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The Harbour Agency presents The Angels Greatest Hits Tour 2013 - Take It To The Streets The Angels bring their pure Australian rock guitar sound and legendary songs to Wollongong. Fronted by Dave Gleeson from The Screaming Jets. 25 May – 25 May Through four decades, Rick and John Brewster, The Angels guitarists, co-founders and its most prolific songwriters, have seen lineups change and the band’s musical styles rearrange, but through it all they’ve maintained the pure Australian rock guitar sound that’s driven The Angels most legendary songs. With Dave Gleeson (from The Screaming Jets) upfront, The Angels have been storming rock stages right around the country. They've even notched up a festival in Japan. Two years of blowing away new and old Angels fans at sold out show after sold out show. All the hard work has paid off. The Angels with Dave Gleeson are now widely known as the best live rock band in Australia today. Now The Angels are heading for the heartland. “It’s a bit like time-traveling for us,” says Rick Brewster, recently named of Australia’s five best guitarists, alongside Angus Young. “We’re doing some shows in theatres and towns we haven’t been to in decades, but the band is playing with the same kind of energy and passion again now that that shot us to the top in the late '70s.” “We must be doing something right,” says Dave Gleeson, of The Angels’ recent successes, “I just wanted to give all these classic Angels songs I grew up with the justice they deserve live onstage. Now after 60 shows together, songs like Long Line, Marseille, Be With You, After The Rain, Shadow Boxer and Mr Damage are inside me, I feel them, and I can let them out onstage. Our audiences get that. They know we mean it.” In recent months, The Angels have headlined sold-out music festivals and released a new album, Take It To The Streets, which debuted at No. 7 on the ARIA Australian Albums chart. They’ve seen new songs like Waiting For The Sun become FM radio hits, they’ve released their first live album in 24 years, The Angels: Live At QPAC and they’ve published a book of stunning live photos taken by professionals and fans during their 2011 Waiting For The Sun tour. “The Angels have always been about giving fans the best show they’ve seen from us yet,” says John Brewster. “With Dave Gleeson tearing up the stage now, and the whole band playing at the top of its game, that’s exactly what Angels fans who haven’t seen us for a long time are going to get. We’re having an absolute ball and everyone in the audience can feel it. This kind of energy is always infectious.” While many Australian bands have abandoned the grind of life on the road required to take their shows to regional and country towns, for The Angels it’s never been about anything else. You make your music, says John Brewster, and then you take it out there and you play it to the people. “We’re wandering troubadours,” says John, “always have been. That’s part of this thing we’ve always done. My brother Rick and I are still driving the same highways we’ve been travelling for 38 years. We’ve always been happy to play live to more of this country than most bands ever do. “The fact we’ve been around so long as The Angels, that we’ve made so many fans and we play so many of our most famous songs live means we can keep doing that.” Location IMB Theatre Pricing Adults: $60; Music at IPAC Members: $55 (A $5.10 transaction fee applies to phone and internet bookings.) Performance Times General Public: Sat 25 May 8pm Running Time Approx 2 hrs (incl interval)

Code One presents Bonjah Plus Support Friday 24 May 2013 (opening 7.00pm) at The Heritage Hotel, Bulli ( venue info ) 240 Princess Highway, Bulli www.heritagehotel.com.au **18+**

Deezer and Tone Deaf presents The Chemist Ballet in the Badlands Tour w/ Special Guests Tickets are on sale Friday, March 29th. Thursday, May 23 | The Spotted Cow, Toowoomba Tickets: www.oztix.com.au, 1300 762 545 and All Oztix Outlets Friday, May 24 | Beetle Bar, Brisbane Tickets: www.oztix.com.au, 1300 762 545 and All Oztix Outlets Saturday, May 25 | The Loft, Gold Coast Tickets: www.oztix.com.au, 1300 762 545 and All Oztix Outlets Sunday, May 26 | Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour FREE ENTRY Thursday, May 30 | Barcode, Wollongong Tickets: www.oztix.com.au, 1300 762 545 and All Oztix Outlets Friday, May 31 | Terrace Bar, Newcastle Tickets: www.oztix.com.au, 1300 762 545 and All Oztix Outlets Saturday, June 1 | Brighton Up Bar, Sydney Tickets: www.gobookem.com Thursday, June 6 | Grace Emily, Adelaide Tickets: www.moshtix.com.au, 1300 GET TIX, All Moshtix Outlets Friday, June 7 | The Workers Club, Melbourne Tickets: www.theworkersclub.com.au, 1300 724 867 Saturday, June 15 | The Bird, Perth Tickets: Available from the door