Sam Fender reveals he turned down a collaboration with Elton John

Rod Stewart is discussing his rocky relationship with Elton John.

TRNSMT Festival 2022 has announced another wave of acts, including Sam Fender, Nile Rodgers & Chic and Self Esteem.The three-day festival will return to Glasgow Green between July 8 and July 10 with headline performances from Paolo Nutini, The Strokes and Lewis Capaldi.Today (November 25) organisers have confirmed that Sam Fender will appear in a special guest slot before Nutini on the Friday night (July 8).

Elton John has added two special hometown shows at Watford FC’s stadium Vicarage Road to his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.John has a long-standing relationship with the football club, becoming their chairman in 1976 and remaining to this day as an Honorary Life-President.

BandLab NME Awards return for 2022, with Halsey, Sam Fender, Griff and Rina Sawayama in attendance at the wildest night in music.After a huge comeback in 2020 and a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, our Awards will return to London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 to celebrate the best in music and entertainment from around the globe.

Sam Fender will front a BBC Four documentary about Lindisfarne’s late frontman Alan Hull later this week.The film Lindisfarne’s Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story will see Fender tracing the ’70s band’s history – who were famous for hits such as ‘Lady Eleanor’ and ‘Fog On The Tyne’ – through Hull.The documentary will also feature a number of celebrity talking heads including Sting, Elvis Costello, Mark Knopfler, Eurythmics‘ Dave Stewart and Peter Gabriel.

Sam Fender teamed up with Gang Of Youths frontman Dave Le’aupepe in London last night (November 21) for a cover of Bruce Springsteen‘s ‘I’m On Fire’.The pair performed the 1985 hit single during Fender’s encore at Alexandra Palace, after Gang Of Youths supported the singer earlier in the night.

Elton John and Rod Stewart’s friendship and rivalry has been well documented over the years, with the musicians constantly one-upping each other both in terms of prank-pulling and gift-giving.

It’s that time of year when loads of festive favourites edge their way towards the chart again which means songs from across several generations of pop competing against each other on the Official Christmas Chart.

Sam Fender delivered a live version of recent single ‘Spit Of You’ on US TV last night (November 10).The singer-songwriter appeared as the musical guest on yesterday’s episode of NBC chat show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.Fender recorded the performance of the ‘Seventeen Going Under’ single at his “favourite pub in the world”, the Low Lights Tavern in North Shields.The establishment – the oldest pub in Fender’s hometown – subsequently shared the Fallon video on its social media pages,

forced him to reschedule his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour. He was seen supporting using a cane Wednesday as he received a prestigious honor from Prince Charles.The musician leaned on the walking stick as he was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honor for his music career and campaigning work on AIDS during a ceremony at Windsor Castle.“He is not Superman.

Sam Fender, Kasabian and Madness have been announced as headliners for next year’s Tramlines festival.Sheffield’s biggest city-based music festival will take place at Hillsborough Park on July 22-24. Day tickets and a limited amount of weekend tickets will go on sale at midday on Friday (November 12).

Elton John has been formally awarded a prestigious honour in acknowledgement of a glittering career in music and his campaigning work on Aids. The musician was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour by the Prince of Wales during a Windsor Castle investiture ceremony.

Elton John has no doubt been a member of many exclusive clubs over the decades, but probably nothing quite as exclusive as the one he formally joined on Wednesday.  In an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, Prince Charles anointed the rock star and charity patron as a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour.  It is one of the highest awards that can be bestowed by Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II, to citizens in Britain and across the Commonwealth.The 95-year-old monarch is also a

Sir Elton John just added another to his list of accolades.

Prince Charles anointed the rock star and charity patron as a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour.It is one of the highest awards that can be bestowed by Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II, to citizens in Britain and across the Commonwealth.

Ed Sheeran and Elton John have a Christmas song on the way.

Sam Fender has revealed that his record label want him to cheer up and “write us something happier”.In an interview with Total Guitar (and reported by The List), Fender spoke about how “[my label] do sometimes say, ‘Sam stop being so fucking miserable, write us something a bit happier”.“But I do yearning and hopeful, not happy, because happy is boring,” he explained. “I like what ABBA do, which is sad lyrics and uplifting music.