People Watching Tour

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People Watching Tour
Tour by Sam Fender
Promotional poster
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated albumPeople Watching
Start date2 December 2024 (2024-12-02)
End date28 August 2025 (2025-08-28)
No. of shows38
Supporting acts
Sam Fender concert chronology
  • Seventeen Going Under Tour
    (2022)
  • People Watching Tour
    (2024–2025)
  • ...

People Watching Tour is the ongoing third concert tour by English singer-songwriter Sam Fender, in support of his third studio album, People Watching (2025). It began on 2 December 2024, at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, and is set to conclude on 28 August 2025, at the Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast, Ireland, comprising 37 shows across Europe and North America. Wunderhorse, CMAT, The War on Drugs, Olivia Dean and Young Jesus serve as supporting acts.

Background

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On 15 October 2024, Fender launched a countdown clock on his website, teasing a major announcement.[1][2] The following day, a portion of the tour poster, displaying only Fender's eyes, was revealed at major venues across the UK.[3] On 18 October, the tour dates were announced, marking Fender's first UK tour since 2022 and including European dates in 2025. Due to high demand, tickets for the show were made available via a ballot for residents of Northeast England. Tickets went on sale on 25 Octobe, with £1 from each ticket sold for the UK dates being donated to the Music Venue Trust, an organization that supported independent music venues.[4] Fender also headlined BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend on 24 May 2025 at Sefton Park in Liverpool.[5]

Setlist

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This setlist was taken from the show in Dublin on 2 December 2024. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour.[6]

  1. "The Kitchen"
  2. "Getting Started"
  3. "The Borders"
  4. "Wild Long Lie"
  5. "All Is on My Side"
  6. "Nostalgia's Lie"
  7. "Arm's Length"
  8. "Will We Talk?"
  9. "People Watching"
  10. "Spice"
  11. "Howdon Aldi Death Queue"
  12. "Get You Down"
  13. "Spit of You"
  14. "Seventeen Going Under"
    Encore
  15. "Hypersonic Missiles"

Notes

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  • "The Dying Light" was added to the setlist after "Spit of You" starting with the show in Leeds.
  • Starting with the first show in Manchester on 6 December 2024, "The Kitchen" was replaced by "Dead Boys" in the setlist.
  • Starting with the first show in London on 10 December 2024, a cover of The Clash's "London Calling" was added to the setlist after "Howdon Aldi Death Queue".
  • "Wild Grey Ocean" was added to the setlist after "Seventeen Going Under" during the second show in Manchester on 7 December 2024, as a fans request.

Tour dates

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List of 2024 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue[4]
Date (2024) City Country Venue Opening acts
2 December Dublin Ireland 3Arena Wunderhorse
4 December Leeds England First Direct Arena
6 December Manchester Co-op Live
7 December
10 December London The O2 Arena
12 December
13 December Birmingham Utilita Arena
16 December Glasgow Scotland OVO Hydro
List of 2025 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue[4][7][8][9][10]
Date (2025) City Country Venue Opening acts
4 March Paris France Olympia CMAT
5 March Tilburg Netherlands 013
8 March Zurich Switzerland Halle 622
10 March Cologne Germany Palladium
12 March Munich Zenith
13 March Bergamo Italy ChorusLife Arena
16 March Berlin Germany Uber Eats Music Hall
18 March Amsterdam Netherlands AFAS Live
19 March Brussels Belgium Forest National
5 April Vancouver Canada Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre Young Jesus
7 April Seattle United States Paramount Theatre
9 April Portland Roseland Theater
11 April Oakland Fox Theater
21 April Tempe Marquee Theater
23 April Salt Lake City The Union Event Center
24 April Denver The Fillmore
24 May[a] Liverpool England Sefton Park —
6 June London London Stadium Olivia Dean
CMAT
12 June Newcastle St. James' Park CMAT
The Pale White
14 June Olivia Dean
CMAT
Ernie
15 June Olivia Dean
CMAT
Hector Gannet
21 June[b] Scheeßel Germany Eichenring —
22 June[c] Neuhausen ob Eck Take Off Park
5 July[d] Werchter Belgium Werchter Festivalpark
6 July[e] Ewijk Netherlands Recreatiegebied Groene Heuvels
11 July[f] Oeiras[g] Portugal Passeio Marítimo de Algés
8 August[h] Copenhagen Denmark Valbyparken
16 August Manchester England Wythenshawe Park Olivia Dean
22 August Edinburgh Scotland Royal Highland Showgrounds
28 August Belfast Ireland Boucher Road Playing Fields CMAT

Postponed concerts

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List of postponed concerts showing date, city, country, venue and reason
Date City Country Venue Reason
17 December 2024 Glasgow Scotland OVO Hydro Vocal cord damage[11]
20 December 2024 Newcastle England Utilta Arena
11 February 2025 New York United States Webster Hall Health issues[12]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ The concert on 24 May 2025, at Sefton Park in Liverpool is part of BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.
  2. ^ The concert on 21 June 2025, at Eichenring in Scheeßel is part of Hurricane Festival.
  3. ^ The concert on 22 June 2025, at Take Off Park in Neuhausen ob Eck is part of Southside Festival.
  4. ^ The concert on 5 July 2025, at Werchter Festivalpark in Werchter is part of Rock Werchter Festival.
  5. ^ The concert on 6 July 2025, at Recreatiegebied Groene Heuvels in Ewijk is part of Down The Rabbit Hole Festival.
  6. ^ The concert on 11 July 2025, at Passeio Marítimo de Algés in Oeiras is part of NOS Alive Festival.
  7. ^ Billed as Lisbon on the singer's official website.
  8. ^ The concert on 8 August 2025, at Valbyparken in Copenhagen is part of Sydforsolen Festival.

References

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  1. ^ Mensah, Jenny (15 October 2024). "Sam Fender launches cryptic countdown clocks as he tells fans to "get ready" for new music". Radio X. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  2. ^ Turner, Emily (16 October 2024). "Sam Fender Teases New Album and Tour with Countdown Announcement". Music and Gigs. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  3. ^ Mensah, Jenny (16 October 2024). "Sam Fender teases arena dates with billboards in London and Manchester". Radio X. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Dunworth, Liberty (18 October 2024). "Sam Fender announces UK and European 'People Watching' tour for 2024 and 2025". NME. Archived from the original on 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Radio 1's Big Weekend 2025 to take place in Liverpool". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  6. ^ Levine, Nick (3 December 2024). "Sam Fender's People Watching UK tour 2024 setlist in full". Official Charts. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Sam Fender Plots North American Tour". Exclaim!. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  8. ^ "London Stadium News : Sam Fender Announces Huge Summer 2025 Stadium date!". London Stadium. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Sam Fender on Instagram". Instagram. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Sam Fender Official Site". Sam Fender | Official Site. Archived from the original on 13 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  11. ^ Lake, Evie (17 December 2024). "Sam Fender cancels Glasgow and Newcastle shows". BBC. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  12. ^ Button, Jason (3 February 2025). "Sam Fender opens up after postponing another show due to health issues". NewcastleWorld. Retrieved 5 February 2025.