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Acclaimed indie rock singer-songwriter

The word “meteoric” suffers from frequent misuse. Either it’s mistakenly applied to bands who struggled for a decade or it’s wielded like a slur, as if near-immediate recognition is worth less than years of playing to five people in rural pubs.

Sam Fender’s rise can only be called meteoric and with no negative connotations. His musical grounding is in his DNA, his talent so blatant that it couldn’t go unnoticed. Born in North Shields in 1996, Fender was spotted as a teenager by Ben Howard’s manager and snapped up.

His 2017 debut single Play God demonstrated a gifted songwriter with more than introspection and young love on his mind and a grounding in the greats, from Bruce Springsteen(Opens in new tab) to Jeff Buckley. Two more well-received singles and Fender was riding a wave of hype all the way to a coveted spot on the BBC’s Sound Of 2018 list (alongside Billie Eilish(Opens in new tab) and Lewis Capaldi(Opens in new tab)) and a deal with Polydor.

Sam Fender’s debut EP Dead Boys landed in 2018, gaining gushing reviews for its title track, which addressed suicide in young men. The following year, he won the Critics’ Choice Award at the BRITs without even having released an album yet.

Said album finally arrived later in 2019 in the shape of Hypersonic Missile. Again, reviews were ecstatic and Fender was invited to open for Neil Young(Opens in new tab) and Bob Dylan (Opens in new tab)at Hyde Park as well as a personal invitation from Elton John to play his AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Party. Elton John(Opens in new tab) joined Fender onstage at the party for a rendition of Fender’s song Will We Talk? Sam Fender’s second album, Seventeen Going Under, followed in 2021.

In 2022, Sam Fender solidified himself as one of the most celebrated and successful British artists of his generation, pulling a huge crowd on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury ahead of his own 45,000 sell-out show at London’s Finsbury Park. He also picked up a slew of BRIT, NME, and Ivor Novello Awards, and a first nomination for the prestigious Mercury Prize for his second album.

That same year, Sam Fender announced his first stadium headline show at Newcastle's St. James' Park in the summer of 2023, following in the footsteps of Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan, and becomes the first Geordie musician to headline the stadium.

Fender announced his People Watching tour for December 2024. The seven-date run starts in Dublin at the 3Arena and ends at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle, also stopping at Leeds, Manchester, London, Birmingham and Glasgow – with £1 from every ticket sold for the UK dates to be donated to the Music Venue Trust in support of grassroots venues.

Setlists

    1. -Edge of Seventeen (Stevie Nicks cover)
    2. 1.Angel in Lothian
    3. 2.Will We Talk?
    4. 3.Getting Started
    5. 4.Arm's Length
    6. 5.Wild Long Lie
    7. 6.The Borders (with Jack Burn)
    8. 7.Crumbling Empire
    9. 8.People Watching
    10. 9.Talk to You (New song on People Watching deluxe version)
    11. 10.Howdon Aldi Death Queue
    12. 11.Spit of You
    13. 12.Seventeen Going Under
  1. Encore

    1. 13.The Dying Light
    2. 14.Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young cover) (Live debut for Sam Fender)
    3. 15.Something Heavy
    4. 16.Hypersonic Missiles
    5. -Sabotage (Beastie Boys cover)
    1. -The World We Knew (Over and Over) (Frank Sinatra cover)
    2. 1.The Kitchen
    3. 2.Getting Started
    4. 3.The Borders (Performed with a fan called Byron)
    5. 4.People Watching
    6. 5.Dead Boys
    7. 6.Love Is a Long Road (Tom Petty cover)
    8. 7.Will We Talk?
    9. 8.Spice
    10. 9.Howdon Aldi Death Queue (Paused due to crowd trouble)
    11. 10.Get You Down
    12. 11.Spit of You
    13. 12.Nostalgia's Lie
    14. 13.Alright
    15. 14.Seventeen Going Under
    16. 15.Hypersonic Missiles
    1. -The World We Knew (Over and Over) (Frank Sinatra cover)
    2. 1.The Kitchen
    3. 2.Getting Started
    4. 3.The Borders
    5. 4.People Watching (Live debut; unreleased)
    6. 5.Dead Boys
    7. 6.Love Is a Long Road (Tom Petty cover)
    8. 7.Will We Talk?
    9. 8.Spice
    10. 9.Howdon Aldi Death Queue
    11. 10.Get You Down
    12. 11.Spit of You
    13. 12.Nostalgia's Lie (Live debut; unreleased)
    14. 13.Alright
    15. 14.Seventeen Going Under
  1. Encore

    1. 15.The Dying Light
    2. 16.Hypersonic Missiles
    1. -The World We Knew (Over and Over) (Frank Sinatra cover)
    2. 1.The Kitchen
    3. 2.Will We Talk?
    4. 3.Getting Started
    5. 4.Dead Boys
    6. 5.Mantra
    7. 6.The Borders
    8. 7.Spice
    9. 8.Howdon Aldi Death Queue
    10. 9.Get You Down
    11. 10.Spit of You
    12. 11.Alright
    13. 12.That Sound
    14. 13.The Dying Light
  1. Encore

