Mo Pitkins

Dean & Britta (of Luna)

Tuesday, Jan 23, 2007 7:00 PM EST (6:30 PM Doors)
at Mo Pitkin's
in New York, NY

Dean Wareham was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He emigrated first to Sydney, Australia, and then to New York City on July 31, 1977, where he attended high school with Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang. Later the three became known as the Boston band Galaxie 500, who made three albums between 1987 and 1991 (currently available on the Rykodisc label). In 1992 Dean formed Luna, who went on to record seven studio albums before finally disbanding in 2005. Once upon a time, Britta Phillips.... ...was the singing voice of cartoon rock-star JEM... ...co-starred in the silly coming-of-age movie, "Satisfaction," with Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson, Justine Bateman, Scott Coffey & Deborah Harry... ...moved to London with her first band, Belltower and released an album & several EPs before signing with Atlantic records and promptly disbanding... Britta met Dean in March, 2000 when she auditioned for his band, LUNA. They toured the world together. Dean heard some of Britta's songs, and together they made an album called L'Avventura. Luna finished their farewell tour in February, 2005. Dean and Britta are now working on songs for their next album tentatively scheduled for a spring 2006 release.