MUMBAI: After the successful tours of British R&B artist Jay Sean, British singer Laura Critchley and Indie rock and pop band �Goldspot', Rayban Vh1 Global Music Xpress brings popular Lebanese Canadian R&B artist Karl Wolf to India! Karl Wolf will kick start his India tour on 13th May in Pune followed by Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi on the 14th, 15th and 17th respectively.

Carl Abou Samah better known by his stage name Karl Wolf, is a singer, songwriter and producer based in Montreal, Quebec. He released his first solo album �Face Behind the Face' in January 2006 which featured 3 hit singles ; Butterflies, Desensitize and Referee and broke into the Canadian Top 100 sales charts. He released his second album �Bite the Bullet' in November 2007 which featured his latest hit �Africa'. The song became an instant success across the country and garnered double platinum status sales for the album.

Karl Wolf says, I am so excited to go to India for I have made many great friends from there in the past 8 years. I had worked on some songs for "Sukbir" as well as produced an album for DUO "JOSH. Also growing up in Dubai, I had many friends from there... Not to mention the Tandouri Chicken!!...

Karl won a Sounds of Blackness Award (SOBA) in 2007 as the 'Best R&B/Soul Artist of the Year' for Face Behind the Face and was nominated for a 2007 Juno Award (Canada's music awards) for 'Best R&B/Soul Recording'. He has also been crowned winner of the 'MTV Arabia New Act'at the EMA's (MTV's European Music Awards), one of the most prestigious music awards in the world. Wolf was a part of the opening act for the launch of MTV Arabia alongside Akon, Ludacris and UAE's Desert Heat and has recently collaborated with rap legend Snoop Dogg to release an exclusive online track called 'Triple R'.

Vh1 India Associate General Manager Ferzad Palia says, Rayban Vh1 Global music Xpress is a definite success. We are extremely happy to be partnering with Rayban for this initiative and want to keep bringing down new and different genres of artists for all music lovers to enjoy....

Performance Schedule

13 May, 2009 Hard Rock Caf?©, Pune

14 May, 2009 Hard Rock Caf?©, Mumbai

15 May, 2009 Hard Rock Caf?©, Bangalore

17 May, 2009 Delhi Sports Bar, The Great India Place Mall, Noida