TOM MCRAE @tommcrae Twitter profile

Pinned Tweet

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

5 months

Streaming now…

Étrange Hiver by Tom McRae | Listen on Deezer, Amazon, Tidal | PUSH.fm

View Tom McRae's Fan Link. Listen to Étrange Hiver on Deezer, Amazon, Tidal now.

push.fm

9

6

43

Last Seen Profiles

@IlBarone_Siculo

@ProfPeterDundee

@BabyBagelHam

@15garcia_

@UKaForceForGood

@ffaallssee_xxx

@SeriousBlick

@RevelsTractor

@TrustaLabs

@lluyor77980_Ni

@dontmissmybloom

@LichTwitch

@TylerAmaral22

@StrengthsCenter

@Olgacosse

@DefyStandards

@AmericaFirst850

@15like_

@africa_hydrogen

@sfftvLUP

@LutonSixthForm

@soiree1948

@SurenaMatinMD

@halkadi

@yuuyuumog

@kakojyo_minako

@KILLYBEGSGAA

@kapp

@goldenkit_store

@carlitaffuentes

@chs_nuna

@imsergioluckett

@YoungForIowa

@dch1309

@HobeckBooks

@FPL_FC

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

8 years

Hillary applauding Trump is a mark of class. I couldn't and wouldn't applaud Blue when they beat me to a Brit Award in 2002. #class

9

256

839

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

9 years

Shit. We didn't just lose another General in the war against mediocrity. We lost the commander in chief. #Bowie

11

592

806

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

5 years

Priti Patel has the face of someone who’d happily traffic girls for Prince Andrew if it got her a promotion.

17

73

609

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

2 years

This album was released 20 years ago today. Feels strange typing that. I seem to remember a poster near Seven Sisters still advertising it 12 years later. Time is flying, or maybe it’s falling.🧵 #happybirthdayJLB

47

12

314

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

5 years

Forgive an old man a little brag. It’s never happened in the UK but the last three days in Paris I’ve twice heard my music coming out of bars and cafes. Admittedly they were closing and trying to make people leave. But still. Made me smile.

13

5

287

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

2 years

The songwriter I’d like to be when I grow up. #CrowdedHouse #glastonburyfestival2022

21

10

235

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

6 years

Not since my last London gig have 650 people waited in a locked room for a deeply unpopular individual to stand up and admit defeat. #BrexitDealVote

20

19

204

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Dose me up, once is not enough.

One shot of coronavirus vaccine likely won't be enough 

When a coronavirus vaccine comes on the market, people will likely need two doses, not just one -- and that could cause real problems.

amp.cnn.com

10

7

193

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

2 years

Went looking for a comet, saw this instead… #norway

12

3

184

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

The face of someone happy to have been on stage again after 3 long years - and many postponed tours. Sorry Some Dark couldn’t happen, but it will. 🤞🏼Thanks to @RichardHawley for having me along. Til next year, merry Christmas, stay safe. 💙😷…x

11

1

181

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

If I get to tour next year (booked, waiting to announce) I don’t want it to be socially - or emotionally - distanced. Or with no singalongs. (Do I have any?) but if that’s what it takes ... I’ll do it. I think live music is vital in ways perhaps we’re only just discovering.🎶

26

4

182

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

1 year

He blames me for the snow. I can tell.

7

10

181

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

I want to be day drunk in Utrecht, by a canal. UK & London behind us, rest of the Netherlands, Brussels, Paris, Oslo & Bergen still to come - and all points in between, headed North. A solid set, bedded in, voice husked but supple, fingers like thimbles. Still thrilled by it all.

14

3

172

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

2 years

Wishing my MP @danny__kruger the best of luck this year, as he once again bids to make the highest expenses claim for his heating bill. Old Etonian, trustafarian Kruger, thinks paying one’s own bills is for plebs.

12

101

158

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

So if we do a FINAL Some Dark Café show, I’ll need a few days to restock the cellar, toughen my fingers, prepare a few heckle responses, and remember how my songs go. As usual I won’t be learning the words. YOU ROMANTICS JOINING ME?

46

0

165

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

And you didn’t think things could get worse ...

