Sam Fender has discussed how kids who bullied him at sixth form are now asking him to play their weddings, to which he has a very succinct reply.Speaking to Sunday Times Culture ahead of his new UK tour, which kicked off in Nottingham last night (March 20), Fender remembered his time at college in the wealthy town of Whitley Bay, and how he was treated differently due to his working-class background in North Shields.“There was a corner of the common room that they used to call peasants’ corner, and that’s where I used to sit,” he remembered. “But they’re all asking us to play their weddings now.
And I subsequently tell them all to fuck off. It’s wonderful.”Fender’s UK and European arena tour continues tonight (March 21) in Liverpool at the M&S Bank Arena, with two dates at London’s Wembley Arena set for early April.Following a run of arena dates, Fender is set to play his biggest show yet at Finsbury Park in London this summer.
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