Singer Sam Fender has been forced to cancel a number of his European festival appearances after he was recently diagnosed with a haemorrhage
Sam Elliott-Gibbs Reporter, Bekka Barnard TV & Showbiz Reporter and Daniel Clark
22:04, 08 Jul 2025
Sam Fender been forced to cancel gigs due to serious health issues.
The singer has pulled out of several European festival appearances after suffering a vocal cord haemorrhage. The 31-year-old musician took to Instagram to share a detailed update on his decision.
He revealed that his ear, nose, and throat specialist has diagnosed him with a haemorrhage, prompting medical advice to avoid singing for a fortnight to prevent “lasting damage to [his] vocal cords”.
Breaking the news to fans, Fender explained: “Hey everyone, at the beginning of the week I got my voice checked by my ENT doctor and the cords were slightly swollen.”
Sam Fender has been forced to pull out of a number of festival appearances(Image: Getty Images for Coachella)
“After a few days rest I was advised by my team that I was okay to perform. On stage at Silverstone I could feel that things were a lot harder than usual, I felt I needed to push a lot harder to sing – this is never a good sign.”
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“I’ve just been checked by my ENT again today, as I was concerned about it, and it’s transpired that I’ve had a haemorrhage on one of my vocal cords. I’ve been advised to be on vocal restriction and to not sing for the next 14 days.”
Fender took to social media to break the unfortunate news to his fans(Image: Getty Images)
Sam explained that if he were to “play at these next shows” he would “risk causing lasting damage to his vocal chords,” which means than he will be “unable to perform perform at the upcoming Rock Werchter, Down the Rabbit Hole, NOS Alive and Montreux Jazz Festivals,” reports Somerset Live.
The singer apologised to his followers while updating them on his health(Image: Getty Images)
The singer expressed his regret, stating: “I’m so sorry to everyone who is coming to those festivals with our show in mind. Our fans are the most important thing to us, I hate letting people down and I hate not being able to sing for weeks as it is my only real passion in life.”
Despite a successful summer stadium tour promoting his third album ‘People Watching’, which included performances at London Stadium and St James’ Park, home of his beloved Newcastle United football club, Sam’s recurring injury has impacted his schedule.
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