People Watching Tour

People Watching Tour is the 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 November 2025, at the Kings Park in Perth, Australia, comprising 56 shows across Europe, North America and Oceania. Wunderhorse, CMAT, Olivia Dean, Young Jesus, Holly Humberstone and others serve as supporting acts.

People Watching Tour

Tour by Sam Fender
Promotional poster
Location	Europe North America Oceania
Associated album	People Watching
Start date	2 December 2024 (2024-12-02)
End date	28 November 2025 (2025-11-28)
No. of shows	52
Supporting acts	Wunderhorse CMAT Olivia Dean Young Jesus The Pale White Ernie Hector Gannet Holly Humberstone Esha Tewari Beddy Rays Sycco Day We Ran
Sam Fender concert chronology

Background

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 October, 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]

Philanthropy

When announcing the tour, Fender revealed that £1 from every ticket sold for the UK dates would be donated to Music Venue Trust, in support of grassroots venues.^[6] The initiative raised over £100,000 which helped support 38 grassroots music venues across the UK. According to the Music Venue Trust, the funds provided urgent emergency assistance to 19 venues facing potential closure and over £50,000 in improvement grants to another 19 venues, enabling essential upgrades to facilities, equipment and infrastructure.^[7]

Concert film

On 5 November 2025, Fender released the trailer for the concert film and announced its upcoming release in partnership with YouTube.^[8] The film, titled Sam Fender - Live at London Stadium, was released on 15 November 2025 and was recorded on 6 June 2025 during his performance at the venue. The concert film also features an appearance by Olivia Dean, who performed "Rein Me In" with Fender on that date.^[9]

Set list

This set list was taken from the show in Dublin on 2 December 2024. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour.^[10]

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"

Tour dates

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][11][12][13][14][15]}

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
3 July[d]	Silverstone	England	Silverstone Circuit
8 August[e]	Copenhagen	Denmark	Valbyparken
16 August	Manchester	England	Wythenshawe Park	Olivia Dean
22 August	Edinburgh	Scotland	Royal Highland Showgrounds
28 August	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Boucher Road Playing Fields	CMAT
30 August[f]	Stradbally	Ireland	Stradbally Hall	—
17 September	Boston	United States	Roadrunner	Young Jesus
19 September	New York		Terminal 5
21 September	Philadelphia		The Fillmore
23 September	Washington, D.C.		The Anthem
25 September	Chicago		Aragon Ballroom
27 September[g]	St. Louis		Forest Park	—
28 September[h]	Franklin		The Park at Harlinsdale
1 October	Laval	Canada	Place Bell	Young Jesus
3 October	Toronto		Coca-Cola Coliseum
14 November	Melbourne	Australia	Sidney Myer Music Bowl	Holly Humberstone Beddy Rays Day We Ran
15 November				Holly Humberstone Beddy Rays Sycco
19 November	Brisbane		Riverstage	Holly Humberstone Sycco
21 November	Sydney		The Showring, Entertainment Quarter	Holly Humberstone Beddy Rays Day We Ran
25 November	Adelaide		Entertainment Centre Arena	Holly Humberstone Esha Tewari
28 November	Perth		Kings Park

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
17 December 2024	Glasgow	Scotland	OVO Hydro	Vocal cord damage[16]
20 December 2024	Newcastle	England	Utilta Arena
11 February 2025	New York	United States	Webster Hall	Health issues[17]
5 July[i]	Werchter	Belgium	Werchter Festivalpark	Vocal cord hemorrhage[18]
6 July[j]	Ewijk	Netherlands	Recreatiegebied Groene Heuvels
11 July[k]	Oeiras[l]	Portugal	Passeio Marítimo de Algés
15 July[m]	Montreux	Switzerland	Montreux Music & Convention Centre

Footnotes

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 3 July 2025, at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone is part of The British Grand Prix.
5. The concert on 8 August 2025, at Valbyparken in Copenhagen is part of Sydforsolen Festival.
6. The concert on 30 August 2025, at Stradbally Hall in Stradbally is part of Electric Picnic Festival.
7. The concert on 27 September 2025, at Forest Park in St. Louis is part of Evolution Music Festival.
8. The concert on 28 September 2025, at The Park at Harlinsdale in Franklin is part of Pilgrimage Festival.
9. The concert on 5 July 2025, at Werchter Festivalpark in Werchter is part of Rock Werchter Festival.
10. The concert on 6 July 2025, at Recreatiegebied Groene Heuvels in Ewijk is part of Down The Rabbit Hole Festival.
11. The concert on 11 July 2025, at Passeio Marítimo de Algés in Oeiras is part of NOS Alive Festival.
12. Billed as Lisbon on the singer's official website.
13. The concert on 15 July 2025, at Montreux Music & Convention Centre in Montreux is part of Montreux Jazz Festival.