Sam Fender announces 2019 UK Tour

14 January 2019, 22:00 | Updated: 21 January 2019, 11:18

BRITs Critics' Choice 2019 winner Sam Fender
BRITs Critics' Choice 2019 winner Sam Fender. Picture: Press

The BRITs Critics' Choice winner has announced the details of his next single, Play God, along with a May headline tour.

Sam Fender has announced the details of his headline UK tour.

Following a pair of long since sold-out shows in Manchester and London next month, the BRITs Critics' Choice winner has now confirmed a string of live dates for May.

The dates - which kick-off on 2 May at the Ritz in Manchester and end at Bristol’s SWX on the 13 May - also include dates at Shepherds Bush Empire on the 6 and 7 May.

For details of the very special fan pre-sale, head to the Sam Fender Store now.

Tickets go on general sale from 9am on Friday 18 January through www.samfender.com:

READ MORE: Everything you should know about Sam Fender

See Sam Fender perform Play God here:

Sam Fender - Play God (Live) | Vevo DSCVR ARTISTS TO WATCH 2019

Play God was recorded in North Shields and produced by long-standing friend and collaborator Bramwell Bronte.

Sam says of the song: "Play God is set in an alternate dystopian reality that shares similarities with our own world. I wrote it a couple of years ago where there were a lot of big changes happening in both the UK and the States, I had just entered my twenties, I was anxious about the future of the world and its leaders, and it didn't help that I'd just read George Orwell's 1984 at the time. As you can imagine I was pretty paranoid!"

See Sam Fender's Live UK dates below:

25 February – Gorilla, Manchester SOLD OUT

25 February – Electric Brixton, London SOLD OUT

2 May – Ritz, Manchester

3 May – QMU, Glasgow

6 May – Shepherds Bush Empire, London

7 May – Shepherds Bush Empire, London

10 May – The Institute, Birmingham

12 May – Lemon Grove, Exeter

13 May – SWX, Bristol

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