On The Road-American Dreams

They’ve broken through to the big time on home turf, but that’s just the first step towards world domination for DON BROCO. As a rapturously received first U.S. headline run comes to its close, frontman ROB DAMIANI gives us a picture-postcard recap of horizons expanding with each passing show...

- Samlaw

Don Broco have always been regarded as a uniquely British proposition. It’s in their disarming frankness, their brilliantly dry humour, their defiant everyman attitude. Even as their music has grown from humble alt. roots into the outrageous pop/ rock/electro blend that’s elevated them from club stages to headline status at next year’s Slam Dunk festival, the Bedford quintet have always been seen as one of our own.

Superstardom beckons, though. With the release of 2018’s Technology, they established themselves as one of the major players in modern rock, pulling new fans aboard with irresistible gravitational force. The past 12 months have seen them headline at Wembley Arena; the next 12 take them to the top of the Slam Dunk festival billing. Now, add to that list of achievements a first ever North America headline tour – a scrapbook-worthy landmark in any British band’s career. Their 24-date trek began in Boston on September 12 and concluded on October 13 in Montreal; a predictably raucous affair, with almost every date either sold-out or upgraded due to unprecedented demand.