Looking forward to opening a couple of shows for @richardhawley.bsky.social next week. Warming up ahead of my own tour in Nov/Dec.

I won’t stop debasing myself until every ticket is sold. Even if you don’t want to go. I have to, so do you. I don’t make the rules. It’s what you signed up for 25 years ago. We are in this together or NOT AT ALL.

Merch ideas - what do we want? For my FULL BAND 25th ANNIVERSARY TOUR? Apart from a good night’s sleep, knees that don’t hurt, and the feeling of hope while sober?

Wrote a Substack about Springsteen… open.substack.com/pub/tommcrae...

God grant me the stoicism of someone winning a silver gilt. “Two years of my fucking life, you cunts”. #ChelseaFlowerShow

And best in show at Chelsea 2037 goes to this, the “affordable garden” in association with “climate death” and “you’re fucked”. #ChelseaFlowerShow

I think they should combine Eurovision and Chelsea Flower show. If you win best in show - you have to host it. At your house.

I think Chelsea Flower Show would benefit from VAR. “That would not be flowering right now”… disqualified. #chelsea

Thanks Portugal - these last 3 shows were great. Obrigado. Nice to play a warm country for a change. Taking the summer off now - until band tour in Nov/December. ❤️ 🇵🇹

Wrote an article in the newspaper about a sensitive subject. Used @tommcraemusic.bsky.social ‘s song «I ain’t scared of lightning» as a motivation to make it through the shitstorm and also the summer storm that followed the article. This is a dance I did to the song in 2020. 💪🏼⚡️ #elendanser

Stairs, my old foe. If I make it - I’ll be playing here later….#Lisbon

Midnight Cowboy the musical opened in London last week. I wrote about my involvement in it. tommcraemusic.substack.com/p/the-wrong-...

Pre-show in Istres… with Aitone… ❤️🇫🇷

Thanks for an amazing tour, France. 🎶“I would drive 2,500 miles just to be the man who…” oh, I did. ❤️🇫🇷

The bubbles are back! It’s like the old days!

Annecy! Tonight, early show! 7:15pm 😱🤷‍♂️

Low ticket warning Shepherds Bush Empire full band show! Only been on sale a week! 🙏🏼 www.academymusicgroup.com/o2shepherdsb...

Thanks, Montpellier! Onto Istres! French tour rolls on!

Cometh the hour, cometh the café…

Hello @liverpoolphil.bsky.social … my last night opening for John Cale befor heading to France for my own tour. ❤️

Newsletter: band shows on sale now tommcraemusic.substack.com

On sale today at midday GMT, and 11 am CET…. these shows are going to be a celebration of the album, but mostly of this crazy little family we’ve grown over the years. This one IS for you.

Pre-sale priority tickets for Shepherds Bush Empire available here! Register and beat the rush! priority.o2.co.uk/tickets/67cb...

On a solo tour in France in April …

On sale tomorrow midday!

Deux dates en France pour le vingt-cinquième anniversaire du premier album de @tommcraemusic.bsky.social : www.soundofviolence.net/actu/news/45...

On sale this Friday 28/3 midday (11am CET)

It’s happening…..

Terrific set from @tommcraemusic.bsky.social at Birmingham Town Hall last night. Some oldies (mainly me), some new ones and lots of passion. Great warm up for some French dates….

When you wash your stage clothes ahead of a tour - what fun things do you find in the drum afterwards? I find faded dreams and shrunken ambition. Too late to die young now. Onwards.

They’re all subtitled that…

What about a tax on each share that @eldsjal sells and putting that back towards small venues and new music? He’s a thief who has made billions and puts nothing back. @musicvenuetrust

A year!!!😱

Going to be sending out a newsletter shortly - sign up here to keep up to date! tommcrae.com/mailing-list I’m also looking for photo sharing platforms like the old Flickr - if anyone has any suggestions!

Hello - salut - French friends - can you check if Did I Sleep & Miss the Border is still up on Spotify and Apple. It seems to have disappeared?

Time flies - is it really a year old? It’ll be potty-trained before you know it…

And a happy first birthday to the album ‘Étrange Hiver’ by the lovely @tommcraemusic.bsky.social 🙌 Favourites from this one?

The U.K. only paid off our WW2 debt in 2006. Europe is used to being presented with a bill by America for fighting fascism. Fuck Trump.

Seeing as AI now threatens all creators - it’s lovely to see others joining the battle musicians have been fighting for 20 years. Welcome, writers & illustrators, designers & photographers, architects, coders & copywriters- we’ve been expecting you. #resistance

There are many reasons to visit France in spring … I’ll be taking the register soon, so if you’re not coming, get working on that excuse. 🇫🇷😊 www.jds.fr/artistes/tom...

Sad to leave the canyon - and LA - been a great couple of months in the states. I love this country, I hope it comes to its senses.

We have A.I now - so songwriting using hard won experience, actual instruments & musicians - feels like a ludicrous experiment in hope. But that’s all of life in 2025. Got to keep on keeping on.

Happy to be opening these shows for the amazing John Cale.

The last of the photo videos - colour photos from the @tommcraemusic.bsky.social Workman’s Club gig in Dublin. I had somehow not used The Boy With the Bubblegun yet, so here it is. #TomMcRae #Dublin #ÉtrangeHiver

The penultimate video of @tommcraemusic.bsky.social tour photos. This is a selection of black and white photos from the 2nd Nov Dublin gig. I've used How the West Was Won to accompany the photos and am now trying to remember what songs played on tour I've not used. www.instagram.com/p/DD9xcY_tYJR/

Happy it's the day before Tom McRae's @tommcraemusic.bsky.social heartfelt and gently maudlin Christmas Eve, 1943 post to all those who celebrate

It’s time. /cc @tommcraemusic.bsky.social

It’s that time. Christmas Eve, 19:43…. Merry Christmas. Got a little lost in the moment, forgot to say it on camera. ❤️🎄🤶 www.instagram.com/reel/DD-QWvx...

La Rochelle now on sale. Let’s all have oysters and champagne on the beach in April… or you know, maybe not. Unless you’re buying. billetterie.la-sirene.fr/agenda/483-t...

Video number two from the @tommcraemusic.bsky.social Liverpool gig. The lighting at this gig was beautiful and led me to want to include the backdrop more often than usual.