Newcastle's hottest drummer is coming home.
The Gang of Youths, most definitely one of Australia's hottest global rock 'n' roll bands at the moment, announced on social media they have added a show at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre on Friday, August 5, to their world tour.
The Gang of Youths drummer is Newcastle's own Dom "Donnie" Borzestowski.
The band, based in the UK, released its latest album, angel in realtime, in February and has already begun extensive touring in the UK.
The Newcastle show is the 31st date on a run that begins April 21 in Madison, Wisconsin, in North America and includes shows from coast to coast in the US, plus Canada, Germany, Norway, Spain, Netherlands and Scotland before reaching Australia.
The Australian leg begins in Perth on Shows are booked for Perth at RAC Arena on July 30, followed by Adelaide Entertainment Centre on August 3 and then Newcastle on August 5. The tour includes two shows at Qudos Arena in Sydney on August 6, Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on August 12 and 13 and a show at A More Perfect Union Festival in Hobart.
Pre-sale tickets to the Newcastle show go on sale today, Friday, April 8, with general public on sale from Monday, April 11. Ticket prices for the show start from $90.
The new album, angel in realtime, was inspired by Gang of Youths lead singer and songwriter David Le'aupepe's exploration of the 2018 death of his father and the grief, guilt and acceptance surrounding it.
Newcastle Herald music journalist Josh Leeson said, "Gang Of Youths deserve respect to aiming for greatness with an album in the era of streaming. On Angel In Realtime they land agonisingly close."