33

27

164

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 years

Screw the Mercury, the Brit noms... Hollyoaks... this is my genuine career high point. A bench in Porsgrunn. #Norway

10

23

157

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Words matter. Words are important. They evolve. They offend. They can be divisive. They encourage debate. They are bridges across chasms. They are literally the things we breathe. That’s why it’s important to acknowledge that @jacobreesnog is indeed a massive cunt.

5

6

156

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

8 years

I'm going to continue to live tweet my emotional breakdown until the pubs open. Why aren't the pubs open?

21

19

150

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Would love to be opening a beer right now, getting ready for TFI ... preparing to slag off some dull Britpop combo. Pub. Then stumbling in later to watch The Tube. VHS set for Indie Chart show tomorrow morning, making up for a crap TOTP. I liked it when music used to matter.

19

7

148

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

2 years

I am European to my core, I’ll never not be sad and angry about Brexit - but I’m gonna do my best to show the love I feel, and keep coming here despite the Tory created obstacles. I’m a one-man ambassador for improved cultural relations! @WeAreTheMU 🇪🇺❤️🇧🇪 #leuven

6

9

147

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

I’m close to finishing an album I’ve co-written & recorded with @LowriEvansMusic - and these are amazing songs. Cannot wait for you to hear them. Maybe we can sneak some of it out in the coming weeks. Cos really - what else you got planned? @EvansMcRaeMusic

13

6

146

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

Ah, fuck. I got my stories, but they’ll stay mine. She was a legend, a champion. She’s irreplaceable. #RIPJaniceLong

3

6

144

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 years

Been a terrible night for me. Imagine having a life long low opinion of human beings only to find out there is hope for us. *scraps album*

8

32

141

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

2 years

Sickness has ripped through all of us on this tour. Bugs seem nastier post covid. Oli Kraus, Lee & Lowri have headed home rather than risk being too ill to fly. So the trio is now down to one! But nothing’s stopping me coming to NORWAY!! So it may just be me, but I’ll be there!

22

2

142

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Yeah, sex is good etc ... but did you ever get single of the week in Melody Maker as voted by Shed Seven? #Twentyin2020

11

142

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 years

Hello - my new album is out next week. You can pre-order from Monday (28th August) from I made this amazing trailer.

22

69

144

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Well that was chaos! But the cafe has been closed for a while and obviously short staffed right now. HUGE love to @davidfordisdead . My brother in arms. Tune in now to @KerenAnnMusic in Paris on her insta feed. 1/3

41

2

142

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

Thanks, scientists. Healthcare workers. Volunteers. 💙 #vaccine

6

3

138

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

Guess 52 isn’t so bad. Thank you all of you. And @EvansMcRaeMusic made the @BBCRadioWales A list. So. I guess good things come to those who wait. Wishing you all good things. Have a great weekend. x

36

1

135

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

It’s a week of big announcements; so let’s start with this.... #2022

29

6

136

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Thanks for all the messages & pics of the album. It’s been a pleasure and privilege to travel alongside you over the last 20 years. Maybe we all get to be in a room together one day. 🤞

9

4

136

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

2 years

I’m married to a Dr. now. Always knew I’d do well. 🔥❤️ @AmieBolissian #Phd #earlymodern

15

0

131

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

5 years

So it’s possible to secure your legacy & have people support you one last time if you promise to quit? That’s basically all my tours since 2004. #trexit

8

1

131

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

6 years

Yesterday there were 11 tickets left. Now only 10. So someone will be there alone. You, my solitary friend, are the reason I still do this. For all those alone in a crowd.

WeGotTickets | Simple, honest ticketing

Buy tickets for music, comedy, theatre, film, festivals and much more - with the best service in UK ticketing

www.wegottickets.com

7

15

130

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Go fuck yourself, you shrivelled-souled, Johnson-jizz drooling zombie hell hound.

Priti Patel MP

@pritipatel

4 years

After many years of campaigning, I am delighted the Immigration Bill which will end free movement on 31st December has today passed through Parliament. We are delivering on the will of the British people.

