Olivia Rodrigo just gave Irish fans a moment to remember ahead of her Pyramid Stage headline slot at Glastonbury 2025.
During her show at Dublin’s Marlay Park last night (June 24), she dropped a surprise cover of Fontaines D.C.’s slow-burning gut-punch ‘I Love You’. And it was really bloody good.
It was a move that hit all the right notes. “Lately I’ve been obsessed with this band Fontaines D.C.,” she told the crowd. “I’ve been playing this song alone in my room for fun, and I was wondering if it’d be cool if I played it for you guys.” The audience didn’t need much convincing.
Rodrigo started the song solo, letting the rawness of Grian Chatten’s words settle, before her band slowly joined in to swell the arrangement into something that sat halfway between reverent and raging. It wasn’t a karaoke moment—it was a statement. This wasn’t Olivia dipping her toe in to win indie cred; it was a sign that she gets what makes a song like ‘I Love You’ cut so deep. And in Dublin, of all places, it landed with serious emotional weight with the crowd.
This surprise comes just days before Rodrigo headlines Glasto on Sunday (June 29), taking her career into new territory two years after her breakout set on the Other Stage. If Dublin’s anything to go by, she’s arriving ready—and with taste.
Of course, the timing is also impeccably perfect. Fontaines D.C. are currently riding their own wave, gearing up to headline Finsbury Park and dropping a new album that’s already got critics frothing. That Rodrigo’s drawing from their world suggests her Glastonbury set might have more edge than expected.
Whether she brings the cover to Worthy Farm remains to be seen. But if she does, that quite frankly, sounds unmissable.
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