FEBRUARY 2010 NEWSLETTER

NEWSLETTER Volume 1- Issue 01 February 2010
　
NEWS:
Things have been busy for the band in December 2009 and January 2010!
Tim recorded his solo album 'Far Away From London', consisting of 10 acoustic tracks
performed and recorded in front of a live audience. Now available on itunes Europe.
We would really like to start off and say a huge thank you with much love to Ms. Terry D. Lane (tdlmusic.com) our fabulous ‘Den Mother/Mentor’ one of our AFIL rep's in Canada,
for helping us put the 2010 Canadian Tour together, for supporting us and just being there for us and kicking our backsides when we needed it …. all the way this past year!
　
BOOT CAMP & INTERVIEWS
Yesterday we left Copenhagen and went to the countryside to kick off our boot camp in order to practice and get ready for our Canadian Tour.
The regional division of Denmarks biggest tv station TV2 (
http://www.tv2east.dk/) will be coming out to our practice boot camp tomorrow (Monday) to do an interview regarding our preparation for our 2010 Canadian Showcase Tour to Canada on Feb.20th - Mar.20th, 2010 and our new music video (watch below).
On Tuesday we’re doing an interview with ‘Koege Dagblad’ - a local newspaper from Tim’s native region (
http://www.sn.dk/), and Aske will be interviewed by ‘Jydske Vestkysten’ - a local newspaper from his native region (http://www.jv.dk/jvdk) .
‘Vejle Amts Folkeblad’ - a local newspaper from Esben’s native region - wrote an article on us according our new music video:
(http://www.vejleamtsfolkeblad.dk/artikel/196347:Give--Video-til-det-danske-marked)
Furthermore we did an interview with ‘Amager Bladet’ last Tuesday, and it will be featured in the newspaper of next Tuesday.

We are happy to announce that GAFFA - the biggest Danish music magazine - wrote an article on us (
http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/36984)
English translation for this GAFFA article (TAILWIND for DANISH BAND in NORTH AMERICA) on our Facebook fan page (in the ‘Notes’ section):
http://www.facebook.com/afriendinlondon
　
NEW MUSIC VIDEO premier Feb 18th, 2010
We are in the process of editing and finalizing a new music video for our single
"WHAT A WAY"
.
‘Thure LINDHARDT'
(Angels & Demons Movie) along with Danish Royal
Ballerina ‘Victoria Cooper’ and a cast of 50 people helped make the video
a truly fabulous experience for the band.
The premier of the video will be on Feb 18th. Produced by Guineapig productions,
Thank you to Lena Nyhus, Christian Henricson and the Crew ~
http://
www.youtube.com/afriendinlondonnet
Besides making a video for the single "What A Way" we are proud to announce that
'A FRIEND IN LONDON' and "What A Way" is #2 on the Danish rock charts for Copenhagen, at ReverbNation.com right next to Danish singer/songwriter Tim Christensen.

Find the band on these websites and request or vote for our music!
Internet Radio Stations have been giving us some airtime, especially DJ, Joe Public for all the air-play and recommending us. JP now is on two new internet radio stations, so listen to his shows and request ‘A Friend In London’ often:
http://www.realhitradio.co.uk/shows.html
http://www.ventureradio.co.uk/index.html
Also a radio station in Berlin, Germany - Radio AFK Max Air is playing us,
after people have been requesting us. Thank you:)
www.afkmax.de
Vote & Request us on Canadian Radio Station The Edge 102.1
http://www.edge.ca/Music/IndieOnline/View.aspx?ID=132808

’Out of Track’ and the EP ‘A Friend In London is now on itunes.com
www.itunes.com/afriendinlondon

GOSSIP:
Tim Schou the lead singer for AFIL attended Danish Fashion Week with Danish Designer David Andersen.
Tim and Esben (Drummer for AFIL) were smoozing this week at the VIP Fashion Week Afterparty with MALENE BIRGER and other Danish Designers and Celebrities, it was a fun week for AFIL.
　
MUSIC:
In 2010 we will be recording our first full song album, and you can help us raise the money for this, and be in on the fun. You can support our coming album on our sellaband site;
www.sellaband.com/afriendinlondon and read "THE PLAN" to see what's in it for you.
Support us, and we will spend a lifetime giving it back, music wise;)
　
TOURING
:
Tickets are booked and we are on our way to Canada from Feb. 20th to March 20th, 2010. With a big stop at Canadian Music Week 2010 / Canadian Music Fest we’re looking forward to come play at the festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
We will be adding our gig dates on our
http://myspace.com/afriendinlondon website as of Feb.21st,, 2010.

Sun.21.Feb Photoshoot All Day with Frank Greco
(BonJovi, Aerosmith, Tommy Lee, Paul McCartney, Madonna etc)
Thu.25.Feb Rock’n Roll Heaven, Toronto (East) 9 pm
Sat.27.Feb The Black Shire, London, Ontario (Performance 9 pm)
Mon.01.Mar ThatChannel.com - Interview/Performance (Acoustic) Toronto (performance @ 1:30 pm)
Tue.02.Mar The Toronto Independent Music Awards Interview w/ Reporter (time tbd)
Fri.05.Mar Ready We’re Rollin Radio Show, Interview/Performance - Fort Erie, ON. (at 9 pm)
Sat.06.Mar. Open to The Public Recording – Sessions on the River Recording Studio - 9 am to 6 pm
Sat.06.Mar The Max Pub, Niagara Blvd, Fort Erie, ON (performance 9 pm)
Sun.07.Mar Imagefm.ca,- Interview/Performance - Hamilton, ON, (Matt Brewer) performance from 7 pm.
Wed.10.Mar CMW
Thu.11.Mar CMW
Fri.12.Mar CMW - SHOWCASE @ Berkeley Church (UR Artist Showcase), Toronto, ON
Sat.13.Mar CMW
Tue.16.Mar Nu Music Nite @ Horseshoe Tavern (URartist.com artists), Toronto, ON
Fri.19.Mar The Legendary Red Rooster, 484 Plains Rd East, Burlington, ON
　
MORE GIGS will be added to our http://www.myspace.com/afriendinlondon daily.
You can check out our band reviews at http://www.sonicbids.com/afriendinlondon
　
MERCHANDISE:
On www.cafepress.com/afriendinlondon you can buy ‘A FRIEND IN LONDON’ merch, whether you want to drink your coffee in a ‘A FRIEND IN LONDON’ mug, or you just wanna show your appreciation for the band with a nice T-'shirt, it is there.
　　
CHECK OUT OUR LINKS:
http://www.afriendinlondon.com
http://www.myspace.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.facebook.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.youtube.com/afriendinlondonnet
www.indiesolo.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.sellaband.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.reverbnation.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.sonicbids.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.twitter.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.afriendinlondonmusic.blogspot.com
http://www.audiostreet.net/afriendinlondon
http://www.purevolume.com/AFriendInLondon
http://www.riffstar.com
http://www.bebo.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.hotbands.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.mymusiccircle.com
http://www.isound.com/a_friend_in_london
http://www.pledgemusic.com/artists/afriendinlondon

A quick shout out to our fans:
In these days we’re experiencing that the band name is becoming more and more relevant as there has been massive support from our new friends all around the globe.
Our music is being played on radio stations in Germany, England, Canada and U.S. and we are thankful for all the attention from the music industry as well as all the people helping us out.
Thanks to the cast of our forthcoming music video, Guineapig Productions, Terry Lane, Kenny Aleksandr and all the new fans around the world.
　
Yours Sincerely
'A FRIEND IN LONDON' Band.