| Ben Christophers | |
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Ben Christophers performs live at the Fillmore Miami Beach in June 2010. |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 27 July 1969 |
| Origin | Wolverhampton, England |
| Instruments | Guitar and piano |
| Associated acts | Bat For Lashes, Imogen Heap |
| Website | www.benchristophers.co.uk |
Ben Christophers is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands of England. To date he has released five albums: the first two on Virgin's V2 label, the third on Cooking Vinyl and the two most recent on his own label, Rocketeer.
He collaborated with French singer Françoise Hardy, for whom he wrote the song La Folie ordinaire. On 12 February 2008 he sang a duet My Beautiful Demon on her follow up album entitled Parenthèses.
He has also performed in support of Bat For Lashes: on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge with Jo Whiley,[1] on BBC television's Later... with Jools Holland[2] and the Late Show With David Letterman[3] on US television.
Christophers is currently performing with Imogen Heap on Leg 6 of her Ellipse Tour [4] as an opening act as well as support for Imogen Heap on guitar and keyboards.