{"id":2149222,"date":"2025-11-11T16:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T16:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2149222"},"modified":"2025-11-11T16:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T16:44:13","slug":"sam-fender-donates-mercury-prize-winnings-to-uk-grassroots-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sam-fender-donates-mercury-prize-winnings-to-uk-grassroots-venues\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Fender donates Mercury Prize winnings to UK grassroots venues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Sam Fender on &#8216;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8217; (Disney\/Randy Holmes)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Sam Fender<\/strong> is donating his Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venue Trust charity, which supports U.K. grassroots venues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Mercury Prize, which\u00a0recognizes the year&#8217;s best album from a U.K. or Irish artist, comes with a monetary award of\u00a0\u00a325,000, or about $33,000. Fender won the 2025 Mercury Prize with his album\u00a0<em>People Watching<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t be doing what I am doing today if it wasn&#8217;t for all the gigs I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out,&#8221; Fender says in a press statement. &#8220;These venues are legendary, but they are struggling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This is an incredible gesture by Sam, demonstrating once again that artists absolutely understand how vital Grassroots Music Venues are to their careers and to their communities,&#8221; adds Music Venue Trust CEO <strong>Mark Davyd<\/strong>. &#8220;We are honored to accept this donation and will ensure every penny of it makes a direct difference to the campaign to keep live music at the heart of our towns and cities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For more info, visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicvenuetrust.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MusicVenueTrust.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">MusicVenueTrust.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Fender on &#8216;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8217; (Disney\/Randy Holmes) Sam Fender is donating his Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venue Trust charity, which supports U.K. grassroots venues. The Mercury Prize, which\u00a0recognizes the year&#8217;s best album from a U.K. or Irish artist, comes with a monetary award of\u00a0\u00a325,000, or about $33,000. 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