Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Frontman David Le’aupepe’s impulsive banter brings heart-wrenching vulnerability to an uninhibited set
On Sunday, Gang of Youths’ frontman David Le’aupepe checked out of social media “for a bit” – though not for the first time. On Wednesday, the first concert of the band’s heroic six-night run in their hometown of Sydney was cancelled due to “our David’s” chest infection.
The band had played eight sold-out gigs at the Forum in Melbourne already, not to mention other cities. Running yourselves ragged at medium-sized venues instead of slamming it home at a stadium is what real rock ‘n’ roll bands do, you see. Especially bands who owe Australia, as Le’aupepe said on Thursday night, “an extended, elongated and perhaps lifelong debt of gratitude for what it’s given us”. Including, presumably, the 2017 Aria best album award for Go Farther in Lightness, the album the Say Yes to Life tour is all about.
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