Brian Fallon: Last News

The Gaslight Anthem have returned with their first new track in over nine years – listen to ‘Positive Charge’ below.The New Jersey rockers went on hiatus in 2015 before reuniting in 2018 for a string of anniversary shows in celebration of ‘The ‘59 Sound’. They resumed their hiatus shortly afterwards but confirmed in 2022 they were back in the studio working on a sixth album and confirmed details of a world tour.“I am very pleased to announce to you all that The Gaslight Anthem is returning to full time status as a band,” said vocalist Brian Fallon at the time.

The Gaslight Anthem have shared a heavy cover of Billie Eilish’s ‘Ocean Eyes’.The New Jersey rockers’ cover of the 2016 hit, which served as the lead single on her 2017 EP ‘Don’t Smile At Me, starts off with a haunting vocalisation before jumping straight into a loud drumbeat and chugging guitar while frontman Brian Fallon juxtaposes Eilish’s original soft vocals with his raspy voice. The song also features backing vocals by psych-jam bassist/bandleader Karina Rykman.Speaking about their decision to cover ‘Ocean Eyes’ in a statement (via Stereogum), Fallon shared: “I was driving my daughter to school and she played it for me on the way and I really took to the song.

The Gaslight Anthem‘s frontman Brian Fallon has opened up about the first time he met Bruce Springsteen back in 2009.Back in July, the band announced their first record in nine years, ‘History Books’ and shared the title track, which is a duet with Springsteen himself. In a new NME interview, Fallon recalled his reaction to Springsteen joining the band at Glastonbury to perform ‘The ’59 Sound’.“We were playing in 10 minutes, so when he showed up, I couldn’t think,” said Fallon.

The Gaslight Anthem have shared a new single featuring Bruce Springsteen and announced their first album in nine years, ‘History Books’.The New Jersey four-piece are due to release the 10-track record on October 27 via their own label Rich Mahogany Recordings – pre-order/pre-save it here. Following on from 2014’s ‘Get Hurt’, the upcoming collection was first previewed earlier this year with the song ‘Positive Charge’.Today (July 21) sees the arrival of the title track from ‘History Books’, a “heavy-hearted” team-up with fellow New Jersey native Springsteen.Speaking about how the single came about, Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon explained: “When Bruce Springsteen said I should write a duet for us, I think my head exploded.“It will never get old to me that one of the greatest songwriters in the world, and the voice of one of my heroes will forever be captured in a song I wrote at a small wooden desk, in October, in New Jersey.”Per a press release, the collaboration explores “the power in letting go of what no longer serves you”.

The Gaslight Anthem reformed after a self-imposed seven-year hiatusNow, just one year later, the band is back on the road and once again bringing their hits like “The ’59 Sound,” “45” and “Get Hurt” to adoring fans all over the U.S.and Canada on their North American Tour.That includes shows in Huntington, NY’s The Paramount on May 26 and Lafayette, NY’s Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards on May 27 and a supporting gig for The Misfits at Newark’s Prudential Center on July 8.Plus, the New Jersey natives will headline a trio of festivals as well.The group has fest dates at the Four Chord Music Festival in Washington/Pittsburgh, PA on Aug. 12-13, the Bourbon and Beyond Festival in Lexington, KY on Sept.

The Gaslight Anthem played a surprise show in New Jersey at the weekend (June 18) ahead of their comeback tour later this summer.The band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2015, but played together in 2018 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their second album ‘The ‘59 Sound’.In March 2022, frontman Brian Fallon announced online that the band would be returning to “full-time status”, including working on their sixth album and heading back out on the road. The tour is set to kick off in Europe in August.Before that, however, The Gaslight Anthem surprised fans who turned up at New Jersey venue Crossroads for a solo show from Fallon.

The Gaslight Anthem have announced their first UK and Ireland headline tour dates in four years – you can buy tickets to the UK gigs here when they go on sale later this week.The New Jersey band announced their return to action last week, with frontman Brian Fallon telling fans: “I am very pleased to announce to you all that The Gaslight Anthem is returning to full time status as a band.“We’re also beginning to write new songs for what will be our sixth LP. We’re looking forward to the future and seeing you all again.

The Gaslight Anthem have announced that they’ve reformed after a seven-year break – and they’re working on a new album.The New Jersey rock band, led by frontman Brian Fallon, announced an indefinite hiatus back in 2015 following their European summer tour.Since then, Fallon has continued to release solo material while the band briefly reunited in 2018 for a string of shows to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their seminal second LP ‘The ’59 Sound’, after which they resumed their hiatus.Today (March 25), Fallon, via the band’s official Twitter account, apologised that Gaslight Anthem would not be doing a 10th anniversary tour for their 2012 album, ‘Handwritten’, but then followed it up with the news that they were back.“Hello everyone, Brian here. I hate to disappoint you, but I need to inform you that there will not be a 10th anniversary Handwritten Tour, or a documentary,” he wrote. “However, I am very pleased to announce to you all that The Gaslight Anthem is returning to full time status as a band.”“We’ll be announcing a lot of tour dates in the next couple of days.

Brian Fallon has announced details of rescheduled UK and European tour dates for 2022.The Gaslight Anthem frontman will kick off the ‘Local Honey’ tour in Frankfurt in April 2022, before heading across the continent for a lengthy series of dates that will conclude at Nottingham’s Rock City on May 28 of that year.You can check out the tour dates in full below.APRIL 2022 26 – Frankfurt, GER – Batschkap 27 – Hamburg, GER – Edel-Optics.de Arena 28 – Gothenburg, SWE – Pustervik 29 – Stockholm, SWE – Debaser Strand 30 – Copenhagen, DK – Lille VegaMAY 2022 2 – Cologne, GER – Carlswerk Victoria 3 – Berlin, GER – Huxley’s 4 – Wien, AT – Ottakringer Braueri 5 – Stuttgart, GER – LKA Longhorn 6 – Munich, GER – Neue Theaterfabrik 7 – Nurnberg, GER –

Bruce Springsteen, Josh Homme, Albert Hammond Jr, Tom Morello and more are set to perform on a special live-stream in tribute to Joe Strummer, which will also benefit the #SaveOurStages campaign.Dubbed ‘A Song For Joe’, the two-hour event will air via YouTube this coming Friday (August 21) to mark what would have been the late Clash frontman’s 68th birthday. Fans in the UK can tune in from 8pm (BST).Joining the aforementioned artists onscreen will be the likes of Brian Fallon, Frank Turner, Dropkick Murphys, Hinds, and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer.

Brian Fallon has postponed his planned UK and European tour dates until 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis – check out the schedule below.The Gaslight Anthem‘s frontman was set to hit the road back in May in support of his third solo album ‘Local Honey’, which was released in March. Those dates were pushed back until January/February 2021 earlier this year.As the pandemic continues to disrupt live music, Fallon confirmed today (July 28) that the tour will now kick-off next December.

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