SINGER Tom Odell has announced a special tour of the country’s forests for 2015, including Westonbirt Arboretum.

The artist is the first act to announce multiple dates as part of Forestry Commission’s Forest Live, which will see him perform in seven woodland venues across England.

Released in June 2013, Tom Odell’s debut album, Long Way Down, shot straight to number one. He heard the news while performing on the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury that year.

He achieved the ultimate industry accolade of Songwriter of the Year at the 2014 Ivor Novello Awards, as well as previously winning the BRIT’s Critics’ Choice Award for 2013. Following a succession of sold out headline tours and with his album certified gold, a packed summer of festival appearances in 2014 included V Festival, Isle of Wight and a show supporting one of his idols, Neil Young, at Hyde Park.

Chosen to perform the soundtrack to this year’s John Lewis Christmas advert, the 24-year-old has added his spine-tingling vocals to a cover of John Lennon’s classic, Real Love, generating millions of YouTube views. Tom is currently in the studio recording his new album.

He said: “This will be a whole new experience for me. I can’t wait to bring my live show to the woods and I hope to see you there.”

He will perform at Westonbirt on June 20, and tickets, priced at £34.50 (plus £3.45 booking fee) go on sale from 9am on Friday December from Forestry Commission box office 03000 680400, or buy them online at forestry.gov.uk/music.