Sam Fender has recently announced details of a huge London gig at Finsbury Park for the summer of 2022 to round off the great success garnered by the North Shields’ singer-songwriters’ second album Seventeen Going Under. This sees him following in the footsteps of the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Queens Of The Stone Age, Pulp and Liam Gallagher in headlining at Finsbury Park.
The huge show will begin on Friday, July 15 and will see him joined by a hand-picked roster of Fontaines D.C., Declan McKenna, Beabadoobee, and Goat Girl, with many more yet to be announced. He shared the news via social media stating he “Cannot fucking wait for this!”
Cannot fucking wait for this!
There’ll be a special ticket presale this Wednesday (dec 15th) at 9am. To get access add your details here https://t.co/6vexg863Ns and you’ll receive a link to tickets via email the night before the presale.
General tickets on sale Friday 9am pic.twitter.com/YpA61GfXjg
— Sam Fender (@samfendermusic) December 13, 2021
Fender told NME about the show “It’s the biggest gig we’ve put on so far – 45,000 tickets, It’s gonna be like Sam Fender with his mates and friends. We’ve got Fontaines DC confirmed so far, and I’m so, so excited because I absolutely adore them boys. Their last record was second to none, you know, it was amazing. It’s going to be a really exciting night. I’m just embracing it, man. I’m excited. Just the fact that you mentioned artists like Queens Of The Stone Age and Arctic Monkeys has put a shiver up my spine. We’re here now and we’ve got to fucking pretend that we know what we’re doing!”
He then added: “I’m absolutely psyched to be playing Finsbury Park. What a mad night this is going to be. Some huge artists have played there over the years, and it seems crazy that we will headline it next Summer. I’m bringing some friends along too, it’s gonna be wild. Cannot wait.”
As for his other live plans for 2022, Fender went on to say “We’ve got a big arena tour coming up too. We did a lot of dates this year. Festival-wise I think we’re doing Glastonbury, and whatever ones we didn’t do last year I think we’re doing this year.”
2021 has been a great year for Sam Fender with Seventeen Going Under making it to Number 1 in the UK charts on its release in October 2021 and the title track recently making the musician a star on TikTok. The Finsbury Park show will follow on from his tour of the UK and Ireland in March/April 2022 and his four-nights supporting The Killers in London and Dublin in June.
Tickets will go on pre-sale from 9 am Wednesday, December 15, before then going on general sale from 9 am Friday, December 17, and will be available to purchase here.