17K

2K

11K

13

7

124

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Later this year there’ll be brand new original music (more collaborations!) and a new solo album in 2021 as well. Tonight I’d have been playing live in Brussels if Covid hadn’t changed all our plans. 😔 Next year! 🤞

20

5

124

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

In the words of Nicola Sturgeon: "Be strong. Be kind. And let's continue to act out of love and solidarity.” Also, if you’d like to email your Tory MP on a daily basis and tell them what shower of useless cunts they all are - that’s good, too. #ToryShambles

5

13

124

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

5 years

A chewie hug makes everything okay. #StarWars #chewbacca

5

122

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

2 years

That’s me up there, Time travelling man, 12-year-old poster, Edge of town. Still exactly like me, To this day, to a tee: Half surviving, Half torn down.

8

2

120

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

I was okay until I read “lots of tennis balls”. Not now. Not today. I’m not strong enough. You weren’t just good, you were the best. 🎾 #RipNigel

Monty Don

@TheMontyDon

4 years

I am very sorry to announce that Nigel has died. He slipped quietly away with no pain or suffering and is now buried in the garden with lots of tennis balls. Rest now old friend. See you in the sweet bye and bye.”

15K

5K

111K

1

6

121

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

5 years

Excited to be seeing someone I’m a huge fan of. I used to sell this place out. Years ago. Glory days. #olympia

16

3

117

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

5 years

I.... think I was hacked. Hope you’re all surviving the current chaos. I’m thinking of starting an email thingy, “End of The World Newsletter” type thing so we can shout at/console each other - with more nuance & for longer. Cautiously mulling.

18

1

118

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

Norway: true story, I was once asked to write a Eurovision song for Norway. But I love that country with my whole heart. So I said nei! #Eurovision2021 #norway

7

6

116

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

Journey of writing & recording songs. 1. Your first idea is usually the best 2. Over work it to the point where it sucks total balls. 3. Mute all tracks except voice 4. Realize you hate your voice 5. Drink whisky 6. Wake up, write new song.

10

3

115

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

I tried something similar when the Brit Award was cruelly stolen from me by Blue. I won that Brit. BY A LOT. Didn’t work for me either.

6

4

116

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

Let’s check what this Tory government hates: Women, people of colour, the NHS, democracy, protest, transparency, the BBC, the arts, freedom of movement, equality, social mobility. What do they stand for? Personal enrichment, division, racism, power at all costs. Are we clear?

5

20

113

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

As you prepare to clap for our carers/key workers.... and the virtual line starts to slink several times round the virtual block. Remember to keep your virtual distance. And for god’s sake straighten your hair, and buff those shoes. This is a classy establishment. #SomeDarkCafe

16

5

116

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Look - we’ve all been left with a shit ton of merch no one wants four years later.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

4 years

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

74K

47K

366K

6

16

112

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Thanks @ChrisHawkinsUK and to the brave @BBC6Music listener who chose it. Although you’re ruining my 20 year long “never heard on radio” marketing strategy. 😂👍

BBC Radio 6 Music 🎧 #NowPlaying Bot

@BBC6MusicBot

4 years

Now Playing Tom McRae - Walking 2 Hawaii @tommcrae

0

8

2

4

112

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Shout out to all the NHS staff answering the call to come back the job. Years of being underpaid, undervalued, nursing bursaries stripped, and a govt. now charging immigrant staff for their own treatment. Takes a special person to do that. Thank you, all. ❤️ #nhs

3

14

114

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

8 months

It’s that time again, Merry Christmas. #ChristmasEve1943

13

8

111

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

I am so very, very sorry.

15

113

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

Okay. We have an official date. No dress code this time. I may even wash my pyjamas. Only kidding. What’s the point? #somedarkcafe

15

12

113

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

5 months

I know in the U.K. in recent years I’ve toured the same places, same venues - limited mostly to bigger cities. When there’s a band and crew, this is how it has to be. So at 10am today I’m announcing my biggest ever UK solo tour, and it goes on sale on Friday. 😱 🕺

15

8

113

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 years

This Belgian entry has no place being in Eurovision. It's good. Effortless charisma. Which is the point of charisma. #Eurovision

6

14

105

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 years

"And I need you more than want you". Best chord change in history, by Jimmy Webb, sung to perfection by Glen Campbell. #RIPGlenCampbell

8

25

109

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 months

AI can make songs, tell us what we already know. It’ll do it faster & cheaper, & make Spotify more money - but it will never be a human, in service of the imperfect moment, standing on a stage, turning fragility into a super power. And in turn, empowering us all. @IvorsAcademy

6

8

110

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

It’s Christmas Eve, 19:43. Merry Christmas, one and all.

