Sam Fender has announced new album People Watching will release in February next year.
The Hypersonic Missiles hitmaker is set to embark on a tour of the UK and Ireland over December, with all arena dates sold out. A European tour is set to follow in March of next year. People Watching, Fender’s third album and the follow-up to 2021’s Seventeen Going Under, will release on February 21, 2025.
Fender produced the record alongside bandmates Dean Thompson and Joe Atkinson over two years, first in London with producer Markus Dravs and then earlier this year in Los Angeles with The War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel.
South Shields-born photographer Tish Murtha provided the cover for Fender’s third album, with her work closely tied to the documentation of marginalised communities and the working-class in Newcastle.
First single People Watching will release this Friday.
An album tracklist can be found below.
People Watching
Nostalgia’s Lie
Chin Up
Wild Long Lie
Arm’s Length
Crumbling Empire
Little Bit Closer
Rein Me In
TV Dinner
Something Heavy
Remember My Name
Fender confirmed £1 for every ticket sold on the UK tour dates would be donated to the Music Venue Trust in support of grassroots venues.
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 – Halle 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
All dates are sold out. 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.
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