Sam Fender announces massive stadium tour for 2027

Sam Fender will perform at nine major stadiums across the UK and Ireland, including two nights at Newcastle's St James' Park and a two-night residency at Wembley Stadium.

Sam Fender is set to embark his biggest headlining tour to date next summer with a nine-date, all-stadium run dubbed The Proper Massive stadium tour.

Sam Fender will embark on a nine-date, all-stadium tour next summer with the run of shows kicking off with a two-night residency at St James’ Park. | Melissa Gardner credit

placeholder image — Sam Fender will embark on a nine-date, all-stadium tour next summer with the run of shows kicking off with a two-night residency at St James’ Park. | Melissa Gardner credit

The tour, which will commence at Newcastle’s St James’ Park on June 3rd 2027, will see Fender perform two nights at the home of his beloved Newcastle United before holding a show at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, a two-night residency at Wembley Stadium, shows at Dublin’s Marlay Park and Edinburgh’s Murrayfield before closing out the leg with a two-night residency at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium.

To continue what will be a special year for Fender, The North-East-born superstar will also play his first-ever European festival headline slot at next Summer’s Rock Werchter in Belgium on Saturday 3rd July

To receive access to ticket pre-sale for all UK/Irish headline dates, fans can pre-order Sam’s fourth album now from the official Sam Fender store before 9:00am GMT on Monday 26th October. A unique presale code and link will be sent out via email by 8:00pm on Tuesday 27th October ahead of the ticket pre-sale opening at 9:30am on Wednesday 28th October at 9:30am. Maximum purchase is 6 tickets per person. Entry to presale does not guarantee tickets.

The tour comes after Fender released his number one selling, critically acclaimed third album People Watching in 2025 via Polydor Records. The album won the 2025 Mercury Prize, with Sam also picking up a BRIT Award in 2025, two BRIT Awards, and an Ivor Award for Songwriter of the Year, since its release.

He debuted People Watching’s 'Rein Me In' alongside Olivia Dean at his London Stadium Show to over 80,000 fans in June 2025, before it was released as a duet later that month. In 2026, the song took on a life of its own, culminating in a record breaking 23 non-consecutive weeks at number one, becoming the longest running number one single in British history, taking the Brit Award for Song of the Year, and topping the charts in Ireland for 18 weeks equalling the Irish chart record.