21

12

111

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Just replacing a few bulbs.... polishing some glasses, putting cheap gin in the expensive bottles. Shall we?

21

4

109

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 months

Time has coloured in…. etc… don’t feel old, most days. I was a late starter, but 24 years later - we’re all still standing. Here’s to us. Thanks to @LevonBissPhoto for the shots over the years.

9

2

108

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

6 years

Today is International Day of Happiness. To honour that I will desist from writing any new songs. You’re welcome. #InternationalHappinessDay

3

9

106

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

Well - that was the usual chaos. If you could leave the area quietly with respect to our neighbours... Thank you all for coming down. And to @KTTunstall for being amazing. And to our other almost guest - my balls are in an envelope in the post. Man. I miss live music.

26

0

109

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

1 year

Swore I’d never end up like my dad, dressed in black and facing the wrong way to a crowded church. Thanks for having me @FirstLight_Fest - I loved the Main Stage and the church, unplugged. Pic by Adam Barnes.

5

1

108

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 months

Throwback to when Boy with the Bubblegun was on The Voice in Norway. @mortenharket on the panel, and Lene Marlin (who saddled the poor contestants with it 😊) - I feel my life is somehow more complete now. ❤️🇳🇴

11

2

107

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

5 months

I loved World Party. Karl was a great writer and musician. The Waterboys, and later World Party were the first bands I went to see. No one came to Ipswich or Norwich much. I’m glad they did. Thanks for the songs, Karl.

4

6

105

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

5 years

Dear @UKLabour and @jeremycorbyn I haven’t heard such a slow hand clap since I last tried a new song at a gig. Useless as an opposition. Useless leader. Come at me Corbynistas. You’re naive at best. Deluded at worst. Grow. The. Fuck. Up. You are bystanders while Britain burns.

5

14

102

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 months

This has been a crazy tour. I’ve always loved playing live. But this has been special. I think music/art is important still. Perhaps more than ever. Despite the tech bros attempts to wipe us all out. I’ll resist to my last chord. See me hiding a smile? @cstonesphoto

5

4

103

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

Well done Italy! No complaints - just a little disappointed. That’s sport. We weren’t great tonight - but we had a good tournament. Southgate and the lads showed a team spirit we could use a little more of these days. Chins up, be proud. Roll on Qatar 2022. #Euro2020Final

8

3

105

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

Artistic swimming is my new favourite thing. If team GB is looking for music for 2024 - I’ve got 8 albums, all essentially about drowning - but with a smile. #Olympics #artisticswimming

9

8

104

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

If anyone gets an email from me in the next little while - let me know. I scheduled it - and I don’t really know what I’m doing. #TwentyIn2020 ... doesn’t time fly.

64

6

101

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

2 years

I’m going back to my happy place. A little island off the island of Rovær… 🇳🇴… at a low point in my life I lived off what I caught, and wrote and recorded much of ATW here. Two red houses, one here, one in the Catskills made me sane again. Ish. 🙏🇳🇴❤️

8

2

100

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Opening times: #SomeDarkCafe

15

18

101

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

Today was a strange day - but I’ve had the ticket sales from my agent already, and we are all thrilled. They said no one was buying tickets, I said let’s find out. So - just to say - even with a while to go, I’d book early to avoid missing out. These are flying. ❤️

31

3

98

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

If you can’t watch - let me précis PMQs for you. Starmer is considered, clinical & relentless asking about the failure of Covid testing. Johnson is an utter cunt. #nailedit #pmqs

6

11

99

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 years

So I'll put you all down as maybes... but book it anyway right?

12

4

100

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 years

Some good news from France. So. Let's focus on that. While I weep for my own stupid, racist insignificant, doomed island.

3

26

99

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 years

Arrived at Irish BnB. The son is practising piano for a recital. A hurricane is forecast. Suddenly a Spanish couple arrive. I'm in a play.

