Welcome to The Angels’ Go For Broke tour. For more than five decades, the legendary Australian band has never taken a backwards step. After marking their 50th anniversary in 2024, now comes a new tour celebrating the band’s past, present and future.
The Go For Broke tour will see the band blazing through their cavalcade of classics – Aussie anthems such as Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again, No Secrets, Take A Long Line, Shadow Boxer, Marseilles, Comin’ Down and We Gotta Get Out Of This Place – as well as showcasing a handful of killer cuts from the acclaimed new album, Ninety Nine – including Ninety Nine (Go For Broke) – plus some deep cuts from the band’s classic catalogue.
The tour will commence on July 4 at Torquay Hotel and July 5 at The Corner Hotel in Melbourne, before heading to Fremantle and Perth, then Sydney and Belmont, up to Brisbane and Sandstone Point, before concluding at legendary South Australian live venue, The Bridgeway Hotel. Special guest is Disgraceland, with tickets on sale now at theangels.com.au
“Last year was really special,” John Brewster says. “And that was down to all our fans who made the 50 Not Out tour one to remember. But I really feel this is the beginning of an exciting new chapter for The Angels.”
Ninety Nine’s first single, Ninety Nine (Go For Broke), is both an instant Angels classic and a savage statement on the state of the world. “It refers to the fact that 99 per cent of us have to accept our lot, while the one per cent take the lion’s share,” explains singer Nick Norton, who wrote the song with bass player Sam Brewster. “The super-rich are richer than they’ve ever been.”
“Only choice for the ninety-nine,” Nick Norton sings, “is to cut and bleed.”
One reviewer called a recent Angels show “rock ’n’ roll thunder”. “And,” John Brewster smiles, “I guess it is.”
“We’ve found a new energy,”Sam Brewster says simply.
“The band is really powering,” Rick Brewster adds. “And we can feel the energy from the audience. We love our hardcore fans, but we’re also blown away by how many young people are at the shows.”
“You have to hand it to The Angels … there’s more than enough here to excite any veterans of the 1979 Sydney Opera House riots,” read The Australian’s review of Ninety Nine.
“The Angels still rage with the passion and intensity of a young rock band just starting out,” declared STACK magazine, which hailed Ninety Nine as one of the Top 24 albums of 2024. “Fifty years in, The Angels still thrill.”
This is it, folks! The Angels – John Brewster, Rick Brewster, Sam Brewster, Tom Brewster and Nick Norton – Go For Broke.
The Angels ‘Go For Broke’ – Ninety Nine Album Tour
with special guest Disgraceland
Tickets on sale now via theangels.com.au
