Sam Fender groups up with Newcastle United to public sale worn Carabao Cup soccer shirts for charity
Sam Fender has teamed up with Newcastle United to public sale off Carabao Cup shirts, with the funds raised going to charity. Discover out extra beneath.
The brand new public sale offers Newcastle United followers an opportunity to personal a bit of soccer historical past, as shirts worn by the staff in the course of the Carabao Cup quarter-final victory at St. James’ Park are formally available for purchase.
They arrive with a bespoke design which celebrates the North Shields-born singer, songwriter and guitarist, and every shirt has been match-worn or issued and signed by gamers together with Alexander Isak, Bruno Guimarães and Joelinton.
Obtainable on MatchWornShirt, the proceeds raised from the public sale will likely be donated to the Newcastle United Basis. This can profit neighborhood initiatives throughout the North East, heading to programmes that promote schooling, alternatives, well being and social inclusion for younger folks and households within the space.
Every shirt comes with a private digital certificates of authenticity, and bidding is open now. The public sale will run till January 19 and you may visit here to position a bid and discover out extra info.
The charity efforts from Fender are available celebration of his highly-anticipated third album ‘Individuals Watching’, which is ready to be shared on February 21 through Polydor (pre-order/pre-save here).
The report was produced by Fender alongside his bandmates Dean Thompson and Joe Atkinson, producer Markus Dravs and The War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel.
He first hinted that he had been working with the latter again in March 2024, sharing footage of them within the studio collectively alongside producers, engineers and different musicians. Then, in October Fender confirmed that the brand new album was completed and “mastered”. It is going to be his first LP since 2021’s sophomore album ‘Seventeen Going Below’.
After previewing the album in November with the title observe ‘Individuals Watching‘, Fender went on to announce particulars of some big UK stadium reveals for this summer time.
The reveals will kick off together with his biggest-ever headline present at London Stadium on June 6, earlier than persevering with in his Newcastle hometown at St. James’ Park on June 12, 14 and 15. For the latter, the musician performed that very same 52,000-capacity venue again in 2023, and it’ll additionally see the songwriter break the report for many headline reveals at St James’ Park – an honour beforehand held by The Rolling Stones.
You could find a full listing of 2025 tour dates right here, and visit here for remaining tickets to the entire upcoming reveals.
Final month, Fender’s live performance in Leeds was given a four-star assessment by NME, which learn: “There’s no radical shake-up of the setlist, however reasonably a way of self-confidence to double down on a dependable method that’s served him properly.
“Whereas tonight affirms that ‘Individuals Watching’ materials should struggle for its place, a profitable steadiness of outdated and new might hoist Sam Fender’s profession to unprecedented heights. Glastonbury, anybody?”