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Neil — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:33:09 +0000

A reminder for you that in the next couple of weeks, the craziest band of Germans will be heading over to the UK to play some shows with TDT. Arilyn and The Dreaming Tree will be gracing venues in Buxton and Shrewsbury during May, and are probably going to have a whale of a time doing so, and quite simply, you’d be mad to miss it.

Friday May 18^th the bands will be at The Orchestra Pit in Buxton, from 9pm and Saturday May 19^th the bands roll into The Old Post Office in Shrewsbury, from 8.30pm. For further information, go to the gigs page and begin making your plans.

Cheers, To A City

Neil — Sun, 06 May 2012 19:00:27 +0000

The band would like to say a collective thank you to the city of Southampton. In the last couple of weeks, it seems to have become something of a second home to the ‘Tree, and with gigs at the Hobbit and the Firehouse, more action has taken place down in Hampshire than the Midlands. The band has had great gigs and great responses from the venues and the lovely folks in them, and so everyone should have a collective round of applause.

Cheers to Stella at the Hobbit, Rob at the Firehouse, and everyone else who we’ve met on our travels. We’ll be seeing you all again very soon!

Lord Of The Stings…

Neil — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:52:48 +0000

It’s a well known fact that TDT are huge fans of the work of J.R.R. Tolkien, and big fans of the Peter Jackson film adaptations as well as the books. It’s similarly well known that TDT is a huge fan of the Hobbit pub in Southampton, having played there on many occasions in the past. One of the things that TDT is most definitely not a fan of, however, is large corporate bodies throwing their weight around simply because they can. We would like to point your attention to this article from the BBC, no less, and ask you to take a moment to consider just what kind of situation allows this type of heavy-handedness to be acceptable. As far as we’re concerned, if the mighty Stephen Fry is on the side of the little man, (appropriate considering it’s the Hobbit we’re talking about…) that’s good enough for us.

If you have a Facebook account and want to ‘like’ the page and show some support for the little dudes from The (Hamp)Shire, click here to go to the savethehobbit page.

They’re Coming!!!

Neil — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:44:51 +0000

It’s true. They are indeed coming. The Crazy Germans know as Arilyn will be sweeping into the UK during May for a short tour, playing some shows with the ‘Tree and generally making us all look quiet, shy and retiring in comparison. If you’ve not caught the band before, they’re well worth it, with an amazing show and brilliant songs. Information for the short Summer tour can be found on the gigs page, on Facebook or by using your psychic powers. Don’t miss the shows: they will be worth it.

On The Road Again

Neil — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:31:41 +0000

We’re pleased to release some news about where and when you’ll be able to see the band playing in the near future. TDT will be out and about playing a few shows to attempt to remove any semblance of ring rust as they plow on into getting things ship-shape and smart, ready for hitting the studio to record the next album. A glance at the gigs page on the website will inform you as to the whens and wheres of the deal.

Like A Duck

Neil — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:10:30 +0000

All may seem quiet and contented in the land of the ‘Tree, but the band are currently doing their best impression of a duck. All serene and calm and graceful on the surface, but underneath the waterline, away from the prying eyes of the land-bound observer, their feet are going ten to the dozen, frantically racing round juggling as many hats as there are mixed metaphors in this sentence.

There are more gigs in the pipeline, which we will be posting up soon, along with some news about other shows later in the year which should be very interesting. Songs are being click tracked and arranged for the new album, studios are being sourced and finances put in place. The rumour that the band also occasionally pick up instruments and plays music is currently being investigated.

Stay tuned, and don’t forget to follow the band on Facebook or any other of your preferred social networking sites!

Fingers In Pies

Neil — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:19:55 +0000

So last week had Neil A engineering and playing on a demo for another group, Neil S adding to the Gear List with further purchases for bass-related stuff, Stevie V arranging rehearsal sessions for a Eurythmics tribute band, and Dan arranging some songs written by one ‘Crazy’ Vince Neads for future recording. TDT HQ would like to reassure everyone reading this that TDT work is also carrying on apace. You can verify this by attending the show in Southampton on 14^th January. When hopefully everyone will have cleaned the pie off their fingers…

Happy New Year

Neil — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:47:36 +0000

Happy New Year and Seasons Greetings to all you followers of either/or The Dreaming Tree and arbitrary dates in the Gregorian calendar. Here’s a quick capsule review of what’s coming up for the band in the year of someone’s Lord 2012!

We’ll be looking towards a release of a new album, with new songs and new artwork and all that kind of thing, we’ll be doing some of that playing thing in the live arena with instruments, singing, light shows and the like, we’ll be possibly looking at hitting the road in foreign climes where they speak in a different language (and I’m not talking about Dudley…), there may be interesting developments with producers, new recording studios to try and other things that may or may not happen that we may or may not announce.

One things we can say for certain is that the first show of the year takes place this month, and will be at Southampton’s The Hobbit, and you can find details of that on the gigs page of the website. Or, if you really are that lazy, click here.

The band hope your 2012 is a good one!

Thanks From The Band!

Neil — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:26:25 +0000

The Dreaming Tree assorted cast and crew, bunch of Muppets that they are, would like to roundly and heartily thank and congratulate all and everyone who came to the Old Post Office show and made it a great success. Judging from how well the whole thing went, it could be that throughout the next year the band will focus more on putting on it’s own shows rather than simply ‘doing the rounds’ as before. The scope to increase the visual elements of the show were certainly a great bonus we’d like to investigate further. So cheers to you all for your much welcome support, and we’ll hopefully see some of you at the Bell and Talbot for our last gig of the year this coming Friday.

Tickets Holding Here…

Neil — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:35:27 +0000

Tickets for this weekend’s show at the Old Post Office are still available in limited supply, but due to the proximity of the date, any purchases made from now will be held for your collection on the door. Buy your tickets now, if you need them! There are few remaining!