Sam Fender has announced a ‘Live At London Stadium’ concert film with a new ‘People Watching’ video – check it out below.
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The new concert film is set for global release on Saturday (November 15), and captures the Mercury Prize-winning artist playing at the 82,500-capacity venue as he kicked off his huge UK summer stadium tour back in June.
As well as being one of his largest shows to date, it was also his first stadium headline date outside of his hometown of Newcastle. To mark the occasion, Fender brought out support act Olivia Dean for a rendition of ‘People Watching‘ track ‘Rein Me In’, the first time the two singers had joined forces on stage.
Later in the show – which also saw him make an impassioned speech in support of Palestine amidst being “subjected to a genocide” – he was also joined by the Easington Colliery Brass Band, who appeared on ‘Remember My Name’. Upon the release of ‘People Watching’, the band revealed that they’d kept their contribution a secret for two years.
Live at London Stadium was directed by Toby L & Kit Monteith and is produced by Up The Game (Blur, Olivia Rodrigo, Liam Gallagher).
Last month, Fender won the Mercury Prize for ‘People Watching’, which garnered the biggest opening week in the UK for a British act since Harry Styles with ‘Harry House’ in 2021.
Fans on social media have since reacted to Fender’s victory, which they dubbed a “hometown” win.
NME gave ‘People Watching’ a four-star review upon its release in February, writing, “Feeling existential, uprooted and disconnected from his old working-class life thanks to his rapid rise to fame, the British guitar hero channels it all into his gorgeous third album.”
Ahead of Elton John collab ‘Talk To You’ being released, Fender told the musician that he has already started thinking about the follow-up to ‘People Watching’. “I’m going to make another album, I think,” he said. “I’ve got a load of other songs, so I want to make another record.”
