The Gaslight Anthem Announce Hiatus

Sad news for fans of New Jersey’s The Gaslight Anthem; the band has decided to go on hiatus.

Taking to social media, the band urged fans to read a message they had posted on their official Facebook page without actually revealing the news.

In the message, they announced that they had decided it was in the best interest of the group to take a break from it all. The hiatus will officially begin once they wrap up their European tour dates in August. In a nod to “going out on top,” the band’s last day will be Aug. 30 when they take the stage at Reading and Leeds.

But for those who think the band might put music behind them, don’t worry. In the letter, they confirm that all members will be active in one way or another on different projects.

Read the complete message from them below.

“Hello All!

We wanted to let everyone know that we’ll all be taking a break from The Gaslight Anthem after this next European tour in August. We’re all going to do other projects and stay active in some way or another, both in and out of music, but we’d like to step away from the band until we decide what we’d like to do next.

We’d like to recharge and take a step back until we have something we feel excited about rather than going right back to making a record just for the sake of making the next record. We all feel this is the best decision we can make and it feels like the right one for us.

Thank you to everyone who came out and supported our band for the last eight years and we’ll see you down the road!

With love and respect,

Brian, Benny, Alex and Alex.”

The Gaslight Anthem have had a busy year, touring in support of their latest album, Get Hurt, which was released last August.

The Gaslight Anthem Reveal Big News

If you’re one of the many fans of New Jersey rock outfit, the Gaslight Anthem, then you are in for some major good news because the band not only revealed that a new album is on the horizon, but that they will be heading out on tour to support it.

The new album will be titled, Get Hurt and is slated for  a release date of August 19. This new album marks the band’s fifth record and follows 2012’s Handwritten.
 
Unlike their previous works, frontman Brian Fallon has said that this album would be different than the ones before it, describing it as “completely different than anything we had ever done before.”

“Instead of going that extra step of just adding some organs to some background vocals, this time we actually really changed up a lot of the sounds,” he told Rolling Stone last month. 

“There are certain new songs where you might say ‘Oh, that could have been on Handwritten,’ or ‘That could have been on 59 Sound,’ but there are some songs where you’re going to be like, ‘This has never been touched by this band before.'”

In the interview he goes on to say that they took on a “first-person” writing approach even citing Bob Dylan as inspiration for that.
 
Like it had been said before, the news of the new album wasn’t the only good thing that was revealed. the band will be hitting the road beginning on September 10 in Washington, D.C. with Against Me!  for their 2014 tour. 

On a side note, it was also revealed that one of the tour stops would not only feature The Gaslight Anthem and Against Me!, but Jimmy Eat World will also be present. 

Check out the album art, track list and upcoming tour dates. 

Get Hurt Tracklist:
1. Stay Vicious
2. 1,000 Years
3. Get Hurt
4. Stray Paper
5. Helter Skeleton
6. Underneath the Ground
7. Rollin’ and Tumblin’
8. Red Violins
9. Selected Poems
10. Ain’t That a Shame
11. Break Your Heart

The Gaslight Anthem 2014 Tour Dates:

09/10 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *
09/12 – Philadelphia, PA @ Skyline Stage at Mann Center *
09/13 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center *
09/14 – Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Folk Festival
09/27 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre *
09/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Palladium
09/30 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues *
10/01 – Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theatre *
10/03 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom *
10/03-05 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
10/07 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theater *
10/08 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works *
10/10 – New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre *
10/10-12 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
10/14 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theatre *
10/15 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
10/16 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom *
10/17 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE

* * = w/ Against Me!