Newcastle hero Sam Fender has announced two major outdoor Irish gigs at Malahide Castle, Dublin and Ormeau Park, Belfast.

Following the news of two sold out stadium shows at Newcastle’s St. James’ Park, Fender has announced summer 2023 gigs in Belfast on Friday, 23rd June and Dublin on Sunday, 25th June.

Over the past few months, the 28-year-old North Shields musician has solidified himself as one of the most celebrated and successful UK artists of his generation, pulling a huge crowd on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury ahead of his own 45,000 sell-out show at London’s Finsbury Park.

It’s been a huge 2022 so far for Sam Fender, picking up a slew of BRIT, NME and Ivor Novello Awards. The singer-songwriter's debut album, 2019’s Hypersonic Missiles, introduced a smart, street-wise songwriter with a penchant for euphoric, hard-hitting guitar anthems.

However, it was 2021’s Seventeen Going Under that sent the Newcastle artist stratospheric. An acute observer, Fender turns the mirror not only on the streets he grew up walking, but on himself too. The record is a tough-talking but also tender account of Fender’s childhood and finding his feet in the North of England. It’s also a coming-of-age story, marrying relatable family themes and broken friendships with devastatingly colossal choruses.

Having headlined his first festivals in the UK in the Summer of 2022, and sold out all 45,000 tickets of his most recent headline performance in London, Sam Fender has inadvertently become one of the UK's most celebrated musicians of a generation.

Tickets for Dublin are priced €50.35 inclusive and go on sale from 10am on Friday 21st October via ticketmaster.ie and samfender.com.

Revisit our September 2021 interview with Sam Fender here.

Sam Fender Live 2023:

9th June – St. James’ Park, Newcastle SOLD OUT

10th June – St. James’ Park, Newcastle SOLD OUT

23rd June – Ormeau Park, Belfast *New Date*

25th June – Malahide Castle, Dublin *New Date*