Adelaide rock legends The Angels are set to hit up Sydney and Melbourne next year, bringing their acclaimed ‘Symphony of Angels’ show around the country.
Earlier this year, The Angels performed a very special show in their hometown with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by John Rob and dubbed the ‘Symphony of Angels’, the gig was a massive success, selling out Adelaide’s Festival Theatre in no time.
Now, the rockers are set to bring this very special show to Sydney and Melbourne next year, when they take the show on the road.
Taking place in April of 2019, John Rob will again be serving as conductor, as Rick and John Brewster, Nick Norton, Sam Brewster, and The Screaming Jets’ Dave Gleeson deliver a show fans won’t soon forget.
“Classical music was embedded in John and me from an early age,” explained Rick Brewster. “I studied classical piano throughout my school years and it was all I knew until I started learning guitar.”
“Our songwriting reflected our background, mixing rock with classical melodies. We always knew the sound of an orchestra could bring another rich dimension and after all these years this came to fruition with the Symphony Of Angels.”
“I remember when the band recorded Rick’s song ‘Mr Damage’ way back in 1979, Rick and I were singing violin and brass parts on playback, and saying ‘wouldn’t this be great with an orchestra’,” John Brewster recalled.
“Sadly, we never knew our grandfather Hooper, who died just four months before I was born, but we were aware of his musical legacy. Our dad would bring visiting musicians over and sometimes they would play in our house, beautiful sounds bouncing off the walls.”
“We never thought one day we would marry our music with classical players, we could only dream.”
Taking place at the Sydney Opera House and Melbourne’s Hamer Hall, these two shows are set to rank among some of the best ever delivered by the band, with John Brewster calling their Adelaide performance in July a career highlight.
“The band were still talking about the concert months later, it excited us that much,” he explained. “We are constantly coming into contact with fans who rate the show among the best they’ve seen.”
“Even people who were there as orchestra followers loved the show, as did the orchestra players and choir themselves.”
Tickets to the ‘Symphony Of Angels’ go on sale at 12pm AEST on Friday, November 23rd through Ticketmaster.
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The Angels’ Symphony Of Angels Tour
Thursday, April 4th, 2019
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
Ticketmaster| 136 100
Saturday, April 6th, 2019
The Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Ticketmaster | 136 100
