EIGHT DATES FROM PROPER MASSIVE STADIUM TOUR 2027 SELL OUT IN UNDER AN HOUR
NEW RECORDING FEATURES CHOIR FROM SAM’S OLD SCHOOL JOHN SPENCE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL AND BRASS BY THE EASINGTON COLLIERY BAND
SOUNDTRACKS THE 20TH EDITION OF THE ANNUAL JOHN LEWIS CHRISTMAS ADVERT – WATCH
LISTEN TO THE FULL COVER HERE
03 NOVEMBER 2026 (TORONTO, ON) — Sam Fender shares an evocative cover of the Rolling Stones’ iconic, You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Stream the new track here
Self-produced alongside his band mates, Joe Atkinson and Dean Thompson, the song was recorded in Tyneside and features the choir from the John Spence Community High School in North Shields, where Sam was a former pupil, and brass from the Easington Colliery Band.
The recording soundtracks this year’s John Lewis Christmas advert – watch the advert here.
Sam Fender: “It was a privilege to rework such an iconic song by such a legendary band. In the spirit of Christmas, we re-recorded the children’s choir with the kids from my old school, John Spence Community High School, and we arranged a brass section with the Easington Colliery Band.”
Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger: “I’m a fan of Sam’s work, so I was pleased to hear he was covering one of my songs. I think he’s done a great job with it.”
Fans can buy Sam’s cover on 7” and CD from https://shop.samfender.com/. The single is backed with Sam Fender’s 2020 cover of Lindisfarne’s Winter Song, available physically for the first time.
Sam Fender and Polydor Records will be donating 100% of the Net Profits* received from sales in the UK of the CD and 7” single “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” sold via the official Sam Fender online store (https://shop.samfender.com) to Teenage Cancer Trust (registered charity numbers 1062559 (England & Wales) and SC039757 (Scotland)).
TCT is the only UK charity providing specialised nursing care and expert youth support for young people with cancer. They provide support for anyone diagnosed with cancer aged 13-24, and their loved ones too. We fund specialist nurses, youth workers and hospital wards within the NHS, so young people with cancer get the sensitive, individual care and support they need at this unique and critical life stage.
All John Lewis profits from each record sold from John Lewis stores will be donated to Action for Children, the retailer’s charity partner of Building Happier Futures, which helps people who have grown up in care build brighter futures.
Tickets for Sam’s Proper Massive Stadium Tour ’27 went on sale last Friday, with eight dates selling out in under an hour to over 600,000 fans.
The tour, which calls at six cities, includes Sam’s biggest headline shows to date at London’s Wembley Stadium on 18th, 20th June and 2nd September.
It also takes in two nights at Newcastle’s St. James’ Park, before hitting Cardiff’s Principality Stadium for two nights, two nights apiece at Wembley Stadium, Edinburgh’s Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, and at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, before a thirdnight at Wembley Stadium.
The tour also stops at Dublin’s Marlay Park on 1st July, before Sam’s first European festival headline slot at next Summer’s Rock Werchter in Belgium on Saturday 3rd July.
A full run down of the UK live dates can be found below.
Sam Fender released his number one selling, critically acclaimed third album People Watching in 2025 via Polydor Records. The album won the 2025 Mercury Prize, with Sam also picking up a BRIT Award in 2025, two BRIT Awards, and an Ivor Award for Songwriter of the Year, since its release.
He debuted People Watching’s ‘Rein Me In’ alongside Olivia Dean at his London Stadium Show to over 80,000 fans in June 2025, before it was released as a duet later that month. In 2026, the song took on a life of its own, culminating in a record breaking 23 non-consecutive weeks at number one, becoming the longest running number one single in British history, taking the Brit Award for Song of the Year, and topping the charts in Ireland for 18 weeks equalling the Irish chart record.
Sam Fender Live:
3rd June – St. James’ Park, Newcastle* SOLD OUT
5th June – St. James’ Park, Newcastle* SOLD OUT
10th June – Principality Stadium, Cardiff* SOLD OUT
12th June – Principality Stadium, Cardiff*
18th June – Wembley Stadium, London* SOLD OUT
20th June – Wembley Stadium, London* (LAST TICKETS)
1st July – Marlay Park, Dublin SOLD OUT
3rd July – Rock Werchter, Belgium (festival headline)
8th July – Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh* SOLD OUT
10th July – Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh* (LAST TICKETS)
15th July – Etihad Stadium, Manchester* SOLD OUT
17th July – Etihad Stadium, Manchester* SOLD OUT
2nd September – Wembley Stadium, London
*support from Wunderhorse.
