The most credible thing you can say about The Bomb is that two of its members were actually there. Drummer Jamie Thunder and synth player Shaun Gillespie both played in New Wave bands — INB and The Lost Boys — during the decade they now spend their evenings recreating, touring Canada and making their own records. When this Ontario-based quartet works through a set spanning Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, David Bowie, and The Cure, the nostalgia carries some firsthand authority.
About the Show
The Bomb’s approach is deliberately wide rather than deep. Instead of building an evening around a single artist’s catalog, they run the New Wave decade as a curatorial sweep: A-ha, U2, Simple Minds, Hall & Oates, Prince, Depeche Mode, INXS, The Cars, The Clash, Billy Idol, and more, packaged under the tagline “The Soundtrack of Your Youth…Live!” It is the format that serves a tribute act better than the single-artist approach — a room full of people who each have a different favorite ’80s band will find something to sing along to, and The Bomb plays to that by design.
Their promotional materials describe a show built around “big sound, exuberant performance and image,” with members dressing the period and committing to the production across the full set. Lead vocalist Rob Van Der Vleuten handles the considerable vocal range this catalog requires, working guitar and synth alongside Constantine Gatsis on guitar. The span is real: the same outfit that covers Bowie’s atmospheric drama also covers the funk-inflected pop of Hall & Oates and the gothic synth of Depeche Mode.
Before headlining their own touring circuit of Ontario theatres, festivals, and casinos, the group opened for actual period acts including The Spoons, Men Without Hats, Carol Pope & Rough Trade, and Images in Vogue. They have since built a regional following at venues including the TD Stage, waterfront festival stages, and Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, the kind of Ontario circuit that requires a show built for mixed crowds rather than dedicated fans of one band.
This is their third consecutive Kingston engagement. They played The Spire in September 2024 and October 2025; two repeat bookings at the same room is a reasonable measure of audience approval. A meet-and-greet with photo opportunities and merchandise follows the performance. Dancing and singing along, as the band puts it, is “happily encouraged.”
Venue & Logistics
The show takes place at The Spire, 82 Sydenham Street, Kingston, a partner venue ticketed through Kingston Grand Theatre. The room is part of the north-country touring corridor that connects Kingston-area venues to the broader Ontario and upstate circuit. Showtime is 8:00 p.m.
Tickets
Tickets are $45.00 plus HST, all in at $55.55. Buy tickets