43 Facts About Sandi Thom

Alexandria Thom was born on 11 August 1981 and is a Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Banff, Scotland.

Sandi Thom became widely known in 2006 after her debut single, "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker ", topped the UK Singles Chart in June of that year, as well as in Australia and Ireland.

Sandi Thom has released six studio albums throughout her career, Smile.

Sandi Thom spent three years playing piano and singing in a band from Gourdon in Aberdeenshire, called The Residents.

Sandi Thom became the youngest student ever to be accepted at the prestigious Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.

In 2003, Sandi Thom graduated from LIPA with a BA in Performing Arts.

Sandi Thom has assisted many charity appeals for Oxfam's work in Malawi and across east Africa.

In 2004, Sandi Thom moved to London to pursue her songwriting career.

Sandi Thom signed a record contract with the record label Viking Legacy, where her mother was director.

Craig Logan, the managing director of RCA Records UK, said that the label was "drawn to" Sandi Thom after hearing of the webcasting, as has Sandi Thom herself.

Paul Kelly of The Independent and others have questioned how Sandi Thom was able to sustain production of the webcast, and its viewership figures, and noted that internet traffic monitors such as Alexa and Technorati show no unusual surge of interest in Sandi Thom until she began to be covered by mainstream media.

In February 2009, Sandi Thom told the press that she would be making her third album as an independent artist after it had been announced that RCA had dropped her from their label without her prior knowledge and who she then claimed pressured her during the making of her second album.

Sandi Thom's cover version of the track "House of the Rising Sun" was released as a download-only single and extra track on the deluxe edition of the album.

Sandi Thom was nominated for Artist of the Year and her label Guardian Angel Recordings was nominated for Record Label of the Year.

Sandi Thom then released her first live concert DVD, which featured a guest performance from former boyfriend Joe Bonamassa.

Sandi Thom played all instruments on the record and produced the album, which failed to chart.

In 2015, it was reported that Sandi Thom had signed to the independent label MITA Records for the release of her sixth studio album.

Sandi Thom self-released the charity single "Tightrope" in March 2017 through The Famous Company, and said in an interview that no release date had been set for her next album, but she hoped it would be out by the end of 2017.

In December 2023, Sandi Thom released "Silence", the lead single from EP, Warpaint.

Sandi Thom made an appearance at the Northsound Radio to 40,000 Free at the Dee festival in Aberdeen on 4 September 2005; a charity gig in Edinburgh later in September 2005, and was described as "hotly-tipped" by the Daily Record.

Sandi Thom supported The Proclaimers on their UK tour in December 2005 and toured with Nizlopi.

In 2008, Sandi Thom was invited by The Who's Pete Townshend to perform for the Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Sandi Thom played the Main Stage at T in the Park 2006, having previously been booked for the lowest billed stage.

Sandi Thom headlined the acoustic tent at the 2006 V Festival with Kasabian.

Sandi Thom has performed at festivals such as Glastonbury, Guilfest and Redbourne; and in Scotland, the Wizard festival and the Belladrum Heart festival.

Sandi Thom supported George Michael on his stadium tour in Denmark in 2008.

Sandi Thom performed at the Blackpool Illuminations Christmas lights switch-on concert alongside presenters of the TV series Top Gear presenters.

On New Year's Eve 2008, Sandi Thom headlined the stage at the Aberdeen's Hogmanay celebrations followed by an appearance on the BBC Hogmanay show from Edinburgh where she sang one song.

Sandi Thom was transferred by citation jet from Aberdeen's Hogmanay street party to Edinburgh's Castle to make both performances possible that night.

Sandi Thom has performed "By Afton Water" at the official Burns Supper in celebration of Robert Burns's 250th birthday in front of Scotland's First Minister.

Sandi Thom then went on to perform in the Library of Congress alongside Sir Sean Connery and a host of Scottish congress members in January 2009.

Sandi Thom dedicated her tour of 2009 to the Homecoming Scotland campaign.

Sandi Thom appeared at the SXSW festival in Texas in March 2009.

Sandi Thom was invited to play a filmed set at Switzerlands Avo Session Basel, supporting Snow Patrol.

Sandi Thom performed alongside The MacDonald Brothers, The Shermans and Gary Mullen.

Sandi Thom announced a tour of "intimate" venues in the UK for early 2011 as well as details of a record to be recorded in Nashville in 2011.

Sandi Thom made several guest appearances with Joe Bonamassa including the Usher Hall in Edinburgh.

Sandi Thom had performed with him some years earlier at a Blues Festival in Nice, France providing lead vocals throughout, when Bonamassa was forced to rest his voice.

In 2013 Sandi Thom performed a series of concerts all over the world including Australia, UK, Holland and ending in Scandinavia late December 2013.

Sandi Thom changed her live show and went out as a solo act simultaneously playing 12 string guitar, stomp box, vocals and harmonica.

In late 2014, Sandi Thom undertook a six-week tour of Australia and for the first time performed a series of concerts in New Zealand, mainly in the South Island.

Sandi Thom performed at the Narooma Blues Festival in Australia in 2014, and then went on to perform a four-week tour of the UK.

Sandi Thom Announced in August 2018 that she was taking up a Friday night Residency for the foreseeable future in the Privee Jazz Lounge Bar at the Domain Hotel Bahrain.