At Glastonbury this summer, my number one priority was to see Sam Fender performing his song Seventeen Going Under as the sun went down over the Pyramid Stage on Friday. Legends are all well and good, but there’s something especially magical about sharing someone’s first real “moment” towards the start of an ascent to the A-list.
Not that the 28-year-old from North Shields has been short of special memories during his rapid rise to become one of Britain’s biggest guitar acts. A Brits Critics’ Choice award anointing him as music’s next big thing in 2019 was followed by the prize for British Rock/Alternative Act this year. Both of his albums have been UK number ones, the second one barely leaving the top 40 for most of the past year.
