North Shields artist Sam Fender has announced a new gig as part of his upcoming 2022 tour. Fans in Yorkshire should keep their diaries free for May 27th, where he’ll be performing in Scarborough Open Air Theatre to 8,000 fans. And, in terms of picturesque scenery, he couldn’t really get much better than this. The seaside setting should provide the perfect accompaniment to his latest batch of Springsteenian-fuelled rockers from his award-winning latest LP, Seventeen Going Under.
Our first ever show in Scarborough on the north east coast. Can’t wait for this!! @ScarboroughOAT
Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am, sign up here to access the presale https://t.co/dfMMb7IvMU pic.twitter.com/xGsVgqUgWd
— Sam Fender (@samfendermusic) March 7, 2022
Fender’s had a good week of it so far. Last Wednesday he bagged two of the most prized awards at the BandLab NME Awards, with the modestly titled Best Album in the World and Best Album by a UK Artist going to him, beating the likes of Little Simz, Halsey and Tyler, the Creator.
To be fair to him, he was more gracious about it than the award title suggests, admitting that he thought Little Simz should have won. Being interviewed at the time, Fender said that “I mean, it’s a bit too far really. It’s not the best album in the world: it was a good ‘un! I thought Little Simz was a little bit better, to be honest. She should have had the award. But, we’re here anyway, and we’ll take it. Thank you very much!“
The BandLab NME Awards aren’t the only people he’s attracting attention from either. Brian Limmond (AKA Limmy) was reportedly “over the moon“ after Fender name-dropped the Scottish comedian, quoting his version of the Star Wars theme (with lyrics) at the awards ceremony. He said that Limmond “has powered our lives”.
And fans of the popular web series Chicken Shop Date may be in for a surprise soon enough, what with its creator (Amelia Dimoldenberg) expressing her interest in getting Fender involved, saying “I really want to get him on my show Chicken Shop Date …. So I want to hang out with him and persuade him to go on a date with me…. I feel like [the BandLab NME Awards] is the perfect place to spot new dates, so I’m super-excited.“
If you’re interested in seeing Fender back in action, tickets for the Scarborough gig go on general sale this Friday at 9 am, and can be accessed from this link. If you want to be extra safe, registration for the 9 am pre-sale on Wednesday is open now at this link, so get booking while you can. And if you want to see where else Fender will be playing over the coming months, you can look on his website here.