5

99

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 years

Oh and if you're thinking of tweeting me to tell me that you're not racist or stupid and we should unite to make Brexit a success. Fuck off.

6

17

100

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

2 years

Early show at the Kesselhaus in Lauenau, Germany… tonight! Last show on this run. Great place to end the tour. Been an adventure. Trio became duo became solo. We lost our ace opener @LowriEvansMusic . I bled. I croaked. I made it here. I’ve loved every second. I’m a lucky man. ❤️

4

1

100

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 years

Tomorrow I set off on tour for two months... hope to see you along the way. Once more, with feeling.

15

6

99

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

1 year

I think more people should go to see older artists… especially in smaller venues. Especially in the Netherlands. Especially in September.

From Springsteen to McCartney, ageing rockers are teaching us about something bigger than music |...

The legends of a genre made by and for the young are getting old. Some embrace it – and it elevates their art, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

9

2

98

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

3 years

Journey of writing & recording albums: 1: this melody interests me & suggests a nameless ache I should try to heal. 2. This is the best song anyone has ever written. The pressure to finish it is both exciting & overwhelming. 3. Yeah, now I’m listening to it - it’s shit. Repeat.

4

3

98

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

In my little village, the applause echoed from street to street, down along the valley, and to the sliver of moon and back. Thank you. All of you. ❤️ #ClapForCarers

6

4

97

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Hello. Some French dates have already leaked on line for next year’s tour. Which was supposed to be this year’s tour. I’ve been told I can’t officially announce yet. But maybe keep late September and October free. In case the planet gets as far as next year! 👍

19

4

97

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

5 years

Wait. What? Lesser known? I’ll have you know there are at least 8 people who know my music, and I’m only related to 2 of them. Tsk. Lesser known. 🙄 How dare you. 😂

21

0

97

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Whenever my caffeine rage meets my political despair, I take a deep breath and think: “what would Bruce Springsteen say?” I think Bruce would think Liz Truss is a moronic cunt, too.

2

3

94

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

6 years

Boom! 💥 I just got tickets to see Springsteen on Broadway. So if anyone needs a kidney- I’m Ebaying one in 5 minutes to recoup some of the cost. #TheBoss

19

1

95

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 years

Sincerity always feels tricky on Twitter - but I've had no hits, no radio support, no label for 7 years. I feel very lucky. Thank you.

14

7

95

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

"Does the world really need another miserablist with a guitar?" asked the generous & patient @FionaSturges 20 years ago. Well a lot has changed since then... I now have two guitars.

9

6

93

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

6 months

Politics is like howling desperately into a boiling abyss of constant rage - and who wants to add to the that? but one day I’m going to have to detail quite how hard my working life has become since Brexit. It’s borderline comical - if it wasn’t so fucking tragic for us all. 🇪🇺

4

18

91

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 years

Finishing up album 8, from an island to a cabin in the mountains. I will distill the absolute hell of my life into little songs for you.

11

6

91

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

5 months

🔥ATTENTION! 🔥U.K. solo tour dates - on sale Friday March 1st.

29

13

95

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

2 years

They say you bury your dad twice. The one you had, and the one you wish you had... “the picture is burned at the edge, and you’re looking away. Looking for what’s next.” To be fair, not sure I could bring myself to look at the beige hair & beige cardy. Forgive me. I was skint.

13

0

94

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

7 years

Ma! Ma! I'm no longer a failure. My song has been on The Voice in Norway @TheVoiceNorge . Put out the good china. I can finally come home.

7

8

93

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

THIS... THIS... is the brains behind Brexit? Behind the Covid policy, behind the Boris premiership? And now the recovery? People, regardless of what happens WE ARE SO SO SO FUCKED. #Cummings

4

11

91

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

6 years

Was given this last night. Is it really 17 years since I toured Italy opening for him? Somewhere in his attic a portrait is crumbling. Whereas I’m just crumbling. #paulweller #dorianmcrae

6

88

TOM MCRAE

@tommcrae

4 years

Me on “Later with Jools”... looking in no way TERRIFIED. 😱 #twentyin2020

14

13

92