Congratulations to The New Cities who were big winners at last night’s 2010 SOCAN Awards Gala. The guys won the Pop/Rock Music Award for their smash hit “Dead End Countdown”. Lead vocalist Dave Brown tweeted, “Just won the pop/rock song award @ the #socanawards. So happy right now!!!!!!!!!” Based on the greatest number of radio spins in Canada, “Dead End Countdown” was the first single from the Quebec natives and was co-written with producer Greig Nori.

The New Cities with producer Greig Nori.

Julien Martre and Dave Brown.

SOCAN, the Society Of Composers, Authors And Music Publishers Of Canada, is a Canadian copyright collective that licenses music and administers the performing rights of its more than 100,000 members. Now in its 21^st year, the SOCAN Awards were held at Toronto’s John Bassett Theatre and was co-hosted by Kardinal Offishal, Suzie McNeil and Hawksley Workman.

Get the full list of SOCAN Award winners here and be sure to follow The New Cities on Twitter and Facebook for all the latest news. Congratulations guys!

Tags: Greig Nori, Pop, Rock, The New Cities

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