S am Fender has said the north-east of England is the "best region in the country" after collecting his Mercury Prize in Newcastle. The North Shields singer won the award for his third studio album, ...

Sam Fender crowned winner of Mercury Prize 2025 - He beat competition from Britpop band Pulp, post-punks Fontaines DC and Irish singer CMAT.

The Mercury Prize win for Sam Fender's album People Watching has triggered a massive sales boost, proving the immediate ...

The Geordie artist burst onto the music scene in 2018 with his first single Dead Boys – which was swiftly followed in 2019 with his debut album, Hypersonic Missiles. It became a bestseller, the ...

Sam Fender has won the 2025 Mercury Prize.The 31-year-old musician has received the £25,000 (S$43,480) prize for the best ...

Sam Fender’s 2025 People Watching Australian tour will spotlight a stellar support cast including Esha Tewari, Beddy Rays, Sycco, Day We Ran and Holly Humberstone — bridging the best of Australian and ...

Sam Fender has revealed that he has enjoyed playing gigs in smaller venues on the US leg of his People Watching Tour as it reminds him of his early career performances.

Through floods of tears, visibly shaking and backed by the deafening audience roar of “Toon, Toon”, Newcastle’s homegrown hero Sam Fender won the 2025 Mercury Prize for his third album, People ...

He might have gone into the night languishing in eighth place in the odds on who was going to win, but it's Sam Fender's name who is on the Mercury Prize this year. And, having heard cries of 'fix' ...

After releasing his third studio album, “People Watching,” in February, Sam Fender played to a crowd of 82,500 at London Stadium, headlined three shows at his hometown’s St. James’ Park and even ...

From the barricade, The Anthem’s sound setup made the band feel like a pounding wave of sound — strong, yet sometimes overpowering. However, Fender’s voice cleanly cut through the space, a gorgeous ...

Sam Fender has won the 2025 Mercury Prize for his third album, People Watching, a steely-eyed dissection of working-class ...