Born in Oxford, David was raised in England, Canada, Thailand, and Malaysia, the East Village in New York and now lives in Montreal. He has a degree in Political Science from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.
With his band, and as a solo artist, David has sold over 1.3 million records.
He has won 5 Junos (the Canadian Grammy) including 2002 Pop Album of the Year. Also in Canada, he has had 10 different singles hold the #1 spot on radio, and 10 singles in the top ten. David has also had “top ten” and “top twenty” radio singles in England, Germany, Switzerland, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Poland, Russia, Hungary, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Israel, Greece, Italy, France, The Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan.
David has traveled to Burma for WarChild to film a documentary on children affected by war. He has performed for Fashion Cares and is presently part of the campaign to Make Poverty History. David has also recently finished a cover version of John Lennon’s “Watching the Wheels” for Amnesty International.
Twitter Updates
If you are in Vancouver this week my wife Sabrina's theater company has an incredible show opening tonight ... http://u.deqq.com/6k783
about 17 hours ago
for sure i also think its just the creative cycle, finishing something always leave my brain to much space ... http://u.deqq.com/RysfT
about 24 hours ago
time rolls by...
its funny how thing move below your feet and before you know it the earth has shifted. for ... http://u.deqq.com/RysfT
02:28 AM February 09
hey Mack, sorry i couldnt make it this time, my evening was already booked but maybe next time http://u.deqq.com/9l6zh
01:44 AM February 09