Name	Sandi Thom
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Date of Birth	11 August 1981
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While being educated at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen, Thom was in a cover band called The Residents between the ages of 14 and 17, where she sang and played keyboards. Thom and the band travelled across Scotland, playing in pubs and clubs. At the age of 17, Thom became the youngest ever student to be accepted at the prestigious Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts aka LIPA. It has been dubbed 'The Fame Academy' due to the number of industry professionals teaching there and having Sir Paul Mccartney as patron. Thom also sang in a gospel choir called Love and Joy, the highlight of her tenure being a rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone to 40,000 football fans at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium sang by the Choir. In 2003, Sandi Thom graduated from LIPA with a BA (Hons) in Performing Arts and is the first and only LIPA Graduate to have a number one music album in the charts.In July 2008 Thom fronted an emergency Oxfam appeal in Glasgow[1] to raise awareness of the water shortage in East Africa. In October Thom travelled to the African country of Malawi with Oxfam to help raise awareness of how the economic problems of the West are affecting the poorest countries the most. In February 2009 she performed at the Moni Malawi Fundraiser Dinner in Glasgow which aims to raise money to help the stricken people of Malawi. Thom returned to Robert Gordon's College in April 2009, as a former pupil. and played four songs including "I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)" she was interviewed by the pupils and dedicated the song to school friends who had died

Thom now lives on the south coast of England with her partner and co-producer Jake Field and announced in May 2009 that they had become engaged with plans to marry some time in 2010