Tom Odell released his debut extended play, Songs from Another Love, in 2012.
26 Facts About Tom Odell
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Tom Odell was born in Chichester, West Sussex, England, to an airline pilot father and a primary school teacher mother.
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Tom Odell spent part of his childhood living in Auckland, New Zealand after his family moved to the country.
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Tom Odell was educated at Seaford College but recalls attending school in New Zealand.
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At 18, Tom Odell abandoned plans to attend the University of York and attempted to gain a place at a music college in Liverpool.
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Tom Odell was signed to In the Name Of, an imprint of Columbia Records.
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Tom Odell was discovered by the label head Lily Allen, who remarked that "his energy onstage reminded me of David Bowie".
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Tom Odell released his debut extended play, Songs from Another Love, in October 2012.
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Tom Odell made his television debut in November 2012 as a performer on Later.
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Tom Odell was announced as one of 15 nominees for the BBC Sound of 2013 poll in January 2013.
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Tom Odell's music has been used in numerous Burberry fashion runway shows.
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Tom Odell was named the BRITs' Critics' Choice Award winner, previously won by artists such as Adele and Florence and the Machine and was the first male artist to win the award, and was interviewed alongside previous winner Emeli Sande during the television ceremony in February 2013.
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Tom Odell was due to support The Rolling Stones at London's Hyde Park on 13 July 2013, but was unable to perform because of illness.
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Tom Odell performed his first new song since the release of Long Way Down, entitled "Alex", on 7 February 2014 at the Plymouth Pavilions.
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Tom Odell was named 'songwriter of the year' at the 2014 Ivor Novello Awards ceremony.
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Tom Odell's song "Grow Old With Me" was featured in an episode of Reign.
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Tom Odell's song "Heal" was used in the movie If I Stay, the TV series NCIS, The Vampire Diaries and Elementary along with "Another Love".
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Tom Odell's music was featured in a Sony advert in 2016, with a cover of "True Colours" by Cyndi Lauper.
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Tom Odell began working on his second studio album in 2015, and played a variety of new songs at Forest Live, a concert series in England's forests by the Forestry Commission.
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The next day, Tom Odell revealed that his sold-out shows were titled the No Bad Days Tour, which kicked off on 20 April 2016 in London.
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On his No Bad Days tour, Tom Odell revealed he was writing for his third album and played several new songs live.
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On 20 December 2017 Tom Odell announced in an interview on BBC Radio 2 that the album was scheduled for release in mid-2018.
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The title "Jubilee Road" is supposed to be a reference to a terraced street in east London that Tom Odell lived on, but when he asked his neighbours if he could use the real name, they responded that they were afraid it would become a tourist destination and would rather him create a fictional name.
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On 8 September 2022, Tom Odell announced the release of his fifth studio album, Best Day of My Life, scheduled for release on 28 October 2022.
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Tom Odell cites David Bowie, Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan, Arthur Russell, Leonard Cohen, Leon Russell, Billy Joel, Randy Newman, Tom Waits, Rodriguez and Bruce Springsteen as influences.