Sam Fender: Last News

Sam Fender has shared details of a new UK and European tour, set to kick off later this year. Find a list of dates and ticket details below.Titled the ‘People Watching’ tour, the new run of shows follows the North Shields singer-songwriter teasing a new announcement recently – launching a countdown clock on his official website which is teasing something happening at midnight tonight (October 18).Billboards were also spotted by fans outside of major UK arenas earlier this week, suggesting that Fender was gearing up for his first UK tour since 2022.Now, the full list of dates for the tour have been shared, with UK and Ireland shows kicking off later this year, before the guitarist heads across Europe in early 2025.With Wunderhorse joining him as a special guest for the tour, dates commence on December 2 with an opening night at Dublin’s 3Arena.

Sam Fender is seemingly hinting at the release date of his new single ‘People Watching’, telling fans to “get ready” for further news incoming.The singer-songwriter confirmed that his third studio record was finished and “mastered” earlier this month, after sharing snippets of new material online. Fender then released a live version of ‘People Watching’ – a song he’d debuted at an intimate gig this summer.Now, the North Shields artist’s official website is counting down to something happening at midnight this Friday (October 18).

Sam Fender has continued to tease his new album, this time by sharing a live version of his as-yet-unreleased song ‘People Watching’ with fans – three years to the day his last album came out.The North Shields singer posted a link on his Instagram Stories which takes fans to a web page where they’re asked for their phone number. Fans then receive a text containing a link to a YouTube video of his performance of ‘People Watching‘ at Boardmasters in August.It’s the same song he shared a teaser of on Instagram last week.

Sam Fender has teased that his new album is now finished and “mastered”, with input from The War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel.Earlier this week, the Geordie singer-songwriter shared a teaser of a euphoric new song on his Instagram Stories, with two snippets being made available for 24 hours.Now, another Instagram post sees Fender writing simply, “mastered x”, alongside a series of photos and videos of the creative process behind the making of the record. Check out the post below:A post shared by Sam Fender (@sam_fender)The photos show Fender in the studio with a guitar strapped around his neck, as well as shots of the studio itself, a screenshot of Tom Petty’s ‘Love Is A Long Road’, and Granduciel playing keyboards alongside other musicians.The videos include snippets of music, including a warm, freestyle saxophone solo, as well as live footage of Fender on stage.Fender first hinted that he had been working with Granduciel in March, sharing footage of them in the studio together in the US, alongside producers, engineers and other musicians.

Sam Fender has shared a teaser of a euphoric new song with fans. Check it out below.The Geordie singer-songwriter took to his Instagram Stories this afternoon (October 2) to share two new snippets of new music with fans.

The War On Drugs have announced a new live album, ‘Live Drugs Again’ – find out more below.Yesterday (September 4), the band took to social media to announce the live record, which is due for release on September 13. The album will be available on streaming platforms, as well as on 2x LP.

Oasis have reformed, speculation has turned to who could support the band during their huge run of UK and Ireland dates next summer.After reports that the Britpop giants would be returning in recent weeks, anticipation reached fever pitch this weekend when Liam Gallagher used his Reading Festival 2024 headline set on Sunday (August 25) to tease an announcement. The social media accounts of Oasis and brother Noel soon shared the same teaser, telling fans that news would be coming at 8am today.The ‘OASIS LIVE 25’ tour will see the band deliver 14 stadium dates between Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin – and there are additional “plans” underway for the tour to “go to other continents outside of Europe later next year”, although no further details have been announced yet.Tickets go on sale from 9am BST (8am IST) on Saturday August 31 and will be available here for UK shows, and here for the Irish dates.Now, fans and artists are speculating who might be supporting the band on tour.Over the weekend, during their headline slot at Wythenshawe Park, Blossoms shared the same teaser on their big concert screens as Liam and Noel, leading many to suspect that the Stockport band will be one of the support acts on tour with the band next summer.

Sam Fender has welcomed singer Brooke Bentham into his band, revealing that “her voice is all over the next album”.Fender took to Instagram to unveil the latest member of his band, writing: “The legend that is Brooke Bentham has joined the band!”.He went on to say that the “first time I met Brooke I learnt how to sing”, adding: “I walked in to the bar to the sound of the best cover of ‘dancing in the dark’ I’d ever heard, and from that moment we were best mates (and I ripped off the way she sings and played that cover to death in almost every gig I’ve ever done) but hey! It fucking worked!!!”.“Anyway, 13-14 years later, she’s joined the band!” he added. “Her voice is all over the next album, it’s been an absolute pleasure singing with her again and I can’t wait for you to hear what we’ve made.”Meanwhile, Bentham herself posted on Instagram to share the news, saying: “I met Sam when I was 16 and we were on the busking circuits in Newcastle. He’s been a best friend and one of my biggest supporters (as you probs know) ever since.

