Fat Dog share retro new single ‘Go Fuck Urself’ ahead of summer festival run

Fat Dog are back with a new single. The South London band have released “Go Fuck Urself,” their first new music of 2026, as they line up a summer of festival dates and a UK and European headline tour in the autumn.

The track follows last year’s debut album WOOF., which arrived after the band’s two standalone 2024 singles, “Peace Song” and “Pray To That.”

“Go Fuck Urself” leans into an ’80s-coloured sound, built on airy synths and steady electro-pop pulse. Frontman Joe Love delivers the opening lines with a dry, almost offhand tone before the song reaches its refrain: “Go and fuck yourself / I’m going to take you all down / before I take myself.”

The single was co-produced by Love and Oli Bayston, whose credits include Mary In The Junkyard and Kelly Lee Owens. It also arrives with a new video that shows Love preparing to step into a wrestling ring.

The release lands as Fat Dog gear up for a busy live schedule. Festival appearances include Pinkpop and Sheffield’s Rock’n’Roll Circus, while the band will also support Kneecap at Crystal Palace Park on June 27 and open for Foo Fighters in Berlin, Vienna and Milan.

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Fat Dog’s 2026 live shows are:

MAY
13 – Nuits Sonores, Lyon, FR
16 – Get Together, Sheffield, UK
23 – Shindig Festival, Malmesbury, UK
24 – Bearded Theory, Derbyshire, UK
30 – Dauwpop Festival, Hellendorn, NL
31 – Ekko, Utrecht, NL

JUNE
6 – Beau Weekend, Nimes, FR
14 – Kesärauha Festival, Turku, FI
21 – Pinkpop Festival, Landgraaf, NL
22 – In Music Festival, Zagreb, HR
27 – Crystal Palace Park, London, UK (supporting Kneecap)

JULY
1 – Olympiastadion, Berlin, DE (supporting Foo Fighters)
3 – Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, AT (supporting Foo Fighters)
5 – Ippodromo Snai La Maura, Milan, IT (supporting Foo Fighters)
10 – Pohoda Festival, Trenčín, SL
11 – Décibulles Festival, Neuve-Église, Alsace, FR
12 – Chauffeer Dans La Noirceur, Normandy, FR
17 – Rock Herk, Herk-de-Stag, BE
18 – Dour Festival, Dour, BE
23 – SEI Festival, Brindisi, IT
24 – TV Spenta, Siena, IT
25 – Deershed, Topcliffe, UK

AUGUST
8 – Pop Messe, Brno, CZ
29 – Rock’n’Roll Circus, Sheffield, UK

SEPTEMBER
5 – End of the Road Festival, Larmer Tree Gardens, UK
17-19 – Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg, DE

OCTOBER
24 – O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK
29 – De Roma, Antwerp, BE
30 – Tivoli, Utrecht, NL
31 – Elysee Montmarte, Paris, FR

NOVEMBER
1 – Stereolux, Nantes FR
3 – Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, FR
4 – Die Kantine, Cologne, DE
6 – Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
7 – Loppen, Copenhagen, DK
14 – Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK
18 – Whelans, Dublin, IE
19 – Whelans, Dublin, IE
24 – Depot, Cardiff, UK
25 – O2 Academy, Bristol, UK
26 – O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK
27 – O2 Academy, Leeds, UK
28 – Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, UK

DECEMBER
3 – Rock City, Nottingham, UK

Last year, WOOF. received a five-star review from NME, which called it “unserious, unhinged and sensational.” The review added: “It’s clear from the get-go that this is not a band who take themselves seriously – you needn’t look further than drummer Johnny ‘Doghead’ Hutchinson’s ever-present latex dog mask. But crucially, they’ve committed to the bit, and it makes the intricate and occasionally miserable post-punk that’s inundated the UK recently seem like a bore in comparison.”

Before the album’s release, Fat Dog spoke to NME as part of The Cover. Keyboardist Chris Hughes talked about the reaction the band get live and what sets them apart.

“What we’ve 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,” he said.

“We get these moments where everything lines up: sometimes, we all look at each other on stage, and quietly recognise that we’re playing a really good gig. It’s an amazing feeling.”