Paolo Giovanni Nutini[citation needed] was born on 9 January 1987[1] in Paisley, Scotland, and has a younger sister.

[5] He was first encouraged to sing by his music-loving grandfather, Giovanni "Jackie" Nutini, and a teacher at his school, St Andrews Academy, who recognised his talent.

[4] At 17, Nutini moved to London and performed regularly at The Bedford pub in Balham with local singer-songwriter Charlie Wallis.

Many of the songs on the album, including "Last Request" and "Rewind", were inspired by a turbulent relationship with his former girlfriend Teri Brogan, and "Jenny Don't Be Hasty" is a true story about encounters with an older woman.

[citation needed] Throughout 2006, Nutini played a number of concerts across Britain and performed at a variety of venues worldwide, including King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, a TV appearance on Later with Jools Holland, Carnegie Hall in New York, The Montreux Jazz Festival, The Wireless Festival, Oxegen and T in the Park.

[citation needed] Nutini performed at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2007 on the Pyramid Stage on the second day of the event, and at the British leg of Live Earth at Wembley Stadium on 7 July 2007.

[citation needed] Scottish independent TV company Volt MediaFix made a one-off documentary of Nutini's US tour.

The programme, for the BBC, was scheduled for broadcast on BBC2, on Thursday 7 June throughout Scotland and on Sky channel 990 throughout the rest of Britain.

[10] Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph was also positive, stating "his joyous second album organically blends soul, country, folk and the brash, horny energy of ragtime swing.

[7] An 18-month tour following the release of Caustic Love saw Nutini perform in North America, Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

[22] In October 2014 Nutini was forced to pull out of shows in his hometown of Glasgow, Cardiff and London due to tonsillitis.

[citation needed] After touring in 2015 in support of Caustic Love, Nutini took a hiatus in 2016 although he performed at a tribute in memory of a Welsh fan in Newport, Wales on 20 July.

[24] On 20 September 2016 it was announced that Nutini would headline the Concert in the Gardens, the flagship event of Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party, on New Year's Eve 2016/2017.

In September 2007, Nutini recorded a short radio show with imeem.com where he listed his top 10 favourite tracks and the reasons behind his choices.

On New Year's Eve 2008–09, Nutini performed at the Hogmanay street parties in both Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland, becoming the first act to play both locations on the same day for the event.

[citation needed] Nutini had an 8-year on-again, off-again relationship with a girlfriend he met while they were pupils at St Andrew's Academy in Paisley.

[39] In July 2019, Paolo donated over £10,000 to the charity Tiny Changes by buying and raffling off the Chewbacca mask worn on stage by fellow Scottish musician Lewis Capaldi at TRNSMT.