The Angels next to be honoured with west end laneway
The next city laneway to be named after an iconic Adelaide band will be in the west end, due to launch in 2025, six years after it was first approved by the council.
The Angels Lane is the next City of Music Laneway to be realised in 2025, in line with the 10th anniversary of Adelaide being awarded its UNESCO City of Music status.
There are currently four city of music laneways: Sia Furler Lane, Cold Chisel Lane, Paul Kelly Lane and No Fixed Address Lane.
The Angels Lane is proposed to be a private lane running between Rosina Street and Morphett Street, behind TAFE SA’s Currie Street campus.
The new location for The Angels Lane is in the west end of the CBD. This picture: Adelaide City CouncilThe Adelaide City Council first approved The Angels Lane in 2019, and originally the name was allocated to an unnamed private road off Gawler Place at the North Terrace end.
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But, building owners didn’t endorse the installation of public artwork or commemorative plaques in the first-choice Gawler Place laneway, Council CEO Michael Sedgman told the council’s City Finance and Governance Committee last night.
Public art and a plaque are a big part of the City of Music Laneway project, to make the laneways vibrant and a destination for locals and tourists.
The proposed artwork hasn’t been designed at this stage, but The Angels Lane has been allocated about $60,700 in the council’s 2024/25 business plan and budget which includes the cost of signage, public artwork, plaque and a launch event.
The location off of Gawler Place was formally named The Angels Lane in 2019 and will be renamed Gallerie Lane because two laneways cannot have the same name.
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Gallerie Lane references the former Gallerie Arcade that ran from Gawler Place to Pulteney Street in the 80s and has stood empty since John Martin’s closed in 1998.
Councillor David Elliott says he’s excited to see the musical laneway be realised in the west end and align with other Hindley Street upgrades, connecting their new public toilets to Hindley Street and making the space more vibrant and safer.
“That’s why I’m excited about this, not just about how it fits into improving the public sector and the improvement in that space, there’s something in this that could actually make this a rather important laneway for people to move through,” he says.
The Angels were inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame in 1998. They’re still touring and released a new album in June. This picture: GazzaBThe Angels celebrate their 50th anniversary as a band in 2024, and in 2010 became the only popular music band other than The Beatles to have been celebrated with a Lord Mayoral Town Hall reception in Adelaide.
Their hits include ‘Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again’ and ‘No Secrets’ and they have been cited as an influence by Guns N’ Roses and grunge bands Nirvana and Pearl Jam.
In September, Keith Urban went viral on Instagram and TikTok for playing ‘Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again’ and confusing his American bandmates with the iconic call and response at his Australian tour.
@keithurban all roads lead to Daryl Braithwaite 🇦🇺
After the Angels, there will be a laneway named after Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach and an additional local band endorsed by the council that has not yet been announced.
With most of the City of Music laneways in the west end, they form a trail, inviting locals and visitors to find out more about Adelaide’s cultural heritage and local live music venues.