Live Nation presents Ivor Novello-winning songwriting sensation and precocious master of the ivories, Tom Odell Live in Dubai at The Rotunda on Tuesday 12 March 2019.
Tom Odell – Ivor Novello-winning songwriting sensation, precocious master of the ivories – is at the very top of his game.
It’s not as if, with multiple awards and 1.8 million sales under his belt, the Chichester-born prodigy has anything to prove.
His debut album, 2013’s Long Way Down, topped the charts in the UK, on the back of breakthrough smash, ‘Another Love,’ and by late 2014 he was in the Top Ten again with a cover of The Beatles’ ‘Real Love,’ recorded for the coveted UK John Lewis’ Christmas ad campaign.
Alongside standout tracks such as ‘Grow Old With Me,’ ‘Heal,’ and ‘Can’t Pretend,’ public affection for Tom and his quaveringly emotional way with a tune was only deepend.
Odell’s second long-player, Wrong Crowd, pretty much replicated its predecessor’s success, hitting No. 2 in 2016, with another biggie aboard in ‘Magnetised.’
Still only 27, he quickly strikes back with his third, Jubilee Road – a career-defining record, which saw the multi-talented young artist take full control of his music.
Not only writing, singing, and vamping up his vibrant piano style on all ten songs, but also self-producing them, providing horn arrangements on three tracks, and layering up his trademark backing choir largely out of multitracks of his own voice.
Packed with grandstanding melodies and scintillating performances, it is, its auteur proudly declares, his bravest outing so far, and also his most honest and personal.
It features ten songs each in their own way destined for classic status, rivalling Tom’s own heroes Elton John and Billy Joel (who now count amongst Odell’s most vocal fans) for sheer imagination and quality.
Leading the charge, the terrifically catchy, gospelsoaked ‘If You Wanna Love Somebody’ may just be his highlight so far.
Timings:
Tuesday 12 March 2019 from 9pm until 11pm.
Doors open at 7pm
Price:
• AED 250 General Admission Standing