Boardmasters 2024 last weekend, with the charges relating to drug offences, sexual offences and assault.The five-day festival took place in Newquay, Cornwall between August 7-11, with Sam Fender, Stormzy and Chase & Status topping the bill.On Friday night (August 9) a “massive crowd surge” at the event “left a small number of attendees injured”, according to Devon & Cornwall Police. They described it as an isolated incident, and confirmed that “none of the injuries [were] considered serious”.Several punters subsequently spoke out.

Sam Fender brought a superfan called Bryon up to perform ‘The Borders’ at Boardmasters 2024. – check it out below.Fender wasn’t long into his Saturday night headlining slot (August 10) at the Newquay festival when he saw the fan holding up a sign that read “I CAN PLAY THE BORDERS”.Bryon then was brought on stage, with a security guard helping him over the barrier, where he joined in for ‘The Borders’ on acoustic guitar.

Sam Fender has previewed two unreleased songs at his Boardmasters show last night (August 3) – watch fan-filmed footage below.The Geordie recently played a show at Plymouth Pavilions, where he gave two unreleased songs their live debut: ‘People Watching’ and ‘Nostalgia’s Lie’. Fender said the two would appear on his upcoming third album.It will be Fender’s first new music since January’s soulful ‘Iris‘, taken from the Jackdaw soundtrack, and his Noah Kahan collaboration ‘Homesick‘.

Sam Fender has teased more tour dates following his intimate Plymouth show this coming weekend.The ‘Seventeen Going Under’ singer-songwriter will play at the 2,500-capacity Plymouth Pavilions venue on Saturday (August 3) as a warm-up for his headline set at Boardmasters 2024 a week later (10).Tickets for the small gig were soon snapped up by fans, but Fender has promised that further dates are on the horizon.“Wow, that was rapid,” he wrote in response to the Plymouth sell-out, before adding: “More dates coming soon x.” You can see the post below.A post shared by Sam Fender (@sam_fender)This weekend’s show will mark Fender’s first live performance since he headlined Reading & Leeds 2023 last August.Earlier this year, the musician gave an update on his forthcoming third studio album.“We have been recording and recording and making loads of stuff but it got to the point where I thought, ‘We don’t need to get this out yet. We need to get it right’,” Fender explained.“For the second one [‘Seventeen Going Under’], we rushed to get that out and the third one we started rushing and I thought, ‘No, we have got to take the time’.”He added: “I want to do the best I possibly can.

Sam Fender has shared details of an intimate show, which will serve as a warm-up for his upcoming slot at Boardmasters. Find ticket details below.Announced today (July 23), the newly shared live show will be held at the Plymouth Pavilions at the start of August.Scheduled for August 3, the gig comes just a week before the singer, songwriter and guitarist is expected to play a massive headline slot at the UK festival the following weekend (August 10).It will mark one of Fender’s first live shows in 2024 – arriving nearly a year after he took on the mammoth headline slots at Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2023.Tickets for the Plymouth gig go on sale this Friday (July 26) at 10am BST.

Metallica‘s self-titled album – also known as ‘The Black Album’ – has crossed 750 weeks on the Billboard 200 charts – find out more about the milestone achievement below.Yesterday (July 15), Billboard announced the achievement on social media. The album was first released in 1991, and has now spent over 14 years on the charts sporadically since it dropped.The achievement marks only the fourth album in history to reach the milestone.

This evening, pop rock star Avril Lavigne will be bringing her best 2000s hits to Manchester as she takes to the stage at Castlefield Bowl. The Canadian singer will officially kick off this year's Sounds of the City series.

