How to get Sam Fender tickets for 2024 UK tour
The singer-songwriter is heading back on the road this December
Sam Fender has announced a new UK arena tour and teased details of his upcoming third album. The Geordie singer-songwriter will perform nine dates across the country in December, including a huge homecoming gig at Newcastle's Utilita Arena.
Fender, 30, earned rave reviews when he Boardmasters Festival earlier this year and Reading and Leeds Festivals last year. But this new run of shows will mark his first full tour in the UK since spring 2022, so demand for tickets is likely to be high.
To avoid missing about, here's all you need to know about Fender's 2024 tour.
How can I get Sam Fender tickets?
Tickets for Fender's 2024 People Watching Tour are on sale now via Ticketmaster and See Tickets.
Seated tickets are priced between £53.95 and £88.57, and standing ones cost between £67.60 and £82.95. £1 from every ticket sold will be donated to the Music Venue Trust in support of grassroots venues.
Tickets for the Newcastle show have already sold out. They were made available via an exclusive ballot for fans with north-east postcodes.
Where is Sam Fender performing?
Fender's 2024 dates will kick off at Leeds' First Direct Arena on 4 December before visiting Leeds, Manchester, London, Birmingham and Glasgow. The tour will conclude with a date in his home city of Newcastle. Indie band Wunderhorse have been unveiled as his support act.
The Spit of You rocker will embark on a tour of continental Europe in March 2025, playing in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium.
See the full UK tour dates below:
4 December – Leeds, First Direct Arena
6 December – Manchester, Co-Op Live
7 December – Manchester, Co-Op Live
10 December – London, The O2
12 December – London, The O2
13 December – Birmingham, Utilita Arena
16 December – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
17 December – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
20 December – Newcastle, Utilita Arena
Is Sam Fender releasing a new album?
Fender's upcoming third album will be announced "soon", according to the singer's publicist. Details of the LP remain under wraps, although recently debuted a new song called People Watching, and announced in an Instagram post that the album has been mastered.
"We got a new album coming," he told fans at Boardmasters this summer. "We've been working on it for f*****g ages and I'm really, really happy to say we're starting to get to the end of it now and I can't wait for yous to hear it."
The musician was catapulted to fame with his debut LP, 2019's Hypersonic Missiles, which topped the UK chart and spawned the singles Will We Talk? and The Borders. His follow-up album, 2021's Seventeen Going Under, also earned him a number one and a Mercury Prize nomination.
Fender has supported the likes of Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Neil Young on tour, and collaborated with Noah Kahan and Holly Humberstone.
Sam Fender's European tour will visit the UK in December 2024