Tom Odell returns with Don’t Let Me Go, his first new music of 2025 and a taster to a new full-length project expected later in the year.
Don’t Let Me Go was recorded at London’s RAK Studios and acts as a timely reminder of how effortlessly evocative Tom can be with both words and melody. Ruminating on love and life, yearning and heartbreak, Tom is a songwriter whose music has long since connected with millions of people of all ages and all walks of life, and whilst 14 billion “career streams” sounds like a lot (it is), it feels like Tom might only now be entering his imperial phase as an artist.
The London based musician is currently touring European arenas in support of Billie Eilish, kicking off with two nights at Stockholm’s Avicii Arena already this week, and concluding at Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi on 15th June. Tom intersperses those support dates by heading out to North America for a string of intimate headline shows that includes New York’s Webster Hall on 13th May. He arrives back in the UK for a performance at Radio One’s Big Weekend in Liverpool on 24th May, before embarking on a handful of tiny European dates which all sold out instantly. This short European run is interspersed with a very special headline show at the 350 capacity Battersea Arts Centre on 8th July, the first-time fans will have seen him play at a venue of that size in over a decade.
Meanwhile over on TikTok, Tom’s 2012 breakthrough hit Another Love has spent the last two years going quietly stratospheric, entering the top 50 on the Billboard TikTok chart, and soundtracking millions of TikTok videos, most commonly in support of Ukraine as a sign of hope, and by Iranian women to soundtrack protest videos in response to the death of Mahsa Amini whilst in the custody of the ‘morality police’. The song, originally written by a young Tom making his very first moves in this enduring musical career, has since accumulated over 2.8 billion streams on Spotify, becoming one of the top 25 most streamed songs of all time on the platform.
But these big streaming numbers and the accumulation of industry awards (BRITs and Ivor Novellos) only paint part of the story of this talented musician who manages to shoot arrows to the heart right across the globe that instantly relate to millions. It’s one reason why artists both young (The Last Dinner Party, Billie Eilish, AURORA) and old (Cat Stevens, Elton John) have expressed their love and support for what he does.
As an introduction to what comes next, Don’t Let Me Go, is a beautifully pertinent example of where Tom’s at in 2025, and ultimately where he might still be heading.
Billie Eilish Support Dates:
26th April – Unity Arena, Oslo
28th April – Royal Arena, Copenhagen
29th April - Royal Arena, Copenhagen
2nd May – ZAG Arena, Hanover
4th May – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
5th May - Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
7th May - Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
9th May – Uber Arena, Berlin
29th May – Lanxess Arena, Cologne
30th May – Lanxess Arena, Cologne
1st June – O2 Arena, Prague
3rd June – Tauron Arena, Krakow
4th June – Tauron Arena, Krakow
8th June – Unipol Arena, Bologna
14th June – Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
15th June - Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Intimate Headline Tour:
12th May - Lincoln Theatre, Washington, D.C.
13th May - Webster Hall, New York, NY
14th May - Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
16th May - Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
17th May - The State Theatre, Portland, ME
19th May - MTELUS, Montreal, QB
20th May - Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
24th May – Radio One’s Big Weekend 2025, Sefton Park, Liverpool
11th June – Sala Apolo, Barcelona – SOLD OUT
18th June – Heimathafen Neukölln, Berlin – SOLD OUT
3rd July – Bouffes du Nord, Paris – SOLD OUT
8th July – Battersea Arts Centre, London – SOLD OUT
15th July – De Wester, Amsterdam – SOLD OUT
15th September – Emo’s, Austin, TX
16th September – Echo Lounge & Music Hall, Dallas, TX
18th September – Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta, GA
19th September – Exit/In, Nashville, TN
20th September – Mercury Ballroom, Louisville, KY
22nd September – The Vogue, Indianapolis, IN
23rd September – The Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
24th September – Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
26th September - House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
27th September – St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI
Don’t Let Me Go was recorded at London’s RAK Studios and acts as a timely reminder of how effortlessly evocative Tom can be with both words and melody. Ruminating on love and life, yearning and heartbreak, Tom is a songwriter whose music has long since connected with millions of people of all ages and all walks of life, and whilst 14 billion “career streams” sounds like a lot (it is), it feels like Tom might only now be entering his imperial phase as an artist.
The London based musician is currently touring European arenas in support of Billie Eilish, kicking off with two nights at Stockholm’s Avicii Arena already this week, and concluding at Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi on 15th June. Tom intersperses those support dates by heading out to North America for a string of intimate headline shows that includes New York’s Webster Hall on 13th May. He arrives back in the UK for a performance at Radio One’s Big Weekend in Liverpool on 24th May, before embarking on a handful of tiny European dates which all sold out instantly. This short European run is interspersed with a very special headline show at the 350 capacity Battersea Arts Centre on 8th July, the first-time fans will have seen him play at a venue of that size in over a decade.
Meanwhile over on TikTok, Tom’s 2012 breakthrough hit Another Love has spent the last two years going quietly stratospheric, entering the top 50 on the Billboard TikTok chart, and soundtracking millions of TikTok videos, most commonly in support of Ukraine as a sign of hope, and by Iranian women to soundtrack protest videos in response to the death of Mahsa Amini whilst in the custody of the ‘morality police’. The song, originally written by a young Tom making his very first moves in this enduring musical career, has since accumulated over 2.8 billion streams on Spotify, becoming one of the top 25 most streamed songs of all time on the platform.
But these big streaming numbers and the accumulation of industry awards (BRITs and Ivor Novellos) only paint part of the story of this talented musician who manages to shoot arrows to the heart right across the globe that instantly relate to millions. It’s one reason why artists both young (The Last Dinner Party, Billie Eilish, AURORA) and old (Cat Stevens, Elton John) have expressed their love and support for what he does.
As an introduction to what comes next, Don’t Let Me Go, is a beautifully pertinent example of where Tom’s at in 2025, and ultimately where he might still be heading.
Billie Eilish Support Dates:
26th April – Unity Arena, Oslo
28th April – Royal Arena, Copenhagen
29th April - Royal Arena, Copenhagen
2nd May – ZAG Arena, Hanover
4th May – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
5th May - Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
7th May - Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
9th May – Uber Arena, Berlin
29th May – Lanxess Arena, Cologne
30th May – Lanxess Arena, Cologne
1st June – O2 Arena, Prague
3rd June – Tauron Arena, Krakow
4th June – Tauron Arena, Krakow
8th June – Unipol Arena, Bologna
14th June – Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
15th June - Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Intimate Headline Tour:
12th May - Lincoln Theatre, Washington, D.C.
13th May - Webster Hall, New York, NY
14th May - Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
16th May - Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
17th May - The State Theatre, Portland, ME
19th May - MTELUS, Montreal, QB
20th May - Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
24th May – Radio One’s Big Weekend 2025, Sefton Park, Liverpool
11th June – Sala Apolo, Barcelona – SOLD OUT
18th June – Heimathafen Neukölln, Berlin – SOLD OUT
3rd July – Bouffes du Nord, Paris – SOLD OUT
8th July – Battersea Arts Centre, London – SOLD OUT
15th July – De Wester, Amsterdam – SOLD OUT
15th September – Emo’s, Austin, TX
16th September – Echo Lounge & Music Hall, Dallas, TX
18th September – Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta, GA
19th September – Exit/In, Nashville, TN
20th September – Mercury Ballroom, Louisville, KY
22nd September – The Vogue, Indianapolis, IN
23rd September – The Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
24th September – Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
26th September - House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
27th September – St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI
