Gang Of Youths Announce New Album + 2022 Australian National Tour
Australian indie-rock band Gang Of Youths have today announced their return to Australia for a national tour and announced their new album angel in realtime. to be released February 25th, 2022.
“The album is about the life and legacy of Dave's father, indigenous identity, death, grief and God. And also the Angel, Islington.” Gang Of Youths
The angel in realtime. tour presented by Handsome Tours, TEG Live and triple j will be held in Australia’s most spectacular arenas in July and August 2022, kicking off at Perth’s RAC Arena, then to Adelaide Entertainment Centre and Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena, before heading to Melbourne’s iconic Rod Laver Arena. The band also return to Auckland and Wellington for their first Aotearoa headline shows in five years.
Fans in Brisbane and Hobart are advised not to despair, some very special announcements are coming soon. Sign up at amoreperfectunion.com.au for updates.
Following their recent singles, ‘the angel of 8th ave.’, telling of falling in love in a new city and making a home in another, and ‘the man himself’ a song created around a sample recording from the island of Mangaia in the Cook Islands about living without the guiding hand of your own father, today they release album track ‘tend the garden’.
Le’aupepe said, “My dad was a gifted and passionate gardener. It's where he funnelled a lot of his energy and sensitivity, and despite our humble surroundings, we were always surrounded by beauty. The journey he made from Samoa to Aotearoa to Australia was a difficult and inspiring one, but also fraught with mistakes, regret and terrible choices. I like to think he was building something beautiful, and pondering what life had given him in spite of his mistakes and concealment. We never knew his story until after he died, so this is the most poetic interpretation of his affinity for gardening that I could think of.”
Gang Of Youths 2022 Tour Dates
Sat 30 Jul - RAC Arena (Perth)
Wed 3 Aug - Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Sat 6 Aug - Qudos Bank Arena (Sydney)
Fri 12 Aug - Rod Laver Arena (Melbourne)
Sun 14 Aug - Venue TBA (Hobart)
Sat 20 Aug - Venue TBA (Brisbane)
General tickets on sale from 9am (local time) 19 November. More information.
'angel in realtime.' will be released 25 February 2022. Pre-order it.
