Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten on why he wore Cwmbran Celtic FC Mogwai shirt at Reading 2026

Fontaines D.C. ’s Grian Chatten has revealed why he wore the shirt of Cwmbran Celtic football club during the band’s headline set at Reading Festival 2026 this weekend.

READ MORE: Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026 review: an emotional coronation for the modern indie kings The frontman donned the green and white jersey as he delivered an epic headline set at Reading – where they aired out new singles ‘Six Shot Morning’ and ‘ Marianne ’ from upcoming album ‘ Dopamine Chamber ’, and faced some technical issues that cut their set short.

The shirt was the design made in collaboration with Mogwai , which launched last month as the Scottish post-rock icons – as well as Super Furry Animals , Panic Shack , and Loose Articles – joined forces with the football team for new 2026/27 kits .

An exclusive, limited edition design was made for each band and proceeds from every sale were donated to the Music Venue Trust – helping support grassroots venues and emerging talent across the UK.

Fontaines D.C. live at Reading 2026.

Credit: Andy Ford for NME Speaking to BBC Wales about why he chose to get the Mogwai design, Chatten shared: “I love Cwmbran and I love initiatives that support independent venues.” “Cwmbran Celtic is a club run by volunteers who have a sense of solidarity with the plight independent music venues are facing.

I think that’s class,” he added.

“Also, I love Mogwai”.

View this post on Instagram After he wore the shirt at Reading, Cwmbran Celtic shared their thanks and said that it lead to pre-sales of the design almost doubling – and that they were sending him “a lifetime season ticket”.

“We’re still in shock and can’t thank Grian enough for the support,” the club said, and Matt Jarrett, joint commercial manager for the team, shared that they didn’t consider that a member of another band would be interested in the designs.

“[We] never expected a totally different band, who weren’t on the shirt to end up wearing it on stage,” he shared, adding that it was a friend of the club who worked as the monitor engineer for Fontaines, and helped him get a shirt ahead of the festival slot.

Cwmbran Celtic FC X Mogwai and Loose Articles kits.

CREDIT: Press “In all honesty, we thought we’ll give it to him.

It’ll be nice for him to have it.