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Rising star Finn Forster has kicked off 2026 with the official music video for latest single, the heartfelt Pablo, a tribute to his best friend. The visuals were shot in a school, directed by Finn himself, and see him being arrested and taken in for questioning before the music takes over, and has everyone dancing and singing along. Watch here.
Finn has explained of the video creation process, “Pablo was easily one of my favourite videos I’ve ever made. The story of the song is personal for me, and a serious message within a fun track, so I wanted the video to continue that theme, bringing a potentially difficult situation into a fun and lighthearted space. That’s why we start with me seemingly being arrested and taken into custody, but as I tell my side of the story, I start to break the fourth wall with the audience and then my lawyer and the two police officers all come round until we end up partying the night away together! We had a really small team on this video, and it made the experience so special as everyone from the videographer, the label and my manager all got involved on the day to make it happen – I love proving what can happen with a bunch of hardworking people.”
Pablo, which has racked up several plays on BBC Introducing on Radio 1, follows the release of Finn’s EP, Embers, which came out last Spring. Singles from the 4-track body of work have gone on to receive consistent support from the likes of BBC Introducing, BBC Radio 2, Radio X, Amazing Radio and more, plus playlist inclusions from streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music. The Embers EP marked a brand new chapter for Finn, and revealed a new sound sonically.
Finn recently announced his biggest UK headline tour yet! He will kick off this run of dates in Wrexham at The Parish on 14th May, and make his way around venues in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield, Newcastle, York, Sunderland, Manchester and Bristol, before wrapping things up at London’s Colours on 28th May. Tickets are on sale now, and can be found here.
Finn once again joined the mighty Stereophonics and supported them on their UK Winter Arena Tour in December! They hit cities including Birmingham, Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool and London. He supported the Welsh rock band last Summer on their UK & European stadium tour, when he also played festivals Reading & Leeds and Kendal Calling. Finn also supported Bastille in Nottingham at the Motorpoint Arena in November, before his own headline tour began. Check out Finn’s live performance of track, On My Mind at Reading Festival here. Finn has also revealed 3 live videos of him performing in Amsterdam on the Stereophonics stadium tour, which can be seen here.
Last October saw Finn play a show as part of the Mercury Prize Fringe, which took place in Newcastle making it the first time it’s taken place outside of London. Finn also supported pop royalty, JADE shortly before this at the BBC Proms which was also in Newcastle. He shared a dressing room with BBC Radio 1’s Greg James who was also hosting the evening. On stage following Finn’s performance, Greg said, “Can we just take a minute to appreciate the unreal vocals of Finn Forster?”
Finn received the coveted PPL Momentum Fund on behalf of the PRS Foundation last year, and joins the likes of alumni Little Simz, Sam Fender and more. He was also chosen as a Tees Valley Artist Of The Year, earning himself career-defining funding and support which in turn helps boost his region’s creative industries.
Photo credit: Adam Marsden
Catch Finn live:
Headline tour:
14.5 – The Parish, Wrexham
15.5 – Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
16.5 – King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
19.5 – Sidney & Matilda (Basement), Sheffield
20.5 – The Grove, Newcastle
21.5 – The Crescent, York
23.5 – Independent 2, Sunderland
26.5 – The Deaf Institute, Manchester
27.5 – The Exchange, Bristol
28.5 – Colours, London
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