Drenge Laneway Festival 2014 Sideshows have been announced to complement the band’s apperance at the indie boutique festival next February.
Following on from Laneway announcing its own set of sideshows, featuring Chvrches, King Krule, and Savages, Drenge now joins the list.
Frontier Touring and I Oh You are excited to confirm headline shows for Drenge this February playing Sydney’s Goodgod on Tuesday 4 February and Melbourne’s The Tote on Wednesday 5 February.
Already confirmed for Laneway Festival dates across the country, the brothers from the Peak District in England will treat Sydney and Melbourne audiences to their powerful and visceral rock’n’roll.
Having released their self-titled debut album in August this year in Australia (out now through Liberator Music), this will be 22-year-old Eoin on vocals and guitar and 20-year-old Rory on drums, first visit down under.
Drenge was recorded over a two year period – a great deal of it penned during Eoin’s gap year where he questioned the meaning of his life and claims to have “hated everything” at the time; songs like ‘People In Love Make Me Feel Yuck’, ‘I Wanna Break You In Half’ certainly suggest a mirror of that vibe while ‘Bloodsports’ and ‘Backwaters’ juxtaposition anger and delight in the one breath.
While Drenge has somewhat of a cult-following, they are earning international praise not only from media and fans but also rock stars like fellow Northerners the Arctic Monkeys who they recently shared the stage with at the iTunes Festival in London.
Since their debut album release, Drenge has headlined shows in the UK, played on the bills of major festivals; Glastonbury 2013, Reading and Leeds Festivals, and also performed live on BBC Two’s flagship music show Later…With Jools Holland alongside Kanye West, Sting, Kings Of Leon and Lorde.
Drenge Australian Tour 2014
With special guests The Creases
Tue 4 Feb Goodgod | Sydney (18+)
www.oztix.com.au |1300 762 545
Wed 5 Feb The Tote | Melbourne (18+)
www.oztix.com.au |1300 762 545
Frontier Members pre-sale via www.frontiertouring.com/drenge
12noon AEDT Tue 29 Oct to 12noon AEST Wed 30 Oct
General public on sale from 9am local time, Friday 1 November
Also performing nationally:
Laneway 2014 Dates & Venues
Brisbane: Friday 31st January – RNA, Fortitude Valley
Melbourne: Saturday 1st February – Footscray Community Arts Centre/River’s Edge
Sydney: Sunday 2nd February – Sydney College Of The Arts, Rozelle
Adelaide: Friday 7th February – Harts Mill, Port Adelaide
Perth: Saturday 8th February – Esplanade Park and West End, Fremantle
Tickets and info at http://lanewayfestival.com/
