Tommy Reilly

Tommy Reilly shot to fame when he came out on top in the Orange UnsignedAct TV talent show in 2009, winning a £60,000 advance and a major label record deal. Growing up in Scotland, he learned to play piano as a small child, but it was seeing Oasis at the T In The Park festival that shaped Reilly's destiny. He became totally consumed by playing the guitar, staying up all night learning every track on Oasis's (What's The Story) Morning Glory? album. Setting himself the task of writing a new song every week, he built up the confidence to perform in front of an audience and then enter the Orange talent show, in which the judges compared him to one of his heroes, Bob Dylan. His first single Gimme A Call - written after a disastrous night out in Glasgow - reached Number 14 in the UK charts and he followed it with Jackets, a Number 1 in Scotland, and a succession of high profile festival appearances. His debut album Words On The Floor was produced by Bernard Butler and recorded at Edwyn Collins's North London studio.