Inside Paolo Nutini's life: Paisley roots, rise to fame, celeb pals and new album rumours

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Paolo Nutini gets set to make his musical comeback this summer and we literally cannot contain our excitement. He's been off the music scene for a few years now and hasn't released an album since 2014 - so when he announced that he was returning to the stage this summer, fans could not wait.

And as the rumour mill is turning on whether or not the Paisley star will release a new album ahead of his comeback gigs, we take a look back at where it all started for Candy singer.

His family have owned a fish and chip shop for generations in his hometown of Paisley and when he was a little boy and his parents were busy working, he would go to his grandfather's house, where he was first introduced to music.Paolo noticed that his grandfather was still grieving for his grandmother, and speaking previously to The Big Issue about watching him channel those emotions into music, he said: "He'd be sat at the piano with his glasses with the brown tint, head up, eyes closed, and just playing these beautiful arias from Aida and other operas."Every now and again I can even remember the wee tear trickling down.

To me he was just singing and looking up and he was just like, 'I hope you can hear this, darling.'"At 14, Paolo got a music tutor Avril McCusker’s to help him pursue his dreams of making it big time.Although he was entering talent contests, he was going nowhere fast and he realised he needed a mentor – a proper singing teacher who would transform him from a schoolboy into a superstar.Paolo turned up at Avril’s house near the school and pleaded with her to give him singing lessons.At first, she was sceptical because she had heard the same story from other talented youngsters before.