page_title: The Trinity Band
section_title: Early history
hierarchical_section_title: The Trinity Band / Early history
caption_attribution_description: w:The Trinity Band onstage with Must Be The Music host w:Fearne Cotton, 2010
context_page_description: The Trinity Band is a five piece musical group founded in 2004 from Derby, England. The band consists of Rukus, Dwaine Hayden, Craig Dawkins, James Dawkins and Pete Sharpe.
  In May 2010 the band was a semi-finalist on Sky1's televised music competition Must Be The Music, where they performed the original single "This Must Be Love." The single was officially released on 7 September 2010. On 23 July 2011 The Trinity Band was chosen as the overall winner of the Live and Unsigned music contest.
context_section_description: In 2006 BBC Radio 1Xtra came to Derby to record The Trinity Band performing at Rukus' Originality Stands Alone launch party, giving the live footage a full two-hour broadcast. The band performed at Kensington Palace for Prince Charles, Jools Holland, and others at The Princes Trust Urban Music Festival. They were the Midlands resident group for the I Luv Live Franchise, and in 2009 performed at the Fuse Festival.
  In 2010 the band reached the semi-finals of Sky1's televised music competition Must Be The Music. They performed their original single "This Must Be Love" on television on 9 May. On 7 September 2010, they released their "This Must Be Love" single on iTunes, which peaked on the UK Indie Chart at No. 23.
  In late March 2011 the group released It's a Trinity Ting Live EP. They played at Mayfest on 17 May 2011, and Osfest on 24 May 2011.
caption: The band with Must Be The Music host Fearne Cotton
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