Sam Fender announces rescheduled Birmingham date

He will now play the venue on May 16, with tickets for the previous postponed shows remaining valid.

The 25-year-old musician was set to play the city's O2 Academy last night, but was forced to postpone the show due to illness.

This followed an earlier postponement from December 5 last year.

In a statement released yesterday, the Play God singer said: "I’m gutted to have to do this again. I’ve had an absolute shocker with my health.

"It’s been a series of unfortunate events this last month with chest infections, laryngitis and a family bereavement, and now I’ve come down again with tonsillitis.

"I’m raging, all I want to do is get back out and sing, but I just can’t.

He went on to say that he will reschedule these shows and inform fans of the new dates as soon as possible.

"I know this is massively inconvenient, I can’t apologise enough, I’m so sorry," he continued.

"My immune system is totally s*** at the moment, I’m doing everything I can to combat that.

"The only thing I can do is tear the roof off when we reschedule again. It’s a big year ahead, mental things are coming, I just need a bit more time to heal.

"Thanks to you all for sticking by me, I couldn't ask for better fans. Love you all."

For more information and to buy tickets for the rescheduled date, click here.