Sam Fender has given an update on his new album, admitting he “rushed” to release ‘Seventeen Going Under‘.Fender gave the update in an upcoming appearance on Sky Arts’ Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends, which sees Brian Johnson and Mark Knopfler interview musicians including Fender, Tom Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Nile Rodgers, Carlos Santana and Emmylou Harris.In the forthcoming interview (as per Music News), the Geordie musician said of his next record: “We have been recording and recording and making loads of stuff but it got to the point where I thought, ‘We don’t need to get this out yet. We need to get it right’.“For the second one [‘Seventeen Going Under’], we rushed to get that out and the third one we started rushing and I thought, ‘No, we have got to take the time’.“I want to do the best I possibly can.

Rick Astley performed at the Manchester venue Co-Op Live in Manchester over the weekend.The star played as part of a test event on Saturday (April 20) ahead of the official opening of the 23,500 capacity venue tomorrow (April 23).The new venue, which is the UK’s largest indoor arena, is located opposite Manchester’s Etihad Stadium, and features a “unique bowl design” that will bring fans “closer to the artist than at other arenas of equivalent size”, according to a spokesperson.Ahead of Astley’s performance, bosses at the venue apologised after some tickets were axed ahead of the show in order to reduce the capacity to 11,000.“To enable us to test the spaces effectively, we have made the difficult decision to reduce overall capacity for today’s test event,” a Co-op Live spokesman told BBC News.Tickets have instead been offered The Black Keys on April 27 “as a gesture of our appreciation”, the spokesman added.The show saw Astley perform a host of his classic hits including ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ along with Sam Fender, Harry Styles and AC/DC covers.

Stone have announced details of their debut album, ‘Fear Life For A Lifetime’. Check out the new single ‘My Thoughts Go’ below.Announced today (April 10), the news of the debut album arrives following the Liverpool quartet sharing their two acclaimed ‘punkadonk’ EPs, and having hit the road with huge names including Sam Fender, Yungblud and Bruce Springsteen.Set for release on July 12, the project is described in a press release as “coming together like a coming-of-age narrative – a place that can help people navigate the tumultuous experiences of young adulthood”.“If you’ve felt love but not always felt you deserved it; if you’ve been ambitious but also wracked with self-doubt; if you’ve been confident at times but crushed by anxiety at others: this is the album for you,” it adds.“Just as importantly, if you’ve ever felt like you don’t belong, Stone offer a community that feels like a welcoming home-from-home.”Comprised of Fin Power (vocals) – the son of both The La’s member and frontman of Cast, John Power – Elliot Gill (guitar), Sarah Surrage (bass) and Alex Smith (drums) – the four-piece recorded the album during sessions in Vermont with producer Rich Costey (Sam Fender, HAIM, Biffy Clyro).During the sessions, they looked to capture snapshots of British youth culture, while also immersing themselves in the life and routines of the small town of Brattleboro.‘Fear Life For A Lifetime’ is now available to pre-order, and you can check out the album artwork below.“This album speaks for everyone’s experiences.

The Streets, Maisie Peters and Ghetts are among artists that have been announced in the next wave of acts for Boardmasters 2024.Professor Green, Cat Burns, Future Utopia and Sammy Virji are also set to perform at the Cornwall surf and music festival from 7-11 August, joining the previously announced Stormzy, Sam Fender, Chase & Status, Becky Hill and more.The latest wave of acts completes the 2024 line-up, where hundreds of acts will perform across 11 stages at two sites on the Cornish Coast – Watergate Bay and Fistral Beach.The DJ line-up for this year is completed by Ewan McVicar, Eliza Rose, Hedex and Eskman, Andy C, Hannah Laing and more.Other artists set to perform at the 2024 edition include Bicep, Nia Archives, Tom Odell, Soft Play, English Teacher and Katy B.Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here. Check out the full line-up below.A post shared by Boardmasters (@boardmasters) Stage splits for the festival have also now been announced, which attendees can check out on the website.This year, the festival has been granted permission to expand its capacity from 53k to 58k.Last year’s headliners for Boardmasters included Lorde, Liam Gallagher and Florence + The Machine, and the event ran between August 9-13.

Tim Burgess is to receive special recognition at the first ever Northern Music Awards in Manchester next month.

AC/DC’s Brian Johnson and Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler are set to star in a new documentary series, named Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends. The six-part series will see the two classic rockers explore the lives of six other music legends, with the show set to run weekly on Sky Arts from April 25. Each episode will see Johnson and Knopfler examine the careers of, respectively, Tom Jones, Sam Fender, Cyndi Lauper, Nile Rodgers, Carlos Santana and Emmylou Harris, with the hosts also playing live with the guests on the episodes.