In November and December 2012, the Angels with Dave Gleeson joined

In November and December 2012, the Angels with Dave Gleeson joined the Baby Animals and the Hoodoo Gurus for the national A Day on the Green tour, resulting in a headlining show in front of 8,500 in Perth. Also in November the Angels with Gleeson began recording songs for a new studio album, and announced their Take It to the Streets national tour, from 22 February to 20 April 2013. However, in January 2013, Bailey was diagnosed with throat cancer, and John Brewster’s son, Sam Brewster, would step in for him playing bass on tour. Sam would become the official bass player for the band after Bailey’s death from the cancer on 4 April 2013 at age 62. In February 2014 they released a second album with Gleeson, Talk the Talk , which reached the top 50.