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An Acoustic Evening With The Trews

The Trews — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:15:07 -0000

Hey folks,

Hope you all had a great holiday season. I'm just dropping you a line to let you know about an upcoming Trews acoustic show at the end of this month. On January 30th we'll be taking the stage at the Glenn Gould Studio in downtown Toronto.

We'll be recording the show and releasing it this year as an official acoustic album. The set list will combine old favorites, unreleased b-sides and album tracks that we don't play at the electric shows.

We're currently writing some new material so we might even include a couple of brand spanking new tunes to showcase. The Glenn Gould Studio has amazing acoustics and the setting is cozy and intimate. There are limited tickets available so snatch em up while you can. Hope to see you there. Bye for now.

Colin

Find tickets online at http://ev8.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/evenue/ev69/se/DisplayPromoList.d2w/report?linkID=rthmh&RSRC=&RDAT=&caller=PR, via phone by calling 1 (416) 872 4255 or in person at Roy Thompson Hall box office

The pre-sale begins today at 10am and will run until January 7th. During this pre-sale, you can purchase tickets at $20.00 each (plus applicable service charges) instead of the $25.00 regular price. Password for the pre-sale is "acoustic"

The Trews Takeover Your Hometown

The Trews — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:44:43 -0000

Hey Trews fans if you are near a movie theater over the next month get there early and check out a funny little commercial for Scene.ca that runs prior to the previews featuring yours truly.

Scene.ca is running a contest where the prize is a private acoustic Trews show at a theater near you. All you need to do is tell us why The Trews should come to your hometown to play at the local Cineplex.

Get all the details and enter at Scene.ca

Also check out an interview on "Uncovered", a new feature with Alan Cross (Ongoing History of New Music) on CFOX, FM 96, Power 97 and The Edge 102.1.

Colin

Watch The New Video Now

The Trews — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:08:38 -0000

Watch The New Video Now
Man Of Two Minds Now at MuchMusic & MuchMoreMusic

Man Of Two Minds is now officially in rotation at MuchMusic and available to view online on YouTube. As of next week, you'll also be able to view the video on the MuchMoreMusic channel.

So check out the new video and remember to share it, email it to friends, post it on the web and request it at MuchMusic.

WATCH IT.
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MuchMusic MOD Appearance
Live Interview on Tuesday September 23rd

The Trews will be dropping into MuchMusic on Tuesday September 23rd at 5:00pm for a live interview on MuchOnDemand. Tune in.
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102.1 The Edge Is Postponed
Acoustic Performance To Be Rescheduled

The scheduled acoustic performance & live interview on The Dean Blundell Show at 102.1 The Edge had been postponed to a later date. We will let you know the new date & time as soon as we have more details.

New Single & Video & The Score Street Party

The Trews — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:04:08 -0000

Man Of Two Minds, the new single from NO TIME FOR LATER can now be heard across Canadian Rock Radio. As always, we would appreciate it if you could do your part by calling your local radio station and requesting the new single. A full list of request links can be found here.

The video will be delivered to MuchMusic this week so expect to see it on TV soon.

For those of you living in the Toronto area, The Score is throwing a street party on Saturday, September 20 to celebrate the launch of their new HD studios.

This event is free, open to everyone and takes place from 4-10pm at the corner of King and Peter.

The Trews will play live that afternoon at 5:30pm and then perform their hit single, Hold Me In Your Arms live on The Score HD at the start of the national broadcast, which begin at 7pm.

If you can't make it down or do not live in the area, you can watch it live in HD starting at 7pm ET on The Score.

Get all the details here.

New Single & Video

The Trews — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:58:51 -0000

Hey Everyone,

It's Colin. I'm just updating you on the latest happenings in the world of The Trews. I am sitting in a hotel room in Fredericton, New Brunswick, we are in the midst of an East Coast club and campus tour... so ya we're touring for a change.

While Paranoid Freak is holding steady on the Canadian Rock Charts, we are releasing a new single from the album. This week Man of Two Minds is going to radio across the country.

