Cathal MacGabhann from fellow Irish band The Altered Hours replacing him on guitar for the shows.“It definitely feels weird,” he told NME on the BRIT Awards 2023 red carpet of not being with his bandmates. “I didn’t think much of it at the start to be honest, coming up to it I felt lucky in the way.
I was like, ‘Ah I get a break’, but then obviously when it happens then you’re just sort of like…’I miss them, I miss them a lot’.
I really do. I never thought I’d miss them this much, and I’m just sitting at home without them.“I had a panic week a couple of weeks ago, when I was texting all of them being like, ‘Are you guys OK with me?
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