institution Caffe Vivaldi in Greenwich Village. Opened in the 1980s, it became a regular hangout for New York artists, such as Woody Allen, and Al Pacino. Owner Ishrat Ansari had befriended Gray on his previous trips to the Caffe and gave him a Friday night slot, often occupied by major artists such as Marcus Mumford from Mumford and Sons. The show featured Jack Spann, from the Broadway musical, War Horse, on the Grand piano, and Mikiya Ito from Japan on cajon and percussion. 2014–2016 NHK Tokyo Eye In the winter of 2015, the band featured on the TOKYO EYE program for the national Japanese TV broadcaster, NHK. In the program, the band explored the music scene at various livehouses in Tokyo, culminating in an impromptu jam session at Meguro Timeout, a live music speak-easy ran by master, Mura-san, where musicians were able to drop in at any time and play with other musicians using the numerous instruments on display. Gray stated that Timeout was one of his favourites places to play music anywhere due to its informal nature and inclusivity of styles and ages, saying he had often been in the middle of the night to finish writing a song or practice when needed. Live radio Gray featured on the radio in Japan due to interest from DJ Guy Perryman from Tokyo InterFM. Firstly, on a live performance broadcast and interview of Gray's Desert Island Discs at the Brewdog Live Sessions in Roppongi, Tokyo. This was followed by another live performance on air, featuring four songs: One More Chance; The Arrival of the Prince: and the yoga-inspired Dirty Downward Dog. Gray mentioned he had planned to record a video with the song in New York in September 2015 but the video was cancelled due to the production company getting a contract to work with Leonardo DiCaprio. In the interview, Gray mentioned his recent jam session with Japanese popstar, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, from Japan's most famous celebrity group, SMAP, describing him as very modest and "a gentle soul". World tour 2015 The band started round-the-world tour of Japan, England, Canada and the US in the summer of 2015 with dates in Tokyo, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Chicago, New York, London and Gray's hometown of Newcastle. However, the tour was cut short after a car-crash on a highway in California in September, which left Gray with concussion and whiplash. 2017 world tour