Tom Grennan shares huge update hours before headlining Radio 1's Big Weekend
Tom Grennan has made a huge announcement before his BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend headline slot tonight. The musician, who just three years ago played the Future Sounds Stage at the festival, will close the event tonight, having teased a cameo appearance from KSI.
But while he's currently gearing up to perform some of his biggest hits, including Remind Me, Don't Break The Heart, and Little Bit Of Love, it appears Tom has some celebrating to do.
Although he's got a string of awards in his trophy cabinet, including Best UK Act from the 2023 MTV EMAs and two Music Week Awards, Tom has another one to add to the collection.
Over on Instagram, it was announced that Tom had racked up one billion UK streams for his music on songs such as Higher, Let's Go Home Together and Little Bit of Love.
The BRIT Awards said: "1 billion UK streams for @tom.grennan. With massive hits including Little Bit of Love, Let's Go Home Together, and Higher, Tom receives hit BRIT Billion Award ahead of headlining @bbcradio1's Big Weekend this weekend!"
The post was flooded with praise for Tom, with BBC Radio 1 star Conor Knight exclaiming: "Top boyyy," alongside a fire emoji. "Congraaaaats Tom oh my God!," said one fan. A second went on to type: "What a brilliant announcement to wake up to. Well deserved. Congratulations Tom."
Reflecting on his achievements, the Bedford-born legend said: "Morning people, what a beautiful day by the way. I'm heading up to Liverpool, 'cause today's the day, I headline Radio 1's Big Weekend.
"Remembering the past eight or nine years and how crazy they have been. But remembering really today, the moment I pressed send on Something In The Water.
"Hoping that someone at BBC Introducing would hear it. And now look, eight or nine years later, we're headlining the gaff. I just want to say thank you to everybody who's been on the journey with me from the beginning to now. This is just the start, but tonight is a big one. If you're coming, Liverpool, I'll see you there. Thank you so much for Radio 1 for believing in me from the beginning."
Tom will join the likes of Natasha Bedingfield, Biffy Clyro, Katy B and Nia Archives tonight, as they play to a sold-out Sefton Park. Tickets for the event sold out almost instantly, but the BBC will be covering it on their various platforms.
Tom's achievement comes just weeks after he opened up to the Mirror about his upcoming album, Everywhere I went, Led Me To Where I Didn't Want To Be.
He said: "Everything's good, I'm really excited. The new music is definitely a different sound, so I'm looking forward to seeing if people love it or not. But in all honesty, I'm nearly 30 now and it's taken me up til now, I'm finally the artist that I wanted to be and I'm making the music that I really loved and I've taken inspiration from old records, new records and really dived into different sounds and different instruments. I've loved every second of it. Hopefully it goes well."
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