Sam Fender will perform live after his album of the year nomination [BBC] Artist Sam Fender will be one of the performers at this year's Mercury Prize ceremony after being shortlisted. It is the first ...

Singer-songwriter Sam Fender has won the 2025 Mercury Prize for his third album People Watching. The announcement was made at the award ceremony in Newcastle on Thursday night, marking the first time ...

Sam Fender has won the 2025 Mercury Prize for his third album, People Watching, a steely-eyed dissection of working-class life in the north of England. The singer looked stunned when his name was ...

Sam Fender has won the 2025 Mercury Prize for his album People Watching. The annual award is given to best album released by a musical act from the UK or Ireland, as determined by a panel of music ...

Sam Fender has said the north-east of England is the "best region in the country" after collecting his Mercury Prize in ...

Sam Fender’s third album People Watching has been nominated for another national award following his Mercury Prize success.

The Mercury prize almost always produces surprises – among them, Gomez not The Verve in 1998, and English Teacher not Charli XCX in 2024 – but perhaps the biggest surprise is that the prize has ...

Fresh off his Mercury Prize win, Sam Fender has shared a new song, “Talk to You,” which features Elton John on piano. The Marcus Dravs-produced track comes off on the forthcoming deluxe edition of ...