Tom Odell announces headline show

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday March 26 from www.ticketmaster.ie and www.ulsterhall.co.uk.

After a dark period of mental health stalked most of his 2018 and 2019, Odell wrote his way through it, eventually letting down his guard and pouring his feelings into new music that will form his fourth album, ‘monsters’, due to be released June 25.

The first single from the new album was ‘numb’, and now Odell returns with his new song ‘monster v.1’.

With the sky-scraping chorus, initially inspired by Trump, and more specifically climate change activist Great Thunberg’s staring him down at the UN Climate Summit in 2019, the song soon morphed into something more abstract; a self-help mantra for Odell’s ongoing battle with anxiety.

“In 2019, my anxiety got so bad that I had to stop making music for a while,” he explained. “There was a period when it felt like I couldn’t leave the house without having a panic attack.

“I wrote this song, monster, about trying to overcome my struggles with those mental health problems.

“It makes me super sad to listen at moments because it brings back some tough times, but I am super proud of it and hope it resonates with people who are dealing with similar struggles.

“This first version is the song in its purest form, which I wanted you all to hear first, as the lyrics mean so much to me.”

Odell has been working as a musician in the public eye since he was 21 when self-penned debut album ‘Long Way Down’ earned him a number 1 album, a top 10 single and a Brit.

In this strangest of times this new music represents the start of chapter two in Odell’s ongoing musical journey.

Find out more about the upcoming tour and album online at https://www.tomodell.com/