Sam Fender has announced a show at Belfast Vital 2025 on August 28 as part of his global People Watching Tour, with CMAT featuring as special guest. His upcoming album, People Watching, will be released on Friday, February 21.

 

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The show will take place at Boucher Road Playing Fields, making the North Shields-born artist the first act announced for Belfast Vital 2025. This gig has been added, alongside two other UK dates, to the European leg of his People Watching Tour.

Fender's upcoming album had previously been announced in November 2024, when the album's title track was released. The song's music video was recently released, starring Irish actor and Golden Globes-nominee Andrew Scott.

Fender is known for his UK No. 1 debut album, Hypersonic Missiles (2019), or his Mercury Prize-nominated sophomore album Seventeen Going Under (2021), also No. 1 in the UK.

Tickets for the artist's upcoming show go on sale Friday, February 21 at 10:00am, with fan pre-sale beginning at 11:00am on Tuesday, February 18. For more information you can click here.