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Dave Navarro to host Wade Randolph Hampton’s birthday party at Ghostbar with special guests Jesse Murphy and Aaron Johnston of Brazilian Girls on July 25
By media release
Jul 17, 2008

Dallas, Texas – Dave Navarro needs no introduction.  He is a household name as guitarist for most notably Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane’s Addiction; as former husband to Carmen Electra; and as a television celebrity in such shows as Carmen and Dave: An MTV Love Story, Rock Story, Punk’d and Celebrity Poker Showdown, among others. 

The handsome bassist for band sensation Brazilian Girls, Jesse Murphy and drummer Aaron Johnston will grace Ghostbar’s turntables.  Not new to the vinyl scene having DJed at Coachella this year, Jesse and Aaron are currently working on a side project, Sounds for Your Hounds.

But who is Wade Randolph Hampton?  Marketing Director of N9NE Group Dallas including Ghostbar, N9NE Steakhouse and Nove Italiano, Wade Randolph Hampton (aka DJ WishFM), is the man behind-the-scenes of Dallas’s nightlife mecca.  He plans the events, parties, celebrity hosts and advertising for the N9NE Group Dallas adult playground.  He is also a celebrity guest DJ for numerous events and fashion shows (including Neiman’s 100th Anniversary) throughout the city and abroad.  He appears in advertisements for luxury car dealerships and is the king of who’s who in Dallas. 

Let’s just say his blackberry, packed with contacts, is priceless in AMEX bucks.  He has worked with Paris Hilton, the Wilson brothers, Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo, Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz, and Erykah Badu, to name a few.  As a DJ and music producer, he was music supervisor and album producer for Sony Pictures Classics Groove and Requiem for a Dream remix producer.  More recently, he was music supervisor for TV Junkie which won a Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize.  He's been featured in an unbelievable 19 TV/film documentaries, including MTV’s True Life series, CBS 48 Hours and the late Peter Jennings’s heralded Ecstasy Rising, cementing his rep as one of the true historians of American dance music.  His best gig was Timothy Leary’s funeral, in which Winona Ryder and Oliver Stone danced barefoot to Stevie Wonder’s song, ‘Superstition.’  His best is also his worst – Leary’s funeral and holding back the tears.  BAM Magazine once wrote, "You may not know Wade Randolph Hampton by name, but the 31-year-old San Francisco resident is making great progress in his bid for world domination."
 
And world domination continues at Ghostbar on Friday, July 25, when Wade Randolph Hampton celebrates his birthday with celebrity hosts Dave Navarro, Jesse Murphy and Aaron Johnston.  The event is $20 for men only (ladies are complimentary) and doors open at 8pm.  Extend the party into tomorrow with W Dallas - Victory’s Take the Lift Home package. Enjoy cocktails, breakfast in bed, valet parking, plus a wonderful room you’ll love starting from $209. Explore whotels.com/dallassleepover for details. 

Ghostbar is located on the 33rd floor of the W Hotel at 2440 Victory Park Lane, Dallas, TX  75219.  Regular hours of operation are Monday through Saturday from 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.  Cover is $20 on Fridays and Saturdays for men only (excluding special events).  Bottle service reservations are recommended.  For more information, please call 214.720.9909 or visit http://www.n9negroup.com/.