{"id":2412124,"date":"2026-05-11T19:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2412124"},"modified":"2026-05-11T19:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:50:27","slug":"fat-dog-come-back-swinging-with-80s-banger-new-single-go-fuck-urself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fat-dog-come-back-swinging-with-80s-banger-new-single-go-fuck-urself\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat Dog come back swinging with \u201880s banger new single &#8216;Go Fuck Urself\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/fat-dog\">Fat Dog<\/a> have dropped the playful, retro single \u2018Go Fuck Urself\u2019 \u2013 check it out below.<\/p>\n<p>The track is the first from the former <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/the-cover\/fat-dog-22-04-2024-3749161\"><em>NME<\/em> Cover stars<\/a> since they followed up their 2024 debut album \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/fat-dog-woof-review-radar-3788022\">WOOF.<\/a>\u2019 with last summer\u2019s two rowdy standalone singles, \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/listen-to-fat-dog-brash-new-single-peace-song-3814753\">Peace Song<\/a>\u2018 and \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/check-out-fat-dogs-feral-new-single-pray-to-that-3881411\">Pray To That<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, the South London come out swinging with the \u201880s-tinged \u2018Go Fuck Urself\u2019, which centres around airy synths and pulsating electro-pop beats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Some jokers play the same old game \/ No one to annoy \/ Find a mirror and the person to blame<\/em>,\u201d frontman Joe Love casually sings, before building to the nostalgic, tongue-in-cheek chorus: \u201c<em>Go and fuck yourself\/ I\u2019m going to take you all down\/ before I take myself<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The track is co-produced by Love alongside Oli Bayston (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/mary-in-the-junkyard\">Mary In The Junkyard<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/kelly-lee-owens\">Kelly Lee Owens<\/a>) and comes with a gritty new music video, which shows Love mentally preparing to enter the wrestling ring.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fat Dog - Go F*** Urself (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cS99XaH01_A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Go Fuck Urself\u2019 is Fat Dog\u2019s first new music of 2026, and arrives as the band are gearing up to play various festival slots this summer, before kicking off a UK &amp; European headline tour in October.<\/p>\n<p>Festival slots include appearances at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/pinkpop-2026-line-up-announced-with-the-cure-foo-fighters-twenty-one-pilots-and-loads-more-3911697\">Pinkpop<\/a> and Sheffield\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/babyshambles-embrace-gurriers-the-molotovs-lead-stacked-line-up-additions-for-sheffields-rock-n-roll-circus-2026-3936133\">Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll Circus<\/a>, and other huge gigs include <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kneecap-announce-biggest-headline-show-to-date-at-londons-crystal-palace-park-gig-with-the-mary-wallopers-fat-dog-and-more-3911652\">supporting Kneecap at Crystal Palace Park<\/a> on June 27 and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-announce-2026-take-cover-european-stadium-tour-uk-dates-liverpool-anfield-tickets-3906935\">opening for Foo Fighters<\/a> at their arena gigs in Berlin Vienna and Milan.<\/p>\n<p>Check out a list of shows below and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Ffat-dog-tickets%2Fartist%2F5426139\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit here for tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Fat Dog\u2019s 2026 live shows are:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>MAY<\/strong><br \/><strong>13 \u2013 Nuits Sonores, Lyon, FR<\/strong><br \/><strong>16 \u2013 Get Together, Sheffield, UK<\/strong><br \/><strong>23 \u2013 Shindig Festival, Malmesbury, UK<\/strong><br \/><strong>24 \u2013 Bearded Theory, Derbyshire, UK<\/strong><br \/><strong>30 \u2013 Dauwpop Festival, Hellendorn, NL<\/strong><br \/><strong>31 \u2013 Ekko, Utrecht, NL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JUNE<\/strong><br \/><strong>6 \u2013 Beau Weekend, Nimes, FR<\/strong><br \/><strong>14 \u2013 Kes\u00e4rauha Festival, Turku, FI<\/strong><br \/><strong>21 \u2013 Pinkpop Festival, Landgraaf, NL<\/strong><br \/><strong>22 \u2013 In Music Festival, Zagreb, HR<\/strong><br \/><strong>27 \u2013 Crystal Palace Park, London, UK (supporting