    1. 14.Saturday
    2. 15.Seventeen Going Under
    3. 16.Hypersonic Missiles
    1. -The World We Knew (Over and Over) (Frank Sinatra cover)
    2. 1.The Kitchen (First time as show opener)
    3. 2.Will We Talk?
    4. 3.Getting Started
    5. 4.Dead Boys
    6. 5.Mantra
    7. 6.The Borders
    8. 7.Spice (Extended intro)
    9. 8.Howdon Aldi Death Queue
    10. 9.Get You Down
    11. 10.Spit of You
    12. 11.Alright
    13. 12.That Sound
    14. 13.The Dying Light
  1. Encore

    1. 14.Saturday
    2. 15.Seventeen Going Under
    3. 16.Hypersonic Missiles

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Reviews

Rating: 4.6 out of 5 based on 70 reviews
  • Sorry Sam but the sound was atrocious

    by KMH on 30/08/2025Rating: 1 out of 5

    Not normally one to complain but feeling incredibly let down. The sound quality at Belfast Boucher Playing Fields was awful. Volume was way too low, kept dipping up and down and could barely hear any saxophone. Should not be able to hear everyone's conversations plus the waltzers at the back of the field over a band playing directly in front of you. We even changed where we were standing throughout the concert but this made no difference. It made what should have been euphoric instrumentals fall flat, reflected in the atmosphere of the crowd. I know Sam himself is not at fault here but I feel like it needs to be said, especially as it seems to be a running theme reading reviews from his previous show in Edinburgh. If you are going to snub Wales and the South West on a "UK"tour the least you could do is make sure the venues you are playing are up to standard. I know I'm not the only one who forked out a small fortune on flights and hotels to attend this concert. It was a real shame, since the set list was fantastic.

  • Sam fender was outstanding CAR PARK WAS A DISGRACE

    by Stevie on 25/08/2025Royal Highland Showgrounds - EdinburghRating: 5 out of 5

    Sam fender was absolutely outstanding but the car park was a shambles. 1 hour and 45 minutes it took to get out the car park

  • Sam Fender fantastic, poor venue.

    by SamiRS on 25/08/2025Royal Highland Showgrounds - EdinburghRating: 4 out of 5

    The performance from Sam Fender was, as always, fantastic. The venue was not ideal, a third screen further back would have helped with visibility, which was obstructed in part due to the multi level FOH, but also as there was a dip in ground height, meaning visibility while in the depths of the crowd was poor. Car parking was also extremely difficult (in terms of finding your car afterwards and lack of direction to be able to leave.

  • Great sound, fab gig

    by Kate on 24/08/2025Royal Highland Showgrounds - EdinburghRating: 4 out of 5

    Summer Sessions was a great venue, good sound, not too crowded, lots of food and drink options. Really liked the close up standing area, that was not too busy.

  • Great show

    by RTTM on 24/08/2025Royal Highland Showgrounds - EdinburghRating: 5 out of 5

    Great show and performance, good setlist. Terrible venue, car parking delays horrendous, view of stage and screen poor, too much time between acts.

  • Shoddy Sound

    by SG26 on 24/08/2025Royal Highland Showgrounds - EdinburghRating: 3 out of 5

    Unfortunately the sound wasn't great. We stood in between two sets of speakers and it genuinely appeared as if they weren't even switched on. Heard more conversations and singing of the crowd around us than Sam. Real shame. Many shouting to turn up the volume. This is the second time we've been to Ingliston and same issue. So, don't think we'll be back to Ingliston as a music venue., unless it's sorted out.

  • Sam Fender - unreal. Venue - the worst ever

    by Ingliston hater on 23/08/2025Royal Highland Showgrounds - EdinburghRating: 1 out of 5

    Overwhelming stench of cheese and dog food the entire concert, reported as everywhere all around, whose idea was it to make a concert venue next to a capital cities airport? Sound atrocious, traffic atrocious, venue organisers have no clue.

  • Great atmosphere for Sam Fender

    by Sam Fender at Edinburgh on 23/08/2025Royal Highland Showgrounds - EdinburghRating: 4 out of 5

    Well laid out & organised concert. Sam Fender was superb. Plenty of food trucks. Only downside was no organisation when leaving car park. Your happy to take money off each customer for parking but no attendants to organise exit basically a free for all . Took approx 1 hour 40 minutes to get out of car park, . Not impressed

  • Sam Fender

    by Gillian on 23/08/2025Royal Highland Showgrounds - EdinburghRating: 5 out of 5

    Great concert although at times the sound was patchy. Thought the curfew was 11 pm so booked midnight Ember bus back to Perth. Bus didn't leave until 00.45 so got home at 2 am!

  • Great concert shame about the car park

    by Gillsy on 23/08/2025Royal Highland Showgrounds - EdinburghRating: 5 out of 5

    Concert was fab. The car work and getting out of it afterwards was a disgrace!