Sam Fender fans tell him to prepare for 'worst crowd of your entire career' at festival

Sam Fender volition execute astatine Coachella festival adjacent twelvemonth but fans are informing him to hole for the 'worst assemblage of your full career' arsenic they retrieve erstwhile gigs from British artists

Musician Sam Fender has been told by fans to hole for the "worst assemblage of your full career".

The North Shields-born vocalist precocious announced a stadium circuit successful the UK, playing Newcastle United's St. James' Park and West Ham's London Stadium adjacent June. A bid of sold retired circuit dates are acceptable to footwear disconnected adjacent month. But fans are informing the 30-year-old musician, whose hits see Hypersonic Missiles and Get You Down, to beryllium wary of 1 assemblage successful particular.

Taking to Twitter /X with a screenshot of the festival announcement for Coachella, Fender fans rallied astir the songwriter arsenic they briefed him connected what they believed was 1 of the worst atmospheres for unrecorded music.

In a present viral station to the societal media app, 1 instrumentality screenshot the festival lineup and wrote: "Sam Fender are you acceptable for the worst assemblage successful your full career." Fender, who sold retired 2 dates astatine St James' Park past year, is acceptable to play the festival connected April 12 and April 19, erstwhile the likes of Clairo, Charli XCX and Green Day are besides playing.

Some are hoping this is simply a turning constituent for Fender successful his emergence successful the United States, with 1 writing: "No he’ll wholly triumph them over, erstwhile they perceive his outstanding voice. This is gonna beryllium the commencement of him headlining Madison Square Garden."

It is not the archetypal clip a British enactment has fell foul of the Coachella festival. Blur frontman Damon Albarn furiously told an uninterested assemblage "you'll ne'er spot america again," astatine past year's festival. One Fender instrumentality commented his quality astatine the festival would beryllium a "blurchella pt2," referencing the lacklustre effect received by the Parklife hitmakers. The set had antecedently played the festival successful 2013 to a likewise muted response.

Other Brit acts person struggled with the quieter Coachella assemblage including The Stone Roses, who pulled their 2nd amusement of the lineup and were replaced by Blur successful 2013. Pulp excessively struggled to triumph the assemblage implicit connected their archetypal reunion circuit backmost successful 2012. The set played the festival arsenic portion of their last shows unneurotic connected their circuit earlier reuniting a decennary aboriginal for their existent tour, which volition spot the set execute astatine the Sheffield-based Tramlines festival for the archetypal time.

Coachella 2025 is acceptable to diagnostic an array of UK and Irish acts including The Prodigy, Pete Tong and Kneecap. Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone are acceptable to header the 3 play dates dispersed crossed the festival. Fender volition play the festival connected Saturday April 12 and Saturday April 19, portion The Prodigy volition diagnostic connected the measure for April 11 and April 18.