Brit Rockers Deliver Double Bill In Shades Of Gray

Moody-man pop double bills don't come much better than David Gray and Aqualung, the two acts that sold out Oakland's Paramount Theatre Sunday night.

Rescheduled from last October due to Gray's laryngitis, the concert was well worth the wait.

The show began with that rarity of rarities: an opening act that's nearly as good as the main attraction.

Aqualung is the band headed by 34-year-old Brit Matt Hales, a classically trained musician who has been called — and rightly so — Coldplay lite. In his too-brief 35-minute set, keyboardist Hales and his trio (drums, bass, guitar) played seven songs, mostly from Hales' first American release (a compilation of his two British CDs), "Strange and Beautiful."

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