Sam Fender has announced his biggest UK headline tour to date for 2022 – check out the full schedule below. The North Shields singer-songwriter will hit the road next year in support of his second album Seventeen Going Under, which arrived yesterday (October 8).
The album is emphatic, possessed of an upbeat melody and a wordless middle-eight which sounds like it was designed for crowds to woah-oh-oh along to. Despite the carefree nature the album may present at times, it opens with a grim description of numb teenage nihilism with references to violence, toxic masculinity, and mental illness. It then ends with the image of Fender’s mother facing problems like debt and suffering from fibromyalgia, crying after an unsuccessful application to the Department for Work and Pensions.
There is a sense of urgency to the album that feels penetrating and daring when it could have been easier for Fender to roll out out his festival-ready melodies with something much blander and with less meaning. It seems appropriate therefore that he can showcase his latest work on the biggest ever headline tour Fender has ever embarked on.
Fender’s nine-show stint will include appearances at Wembley Arena in London on April 1, with gigs also taking place in Nottingham (March 20), Liverpool (March 21), Glasgow (March 26), Newcastle (April 5).
Following on from the spring dates, the musician will then play Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl on July 6.
Tickets go on general sale next Friday (October 15) at 9 am BST. Fans can gain early access by pre-ordering Seventeen Going Under before 5 pm next Tuesday (October 12) via Fender’s official website. You can find more information on the tour here.
Fender wrote on social media today. “K!! Buzzing for our biggest tour ever including WEMBLEY ARENA!!! Playing loads of mint venues we’ve never played before!”
The musician and his eclectic six-piece band have already sold out their rescheduled shows which will conclude this November, with two nights at London’s Alexandra Palace, and shows in Glasgow, Cardiff, Leeds, and Newcastle. So fans will surely be eagerly awaiting his next tour so they can hear all of his latest tracks as well as some older favorites.
Sam Fender’s 2022 Tour Dates:
03/20 Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
03/21 M&S Bank Arena – Liverpool
03/24 3Arena – Dublin
03/26 SSE Hydro Arena – Glasgow
03/27 Utilita Arena – Birmingham
03/30 Brighton Centre – Brighton
04/01 SSE Arena Wembley – London
04/05 Utilita Arena – Newcastle
05/06 Castlefield Bowl – Manchester
