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CATEGORIES: SPECIAL OCCASION;TRAVEL;APPOINTMENT
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DTSTART:20091231T120000
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SUMMARY:XPN Welcomes David Gray
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Event Name: XPN Welcomes David Gray=0D=0AEvent Url: http://www.phillyfunguide.com/event/detail/61807=0D=0AEvent Date Begin: 2009-12-31=0D=0AEvent Date End: 2009-12-31=0D=0A=0D=0AAfter several successful releases through the 1990s, David Gray's breakthrough came with the worldwide release in 1999 of his fourth album, White Ladder; this was a critical and commercial success and included his best-known songs, 'This Years Love' and 'Babylon.' In the United States, the album received a boost from jam-band leader Dave Matthews, who made it the first release by the record company he co-founded, ATO Records.=0D=0A=On August 11, 2001 White Ladder at last reached the top of the UK charts, having been selling steadily since its reissue the previous May, thereby setting a new record for the longest uninterrupted climb to No. 1. The follow-up, A New Day at Midnight, also hit No. 1, and Gray's seventh album, Life In Slow Motion was released on September 12, 2005.=0D=0A=Gray's early music was in a contemporary folk-rock, singer-songwriter mode; his primary instrument was acoustic guitar, with occasional piano. 1996's Sell Sell Sell featured some rock arrangements and electric instrumentation.=0D=0A=David Gray's brothers-in-law are Paul and Phillip Hartnoll, formerly of the Techno/Rave band Orbital. Because of this relationship, Gray performed guest vocals on the Orbital single 'Illuminate,' while Paul Hartnoll produced a breakbeat remix of Gray's song Please Forgive Me.=0D=0A=His successful single 'January Rain' was included in the original soundtrack of the movie 'Serendipity', starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale.=0D=0A= =0D=0A=0D=0AStart time:11 pm
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