People Watching Tour is the ongoing third concert tour by English singer-songwriter

Sam Fender Samuel Thomas Fender (born 25 April 1994) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. Born and raised in North Shields (near Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle), Fender discovered his passion for music during his teenage years and released sev ...

, in support of his third studio album, ''

People Watching People-watching or crowd watching is the act of observing people and their interactions in public. It involves picking up on idiosyncrasies to try to interpret or guess at another person's story, interactions, and relationships with the limited d ...

'' (2025). It began on 2 December 2024, at the

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, Ireland, and is set to conclude on 28 November 2025, at the Kings Park in

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, Australia, comprising 56 shows across Europe, North America and Oceania. Wunderhorse, CMAT,

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, Young Jesus, Holly Humberstone and others serve as supporting acts.

Background

On 15 October 2024, Fender launched a countdown clock on his website, teasing a major announcement. The following day, a portion of the tour poster, displaying only Fender's eyes, was revealed at major venues across the UK. 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

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. Tickets went on sale on 25 Octobe, with £1 from each ticket sold for the UK dates being donated to the

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, an organization that supported independent music venues. Fender also headlined

BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend (R1BW) (previously known as One Big Weekend, for 2012 as Radio 1's Hackney Weekend, and for 2018 as BBC Music's Biggest Weekend) is a British music festival run by BBC Radio 1. It is held once a year, in a different l ...

on 24 May 2025 at

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Setlist

This setlist was taken from the show in Dublin on 2 December 2024. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour. # "The Kitchen" # "Getting Started" # "

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" # "Wild Long Lie" # "

All Is on My Side "All Is on My Side" is a song performed by English musician Sam Fender. The song was released as a digital download on 10 December 2019. The song was written by Sam Fender Samuel Thomas Fender (born 25 April 1994) is an English singer, songwr ...

" # "Nostalgia's Lie" # "

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" # "

Will We Talk? "Will We Talk?" is a song performed by English musician Sam Fender. The song was released as a digital download on 2 July 2019 by Polydor Records as the second single from his debut studio album '' Hypersonic Missiles''. The song was written by Fen ...

" # "

" # "Spice" # "Howdon Aldi Death Queue" # "Get You Down" # " Spit of You" # " Seventeen Going Under" #;Encore # " Hypersonic Missiles"

Notes

* "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

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's "

London Calling ''London Calling'' is the third studio album by the English rock band the Clash. It was originally released as a double album in the United Kingdom on 14 December 1979 by CBS Records, and in the United States in January 1980 by Epic Records. ...

" 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

Cancelled shows

Footnotes

References

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