Sam Smith's Twitter Excites Fans for Tonight's iTunes Festival Performance

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What is Sam Smith up to? The British soul-singer and songwriter has taken to Twitter with interesting tweets that are getting fans excited.

Today, Smith tweeted to his fans that there is a surprise in store for them tonight as they watch his performance live for the iTunes Festival Tonight at the Roundhouse.

Yesterday, Smith posted a photo to Instagram with the caption, "Back home for today. Filming something special!!!" Could the two be related?

Fans retweeted Smith's tweets inquiring what the surprise may be, expressing their excitement and congratulating him on his latest achievement. Last night, Capitol Records UK tweeted at Smith, congratulating him on his recent nomination for two Q awards.

Smith was nominated for Best New Act and Best Track.

The Q Awards are the UK's annual music awards run by the music magazine "Q".

"Congratulations to @samsmithworld who has been nominated for 2 Q awards for Best New Act & New Track. Vote here qthemusic.com," the tweet said. Smith retweeted the tweet to his followers, which numbers up to 625,000.

Smith's performance tonight will be live at 9 p.m.on iTunes or Apple TV.