Dan Hipgrave

Dan Hipgrave
Birth name	Daniel Hipgrave
Born	5 August 1975 (1975-08-05) (age 36) Brighton, England
Genres	Indie rock, Britpop rock hip hop pop
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1997–present
Labels	S2 Records
Associated acts	Toploader

Dan Hipgrave (born Daniel Hipgrave, 5 August 1975, Brighton, England^[1]) is a musician, writer and presenter. He is best known as the guitarist of the indie rock band Toploader.

Early life

Hipgrave studied psychiatric nursing at the University of Sussex, until he left in 1996 to devote his full-time energies towards his band.^[1]

Music career

In April 1998, they signed a six-album deal with S2 Records, a subsidiary of Sony Records. They went on to tour worldwide in their own right as well as support act to Paul Weller, Robbie Williams and Bon Jovi (where they became the last British band to play the original Wembley stadium). Toploader's debut album, Onka's Big Moka, released in 2000, sold over two million records. The album featured various chart hits including their cover of "Dancing in the Moonlight" and "Achilles Heel", and "Only For A While". Toploader's second LP Magic Hotel was released in 2002, and despite it entering the UK Albums Chart at number 3, the band were dropped by their label.^[2] The band split in 2003 stating 'personal differences'.^[2]

Media career

Hipgrave has turned his attention towards writing and television work, making a number of appearances in both media. In 2008 Hipgrave appeared as the resident travel expert on BBC2's Market Kitchen as well as reporting live from Radio 1's Big Weekend in Maidstone for BBC One.^{[citation needed]}

Writing

He has also written articles for The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The Mail on Sunday and other publishing outlets.^{[citation needed]}

Travel Company

In 2010 Dan launched his own music travel company originalmusictravel.com in partnership with award winning travel company Original Travel. They sell music focused holidays, festival packages and VIP concert tickets around the world.

Personal life

Hipgrave married TV presenter Gail Porter in 2001;^[3] they have one daughter, Honey, from the marriage. By 2004 they had separated and later divorced.^[4]

In August 2007, Hipgrave announced his engagement to television and radio presenter Lynsey Horn marrying her on 8 November 2008 at Langley Castle, Northumbria.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "My Weekend : Dan Hipgrave". Evening Times. 29 July 2006. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-14346884.html. Retrieved 2 December 2008. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Pop band Toploader split". BBC News. 25 March 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2885811.stm. Retrieved 1 December 2008. 
3. ^ Carpenter, Louise (3 August 2008). "Gail Porter interviewed". The Observer. Guardian News and Media. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/03/celebrity.gailporter. Retrieved 2 December 2008. 
4. ^ Levin, Angela (29 May 2006). "'I refuse to be called brave'". Telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/05/30/bagail.xml&page=2. Retrieved 2 December 2008. 

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