Sam Fender is very pleased to celebrate his debut album hitting number 1 , with news of a new headline tour for next Spring. The shows will include a night at London’s Alexandra Palace, and feature three arena dates, ending the tour with a hometown show at Newcastle Arena on 3rd April. The new dates follow Sam’s forthcoming Winter headline tour in November and December. Most of the shows, including two nights at Brixton Academy and four nights at Newcastle Academy are long since sold out. “[It’s] hard not to imagine the stadium potential of these songs... skyscraper guitars and choruses that accelerate into a surging, full-throttle blas0t” **** -Q “excels at documenting small-town frustration...there are no easy answers here, but Sam Fender’s asking the right questions” **** -NME “vital and exciting” **** -The Times “Superb.” –The Sunday Times “What a joy to find a young British guitar-playing singer-songwriter wrestling with big issues of the world at large... Every song bristles with explosive ideas.”**** -The Telegraph