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Pulp, CMAT and Sam Fender among artists nominated for 2025 Mercury Prize

Britpop band Pulp previously won the prize in 1996 for Different Class.

Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025

CMAT, Pulp and PinkPantheress among Mercury prize shortlist light on new names

Only two debut albums – among them the ‘token’ jazz release – feature among this year’s list of nominations for the coveted UK and Irish music prize

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025

Sabrina Carpenter album sees biggest opening week for non-UK artist in 2025

The US singer’s latest record Man’s Best Friend topped the chart on Friday shifting 85,500 units in its first seven days.

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2025

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"These places are legendary”: Sam Fender’s arena tour raises over £100,000 for UK’s small venues

Money raised will be distributed to 38 different venues

MusicRadar · Sep 4, 2025

Sam Fender’s arena tour gives huge cash boost to UK’s grassroot venues

Sam Fender’s 2024 arena tour raised more than £100,000 for grassroots music venues.

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025

Sam Fender’s tour raised £100,000 to boost grassroots music venues

Almost 40 venues in England, Scotland and Wales have benefitted from the funding.

Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025

Sam Fender to start work on new album latest this year

Sam Fender has revealed he's planning to make a new record later this year.

BANG Premier · Aug 19, 2025

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“Championing the artists who are redefining the role of guitar in music and culture”: Fender Next previously touted Wet Leg, Phoebe Bridgers and IDLES as ‘Ones to Watch’ – find out which artists were handpicked for its class of 2025

UK's Lambrini Girls, Chicago's Horsegirl, Paris' Oracle Sisters and Wuhan's Chinese Football are among this year's picks

Guitar World · Jul 23, 2025

“Time to blast riffs and throw a TV out a hotel window”: IDLES, Wet Leg and Sam Fender all graduated from the Fender Next programme – meet its Class of 2025, ft. Horsegirl, Lambrini Girls, Man/Woman/Chainsaw and more

The Fender Next class of 2025 has been announced and you've got hopecore, punk-rock and the future sound of Chicago indie-rock right here

MusicRadar · Jul 22, 2025

Sam Fender beats Taylor Swift to best-selling vinyl record of the year so far

The 31-year-old’s third album People Watching was released in February this year.

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025

Sam Fender cancels live dates after suffering vocal cord haemorrhage

Sam Fender has been ordered to go on vocal rest for the next two weeks after suffering a vocal cord haemorrhage.

BANG Premier · Jul 7, 2025

Sam Fender cancels festival plans after suffering vocal cord haemorrhage

Sam Fender has revealed via social media that he's suffered a vocal cord haemorrhage.

BANG Premier · Jul 6, 2025

Why Sam Fender has cancelled several European gigs

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The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2025

Sam Fender pulls out of European festivals after vocal cord haemorrhage

Musician said performing over the next few weeks could ‘risk lasting damage’ to his voice

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2025

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Guitar World · Jul 2, 2025

“My parents got divorced – I got a TV off my mum and a guitar from my dad. And it’s still a great guitar”: Sam Fender’s first guitar was a budget Strat copy – and even though he’s selling out stadiums, he still plays it to this day

The indie rock phenom looks back on his beginnings – and how a humble rig, along with Slash’s autobiography, served as his tools for becoming part of the UK’s contemporary rock royalty

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025

Sam Fender’s People Watching is biggest-selling album released this year

Fresh from her Glastonbury headlining slot, Charli XCX also makes it into the top 10 best selling albums of the year

Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2025

Sam Fender and Chappell Roan help bring £1.2bn tourism boost to North West

Sam Fender, Chappell Roan and the Foo Fighters brought music tourists to Manchester, while Taylor Swift’s tour brought overseas fans to the UK.

Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2025

Becky Hill to sing national anthem at 2025 British Grand Prix at Silverstone

The 31-year-old singer will perform God Save The King before the F1 race gets under way on July 6.

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The Conversation · Jun 13, 2025

Sam Fender’s music offers a vision of masculinity that is complex, conflicted and deeply human

By the end of June 2025, Sam Fender will have played four stadium shows to nearly 250,000 people across the UK, with three of those in his native north east. With three albums and over 2 billion streams, his music has earned widespread acclaim. Yet, Fender is no ordinary rock…

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025

Sam Fender hits the target at first of homecoming gigs

The singer had a sold-out crowd at Newcastle United’s St James’ Park in raptures.

Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2025

Sam Fender at the London Stadium: Geordie Springsteen bosses biggest eve gig

4.5/5 Fender effortlessly delivers another victory on his stratospheric rise to the top

BANG Premier · May 15, 2025

Tony Hadley thinks Sam Fender has key Frank Sinatra quality

Former Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley has compared Sam Fender to legendary singers like Boy George and Frank Sinatra.

The Independent UK · May 10, 2025

From the Montreux Jazz Festival to Primavera: the 12 best music festivals in Europe for 2025

SUMMER GUIDE 2025: From a former military airfield to a stage suspended over a lake, many of Europe’s best festivals offer spectacular scenery along with the biggest and best lineups. The Independent’s culture team share their favourites

FourFourTwo · May 9, 2025

Newcastle United announce plans to update badge

Newcastle United last redesigned their crest in 1988

MusicRadar · May 2, 2025

“He was a great hero to all of us, and because he wore glasses this even allowed John Lennon to wear his in public and not have to whip them off if there was a girl passing by!”: Paul McCartney salutes a rock ’n’ roll legend

Buddy Holly influenced The Beatles, the Stones and many more

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