Sam Fender announces UK and European tour dates for 2024/2025 ahead of new album

Sam Fender will hit the road as early as December 2024 with his new tour, People Watching.

The Seventeen Going Under songwriter played warm-up shows earlier this year and has today (Friday, October 18) announced a string of tour dates for the UK and Europe.

News of a new album was confirmed by Fender in a series of cryptic posts to social media, with two countdown dates appearing on his website. The first countdown date revealed dates for his UK and European tour, which will kick off in just two months. The second countdown is still ongoing.

£1 from every ticket sold for the UK dates will be donated to the Music Venue Trust in support of grassroots venues.Tickets for all shows go on sale from 25th October at 10am and can be purchased here.

UK dates for the 2024 leg of the People Watching tour can be found below.

December 4 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
December 6 – Co-Op Live, Manchester
December 10 – The O2, London
December 13 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
December 16 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
December 20 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle

Further dates were announced for European fans, including stop-offs in Paris, Munich, and Amsterdam. Dates for the 2025 shows in Europe can be found below.

March 4 – Olympia, Paris
March 5 – 013 Poppodium, Tilburg
March 8 – Hall 622, Zurich
March 10 – Palladium, Cologne
March 12 – Zenith, Munich
March 13 – ChorusLife Arena, Bergamo
March 16 – Uber Eats Music Hall, Berlin
March 18 – Afas Live, Amsterdam
March 19 – Forest National, Brussels

Fender previously debuted two new songs at two warm-up shows in Plymouth and Newquay. People Watching and Nostalgias Lie both made the setlist and in a review of the live recording, was described as an “eventful and earnest” piece with “grief running through” it.

News of the album release date is expected shortly, and is more than likely set for a 2025 release date. Fender last toured in 2023, concluding his Seventeen Going Under tour with a packed Leeds Festival gig. He had previously played St. James’ Park two nights in a row.