Musician Sam Fender has shared the most Festival Story story ever (Picture: Redferns)
Sam Fender has shared a bizarre memory from his first time at Leeds festival, and thanked a stranger for urinating on his tent.
As you do.
The acclaimed musician has been announced as a headliner for Reading and Leeds festival 2023, alongside the likes of Billie Eilish and Lewis Capaldi.
But it’s far from Sam’s first time at the festival, as he shared with his followers this week.
‘I first went to Leeds festival 10 years ago as a teenager, me and Deano spent the entire week launching hot dogs out of a gazebo pole at random crowds of lads chanting “Yorkshire Yorkshire”,’ he recalled.
‘One night I was out cold in my tent from necking a bottle of vodka at Eagles of Death Metal my tent got set alight.’
Sam shared the story saying the man who urinated on his tent saved his life (Picture: Getty Images)
He revealed ‘some fine young hero from Sheffield pissed out the fire to save me.’
‘Thankfully because of that lad whose name I can’t remember, I didn’t perish in the flames,’ Sam went on.
‘Little did he know he’d just saved Reading and Leeds’s 2023 headliner.’
If that’s not the most Festival Story story ever, we don’t know what is – all that’s left is for Sam to track down his hero.
Sam will join massive names including The Killers and Billie Eilish at the renowned festival (Picture: Redferns)
Sam was this week announced as a headliner in the 2023 Reading and Leeds line-up alongside Bad Guy icon Billie, Someone You Loved star Lewis, The Killers, Foals, Imagine Dragons and more.
Reacting to the announcement, Sam promised to put on an ‘intergalactic’ set.
The line-up also features indie and rock acts Wet Leg, Declan McKenna and Inhaler alongside rappers Slowthai, Tion Wayne, Trippie Redd and Central Cee.
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Dance music will feature with Becky Hill, Bicep Live and MK.
Tickets for the three-day sister events, taking place on August 25 to 27, go on sale at 9am on Monday with further acts to be announced.
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