TREVOR DIETZ, THE manager of Dublin band Fontaines DC and a former booker for the Workman’s Club on Dublin’s Wellington Quay, has died.

The band announced that their longtime manager had passed away on Sunday, 7 June.

In a tribute posted to Fontaines DC’s social media, the band wrote that they are “utterly heartbroken” to share “we lost our dear friend and manager Trevor”.

“Trevor was beside us from the beginning of our journey as a band, we have never known Fontaines D.C. without him, the sixth member of the band.

“He cared passionately for us and for what was fair and right in the wider world. He was fearless in his beliefs. We will miss him always.”

Dietz pictured with the band, whom he managed for ten years.

The band asked that their and Dietz’s family’s privacy be respected.

Dietz, a mainstay in the Dublin music scene, began working at Workman’s in 2010 as a promoter and booker, running club nights at the busy venue.

Fontaines DC formed while the band members were in college at BIMM in Dublin.

Dietz had spotted them and booked them to play in Workman’s on several occasions, and decided to take on the role of their manager in 2016. His management saw the band ascend to an international level and receive Grammy nominations among other nods.