Chris Brown

Short Biography
Rising R&B star Chris Brown takes to the stage on the 12 July for his first ever UK gig. Performing worldwide hits from his self-titled platinum debut album including Run It, Yo (Excuse Me Miss) plus the new single Gimme That, the R&B Hip Hop superstar will storm London's Hammersmith Palais with his smooth vocal talent and slick moves.

In less than twelve months Chris Brown has shot to fame - becoming the first male solo artist to release a single that went straight to the top of the Billboard 100 singles chart! At only 17, he won Best R&B/Soul New Artist at the 2006 Soul Train Awards and hi...

Short Biography
Rising R&B star Chris Brown takes to the stage on the 12 July for his first ever UK gig. Performing worldwide hits from his self-titled platinum debut album including Run It, Yo (Excuse Me Miss) plus the new single Gimme That, the R&B Hip Hop superstar will storm London's Hammersmith Palais with his smooth vocal talent and slick moves.

In less than twelve months Chris Brown has shot to fame - becoming the first male solo artist to release a single that went straight to the top of the Billboard 100 singles chart! At only 17, he won Best R&B/Soul New Artist at the 2006 Soul Train Awards and his debut album notched up over 1.3 million record sales in the US alone.

Joined by special guests,  Vivianna, Nathan and Whistlestop, all representing the elite of the next generation of R&B Artists at this summer's hottest event.

In-depth Biography
Chris Brown began his music career as a classical pianist, but became increasingly influenced by American experimental and improvised music. These influences, combined with studies of Indonesian, Indian, and Cuban musics, led Brown further into free jazz. Since the late '70s, Brown has been building personal electronic instruments, using analog circuits to modify acoustic devices' sounds, and mixing these with concrete and synthetic sounds. He created an installation of networked rhythm machines, called Talking Drum, that made stops in San Francisco, Montreal, and Holland. Brown has received commissions from Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio, Rova Saxophone Quartet, and the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra. He was a member of the Hub from 1986 to 1998, and of Glenn Spearman Double Trio. Brown has performed piano music by James Tenney, Henry Cowell, Luc Ferrari, and more, and recorded and performed in the free jazz tradition at venues including the San Francisco, Monterey, DuMaurier, and Victoriaville festivals. The end of the '90s found Brown working on a new series of concert pieces called "Inventions"; they are based around the results of a polyrhythm generating software. In addition to this, he has been developing the Eternal Network Music Site, which involves linking musicians in different cities during one performance, and playing in Room, a new music trio with Larry Ochs of Rova and William Winant. ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide