And launching a brand-new single – ‘Night Attack #23’

As the book The 100 Best Australian Albums highlighted, “The Angels can lay claim to being Australia’s longest-lasting band.” And when you’ve been around since 1974 and had 13 classic albums, the hardest part of any gig is compiling a set list. It’s a problem that’s now been solved. Welcome to … Brewster Brothers: Electric. Playing The Angels Rarities.

“We’re not badging these shows as ‘The Angels’,” John Brewster explains. “But we are doing Angels songs.”

So, what’s the story?

Well Well,Brewster Brothers just love to play – it’s what they’ve been doing for the past five decades. And they’re aware of the fact that The Angels singer, Dave Gleeson, has

commitments with another great Australian band, The Screaming Jets. While Dave is busy with the Jets, the Brewster Brothers thought they’d take the opportunity to perform some of the songs they’ve been itching to play.

It’s a gift for Angels fans – the songs they’ve been hoping to see for years.

Now, we might be calling them “rarities”, but these are songs that other bands would base their entire set around. We’re talking tracks such as ‘Dogs Are Talking’, ‘City Out Of Control’, ‘Eat City’, ‘Night Attack’, ‘No Exit’, ‘Straight Jacket’, ‘Who Rings The Bell’ and the first song that John Brewster wrote for the band, ‘Shelter From The Rain’.

No wonder the legendary American critic David Fricke called The Angels “a guaranteed great time anywhere”.

The tour announcement follows the release of the acclaimed documentary The Angels: Kickin’ Down The Door, which had its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival. Directed by Madeleine Parry, who made the Emmy-winning Hannah Gadsby: Nanette, the film tells the tale of the band That “revolutionised Aussie music”.

And to celebrate this ground-breaking tour, the guys are launching a brand-new single – ‘Night Attack #23’, a 2023 reimagining of the title track of their 1981 album, with The Angels drummer Nick Norton on lead vocals.

Nick will also be assuming lead vocal duties for the rarities tour, stepping out from behind the kit and singing and playing guitar (which will also enable Rick Brewster to play some additional keyboards). The band will welcome a guest drummer for these shows.