Tom Grennan
Barbed Wire
New Single Out Now.
TOM GRENNAN RELEASES NEW SINGLE ‘BARBED WIRE’ AHEAD OF DEBUT ALBUM ‘LIGHTING MATCHES’ RELEASE ON 6TH JULY
“His debut album, Lighting Matches – a raucous collection of big-hearted, stadium-filling singalongs primed for a car stereo.” The Telegraph
“With Paolo Nutini-esque tones, Tom’s vocals are hypnotically beautiful and completely enchanting” Wonderland Magazine
“Grennan has an incredible voice and he's an electrifying live performer: there's something about his lyrics that really hit home as well, in the same way as Kate Tempest or Paolo Nutini” The Independent
“A sensitive, soulful songwriter” The Guardian
What a year it’s been for Tom Grennan, not only selling out his recent UK tour with an incredible show at Shepherds Bush Empire, he went on to announce his Brixton Academy headline show and became one of the only recent artists to do so ahead of their debut album release. His October tour has over 30k tickets combined and this summer he’ll be appearing at 14 festivals, performing in front of over of over half a million people, making him one of the hottest tickets in the UK at the moment.
Barbed Wire is the follow-up single to Sober which featured on Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio X, Absolute and Virgin daytime playlists and saw him break into the Top 40 airplay charts. Already a firm live favorite, Barbed Wire is an uplifting anthem about not letting anything hold you back, ensuring you bring people up with you and kicking back at others who say you can’t “Gotta Stand Tall and Aim Higher, don’t touch the barbed wire”.
Barbed Wire is taken from Grennan’s highly anticipated debut album Lighting Matches which is released on 6th July on Insanity Records. The album is a personal journey for Grennan, exploring sobriety, love, depression, loneliness and reveals an openness and vulnerability ahead of his years. ‘Lighting Matches’ sees Tom working with Grammy award winning producer Fraser T Smith (Stormzy / Adele / Kano / Plan B) and Dan Grech (Liam Gallagher / Killers / Radiohead) and is set to be one of the most important albums of 2018.
Lighting Matches also features the single Found What I’ve Been Looking For, which was being used as the title music to Sky Sports’ Premier League coverage and has racked up over 20 million streams.
ALBUM TRACKLISTING:
1. Found What I've Been Looking For
2. Royal Highness
3. Barbed Wire
4. Run in the Rain
5. Aboard
6. Lighting Matches
7. Lucky Ones
8. Sober
9. I Might
10. Make `em Like You
11. Something in the Water
12. Little By Little Love
(Deluxe)
1. Praying
2. Secret Lover
3. Sweet Hallelujah
4. All Goes Wrong (Acoustic) - Chase & Status (feat. Tom Grennan)
6 May - Hit The North Festival - Newcastle
19 May - The Great Escape Festival
27 May - Neighbourhood Festival warrington
07 Jun - Northside Fesitval - Denmark
08 Jun - Best Kept Secret - Holland
09 Jun - PULS open Air - Germany
14 Jun - Bergen Festival - Norway
22 Jun - Isle Of Wight Festival
23 Jun - Hurricane Festival - Germany
24 Jun - Southside Festival - Germany
01 Jul - TRNSMT Festival - Glasgow
01 Jul - Community Festival - London
05 Jul - Rock Werchter - Belgium
07 Jul - Barn On The Farm
21 Jul - Ahmad Music Festival - Moscow
27 Jul - Kendal Calling
28 Jul - Y-Not Festival
29 Jul - Leopolooza
04 Aug - Neverworld - Kent
05 Aug - Indiependence - Cork
11 Aug - Summerwell Festival - Romania
17 Aug - Rize Festival
22 Aug - Openair - Zurich
24 Aug - Reading Festival
26 Aug - Leeds Festival
01 Sep - Tuckerville Festival - Holland
08 Sep - Chantry Park W/ The Libertines
EURO TOUR
18 Sep - Le Cafe De La Danse - Paris
19 Sep - Ancienne Belgique - Brussels
21 Sep - Melkweg - Amsterdam
23 Sep - Den Ateller - Luxembourg
25 Sep - Schalchthof - Wiesbaden
26 Sep - Technikum - Munich
27 Sep - Grelle Forelle - Vienna
29 Sep - Gretchen - Berlin
30 Sep - Way Back When Festival - Dortmund
01 Oct - Mojo Club - Hamburg
SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR
05 Oct - Rocking The Daisies - Cape Town
07 Oct - In The City Festival - Johannesburg
UK TOUR
10 Oct - Newcastle, Northumbria Institute
11 Oct - Leeds, O2 Academy
12 Oct - Manchester, Manchester Academy
14 Oct - Bristol, O2 Academy
15 Oct - Southampton, 02 Guildhall
16 Oct - London, O2 Academy Brixton
18 Oct - Oxford, 02 Academy
19 Oct - Leicester, 02 Academy Leicester University
20 Oct - Liverpool, 02 Academy
21 Oct - Norwich, UEA
23 Oct - Birmingham, 02 Academy
24 Oct - Sheffield, 02 Academy
25 Oct - Margate, Winter Gardens
28 Oct - Belfast, Limelight2
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