You know the drill folks, we do our part by making the music and playing the shows, you do your part by calling you're local radio stations and requesting our songs. We also shot a video with acclaimed director Don Allan in downtown Toronto. That should be at the nations music station in the next couple of weeks.

We're still going hard and working our butts off, with a lot of work and a little luck we can keep kicking ass with this new record. So get on the line and request the song because "Hope won't get our motherfucking band played!!!" (little John Stewart reference).

The way I see it the more success we have at radio the more opportunities we have to come out and play for all you amazing fans!!!

All the best as always

Colin

The Trews Remix Contest

The Trews — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:44:16 -0000

So we've had an amazing summer so far. We've returned to pretty much every major Canadian city that we hit on our spring tour for some kind of summer festival and even played some new towns for the first time (hello Bonnyville!!....Brooks Rock City!).

Some highlights of the summer, so far, include meeting Gene Simmons in Edmonton last week (two members of KISS down, two to go) and rocking Trafalgar Square for a couple thousand people on Canada Day in the UK.

But I digress, I'm posting to tell you about this campaign we're launching which involves you remixing two of our songs "Paranoid Freak" and "Hold Me in Your Arms"

I will personally be checking out all the submissions and picking a winner. I'm looking for the most "out there" interpretations, as I'm pretty familiar with the tracks as they are, so feel free to get creative. I may even post one myself.

So SIGN UP HERE and happy mixing. May the best would-be producers win!

Until next time...
JA

Canadian Tour Video # 2

The Trews — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:52:47 -0000

Hey everyone,

Colin here, just wanted to let you all know about our second installment of our tour documentary. This one features an interview with yours truly.

There will be other videos featuring interviews with the other guys in the weeks and months to come. Once again thanks to Kevin and Nathan for doing a great job conceptualizing these short clips. Hope you guys like it!!!

Colin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxFpzy77o18

The Trews on the cover of The Tub Magazine

The Trews — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:52:04 -0000

We're on the cover of this month's issue of The Tub Magazine and there's an awesome spread and interview for your reading pleasure. Check it out here and remember to pass the link on to your friends.

Paranoid Freak Video

The Trews — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:30:48 -0000

Hey there Trews fans, check out our freaky new video for our current single Paranoid Freak. In case you haven't been to a show in a while, the newest Trews member on the keyboards in the opening shot is Jeff Heisholt. You might recognize our video's protagonist as the guy from the latest string of Rogers commercials. Not that we're endorsing Rogers or anything, we just thought the guy in the commercials made a good ..um.. paranoid freak.

We are thrilled to have yet another video added in heavy rotation at our nations music station...it really helps us keep the Trews bus rolling...thank you MuchMusic!!!

Now the rest of the work is up to you, our beloved fans, you can help us to keep this thing going by requesting the song at Muchmusic and at radio. Once again thank you for your continued support...we love you...no really...WE LOVE YOU!!!

Colin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCqa6nVNtH8

The Trew Nooner

The Trews — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:58:54 -0000

Here's a series of videos entitled "The Trew Nooner" created by Nik Sexton and CBC TV for a web based show called The Motion Show. This series features Sean Dalton.

See Sean like you've never seen before! He'll offer some insight about being in a band, shows off his unique workout regime, takes ping-pong to the streets, busks and more!

Includes bits where he plays a French, Italian, German and best of all - a Newfie with an attitude!

Contains some strong language and may not be suitable for the kiddies!

A Trew Nooner (Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd7zm1GgDy0

A Trew Nooner (Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svruJvV0i_c

A Trew Nooner (Part 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqVw2_c6cKI

Enjoy and pass them around to your friends to discover!

MTV Acoustic Performance Now Online

The Trews — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:01:36 -0000

For those who cannot get MTV via cable TV, you can check out the live acoustic performance online at MTV.ca.

Includes the songs Hold Me In Your Arms, Paranoid Freak, No Time For Later, Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me and Tired Of Waiting.

Enjoy