Kneecap)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JULY<\/strong><br \/><strong>1 \u2013 Olympiastadion, Berlin, DE (supporting Foo Fighters)<\/strong><br \/><strong>3 \u2013 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, AT (supporting Foo Fighters)<\/strong><br \/><strong>5 \u2013 Ippodromo Snai La Maura, Milan, IT (supporting Foo Fighters)<\/strong><br \/><strong>10 \u2013 Pohoda Festival, Tren\u010d\u00edn, SL<\/strong><br \/><strong>11 \u2013 D\u00e9cibulles Festival, Neuve-\u00c9glise, Alsace, FR<\/strong><br \/><strong>12 \u2013 Chauffeer Dans La Noirceur, Normandy, FR<\/strong><br \/><strong>17 \u2013 Rock Herk, Herk-de-Stag, BE<\/strong><br \/><strong>18 \u2013 Dour Festival, Dour, BE<\/strong><br \/><strong>23 \u2013 SEI Festival, Brindisi, IT<\/strong><br \/><strong>24 \u2013 TV Spenta, Siena, IT<\/strong><br \/><strong>25 \u2013 Deershed, Topcliffe, UK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUGUST<\/strong><br \/><strong>8 \u2013 Pop Messe, Brno, CZ<\/strong><br \/><strong>29 \u2013 Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll Circus, Sheffield, UK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEPTEMBER<\/strong><br \/><strong>5 \u2013 End of the Road Festival, Larmer Tree Gardens, UK<\/strong><br \/><strong>17-19 \u2013 Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg, DE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OCTOBER<\/strong><br \/><strong>24 \u2013 O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK<\/strong><br \/><strong>29 \u2013 De Roma, Antwerp, BE<\/strong><br \/><strong>30 \u2013 Tivoli, Utrecht, NL<\/strong><br \/><strong>31 \u2013 Elysee Montmarte, Paris, FR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOVEMBER<\/strong><br \/><strong>1 \u2013 Stereolux, Nantes FR<\/strong><br \/><strong>3 \u2013 Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, FR<\/strong><br \/><strong>4 \u2013 Die Kantine, Cologne, DE<\/strong><br \/><strong>6 \u2013 Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE<\/strong><br \/><strong>7 \u2013 Loppen, Copenhagen, DK<\/strong><br \/><strong>14 \u2013 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK<\/strong><br \/><strong>18 \u2013 Whelans, Dublin, IE<\/strong><br \/><strong>19 \u2013 Whelans, Dublin, IE<\/strong><br \/><strong>24 \u2013 Depot, Cardiff, UK<\/strong><br \/><strong>25 \u2013 O2 Academy, Bristol, UK<\/strong><br \/><strong>26 \u2013 O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK<\/strong><br \/><strong>27 \u2013 O2 Academy, Leeds, UK<\/strong><br \/><strong>28 \u2013 Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, UK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DECEMBER<\/strong><br \/><strong>3 \u2013 Rock City, Nottingham, UK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year, \u2018WOOF.\u2019 was given <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/fat-dog-woof-review-radar-3788022\">a glowing five-star review from <em>NME<\/em><\/a> and described as \u201cunserious, unhinged and sensational\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear from the get-go that this is not a band who take themselves seriously \u2013 you needn\u2019t look further than drummer Johnny \u2018Doghead\u2019 Hutchinson\u2019s ever-present latex dog mask,\u201d the review read. \u201cBut crucially, they\u2019ve committed to the bit, and it makes the intricate and occasionally miserable post-punk that\u2019s inundated the UK recently seem like a bore in comparison.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYCA_i2KoNU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Before the highly anticipated debut album dropped, Fat Dog <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/the-cover\/fat-dog-22-04-2024-3749161\">spoke to <em>NME<\/em> for their time on The Cover<\/a>, where keyboardist Chris Hughes reflected on the huge response they get live and explained what makes them stand out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve got as a band is special. I hear things from my friends who are in other groups, and there just seems to be constant animosity elsewhere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe get these moments where everything lines up: sometimes, we all look at each other on stage, and quietly recognise that we\u2019re playing a really good gig. It\u2019s an amazing feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fat Dog have dropped the playful, retro single \u2018Go Fuck Urself\u2019 \u2013 check it out below. The track is the first from the former NME Cover stars since they followed up their 2024 debut album \u2018WOOF.\u2019 with last summer\u2019s two rowdy standalone singles, \u2018Peace Song\u2018 and \u2018Pray To That\u2019. 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