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" Meet Adam Young! This 23-year-old Minnesotan is the mastermind behind Owl City and songs like Fireflies and Vanilla Twilight. Read on for a few facts about this CosmoGirl! Hottie: The beginning of Owl City: Adam started the solo project in 2007. Stuck working a strenuous job as a truck loader in a Coca-Cola factory, he needed a creative outlet. So, he started mixing songs in his parent&amp;#039;s basement, uploaded them to MySpace, and soon thousands of people were streaming his music. Influences: Adam names Imogen Heap, Stairwell, DJ Encore, and Prefuse 73 as some of his favorites. Random Fact: He suffers from insomnia and composes his songs during sleepless nights! Twitter confessions: In his Twitter feed (@owlcity), Adam professes his love for Mexican fast-food chain Chipotle and Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants. Catch Owl City Live! Adam is hitting the road this spring. Check out these dates to see if he&amp;#039;s coming to your city! March  30th Knitting Factory Boise, ID 31st Knitting Factory Spokane, WA April  1st Paramount Theater Seattle, WA 3rd Roseland Theater Portland, OR 5th Fillmore San Francisco, CA 6th Fillmore San Francisco, CA 7th Fox Theater Pomona, CA 8th Soma San Diego, CA 9th Club Nokia Los Angeles, CA 10th Marquee Phoenix, AZ 12th Salt Air Salt Lake City, UT 13th Ogden Denver, CO 15th Stubbs Austin, TX 16th Verizon Wireless Houston, TX 17th Nokia Theater Dallas, TX 19th War Memorial Nashville, TN 20th Tabernacle Atlanta, GA 22nd Constitution Hall Washington, D.C. 23rd House of Blues Boston, MA 24th Terminal 5 (Matinee) New York, NY 24th Terminal 5 New York, NY 25th Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA 28th House of Blues Cleveland, OH 29th Royal Oak Detroit, MI 30th Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL May  1st State Theater (Matinee) Minneapolis, MN 1st State Theater Minneapolis, MN 2nd Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI 4th Val Air Ballroom Des Moines, IA 5th The Pageant St. Louis, MO Are you a fan of Owl City? Will you be checking out a live show?  Xoxo  Ale  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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