Tom Grennan

Tom Grennan
Tom Grennan performing on Haldern Pop Festival 2017
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Bedford, United Kingdom
Occupation
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
Years active 2014–present
Musical career
Genres
Labels
  • Insanity Records
Website tomgrennanmusic.com

Tom Grennan (born 8 June 1995) is a British singer-songwriter based in London, England. He is signed with Insanity Records.

Biography

Grennan was born in Bedford. His father is a builder, and his mother was a teacher. He is of Irish/English origin and a big fan of football and particularly Manchester United. He played football at a young age for the Bedford Park Tigers. He attended St Thomas More Catholic School. His younger brother is an aspiring boxer.

At 18, he was mugged by a group of strangers on the street and was left with four metal plates and screws in his jaw that "still hurt when winter comes".[1][2] He trained to become a professional footballer. He played for Luton Town for a while, tried for Northampton Town and Aston Villa. But he was later released. He worked briefly at Costa Coffee. He told Music Week: "I was close to playing over in the States but something was telling me not to and obviously it was the music".[3][4]

His musical beginnings are obscure, but he says he was at a house party where he sang "Seaside" from The Kooks. He didn't remember it, but his friends were impressed and pushed him into performing more.[2][4] He studied acting at university.[2] Also at age 18, he started doing gigs around London with his acoustic guitar, mainly in small pub appearances for almost three years. After a performance at Finsbury pub, a representative of Insanity Records heard him play and offered a contract.[4] His debut EP, Something in the Water was produced by Charlie Hugall. He had his big break when he was featured in the Chase & Status 2016 single "All Goes Wrong" that was picked as "Hottest Record" on Annie Mac's Radio 1 Show. After that he was invited for an appearance on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, and a follow up appearance on BBC Two's show Later... with Jools Holland.[5] The song charted in the UK Singles Chart peaking at number 65.[6] It also charted in Scotland and some European charts.

In 2017, he was shortlisted for MTV Brand New Award singing at MTV Showcase at London's Electric Ballroom on 2 February 2017).[7] Also in 2017, he had a cameo appearance in Charli XCX's music video for her song "Boys" alongside many well-known artists and duetted with grime MC Bugzy Malone on "Memory Lane".[2] He performed in Trafalgar Square during the F1 Live in London show in support of Formula One drivers. He started an all UK tour in March 2018 in support of his upcoming album Lighting Matches due for release in July 2018. His song "Found What I've Been Looking For" appears on the FIFA 18 soundtrack and is also used by Sky Sports as the theme song for Super Sunday.

Discography

Albums

EPs

  • Something in the Water (October 2016)
  • Release the Brakes (March 2017)
  • Found What I've Been Looking For (July 2017)

Singles

  • "Something in the Water" (July 2016)
  • "Praying" (March 2017)
  • "Found What I've Been Looking For" (July 2017)
  • "Royal Highness" (September 2017)
  • "I Might" (December 2017)
  • "Wishing on a Star" (January 2018)
  • "Sober" (February 2018)
  • "Barbed Wire" (May 2018)

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References

  1. ↑ OX magazine: The BBC Sound of 2017 longlisted singer-songwriter talks praise, lyrics, school days and festival sets
  2. 1 2 3 4 The Guardian: Tom Grennan - the pop wideboy putting dark days behind him
  3. ↑ Sound of 17 on BBC Music: Tom Grennan - Raw, emotive vocals on top of acoustic guitar melodies
  4. 1 2 3 Metro UK: All Eyes On Tom Grennan. Got discovered drunk singing at a party. Now he's a favourite of Elton John
  5. ↑ The Calm Zone: Tom Grennan finds what he’s been looking for
  6. ↑ OfficialCharts: Chase & Status ft Tom Grennan
  7. ↑ Toggle: Tom Grennan teased about singing by football friends
  8. ↑ "Tom Grennan | full Official Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "IRMA – Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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