(The Gaslight Anthem @ Area 4 Festival 2008)
“And if they end it all,
By the end of tonight,
If the big bomb drops down,
Over this quiet Edison sky.
We'll blow one last kiss,
To all the beautiful nights like this,
Under these central Jersey sky.”
Brian Fallon (singer of the Gaslight Anthem) will perform an intimate solo show at New Brunswick’s Court Tavern on January 24, a venue the band used to play before they started blowing up. Then his band headlines a European and North American tour.
It’s amazing when the bands in your town become popular. It’s kind of a rush when you can say, I saw that band at a basement show and now they’re huge. Or I was friends with the guitarist or I ate dinner with the band. Or I was at the band’s first show. I remember when My Chemical Romance was playing the Loop Lounge in Passaic, NJ and a handful to 50 kids would show up. They’ve now played the venue of all venues, Madison Square Garden. The band is practically from my hometown, Newark, but more appropriate they are from Kearney and Belleville, New Jersey.
For one Jersey kid who enjoys going to shows and recently got into the New Brunswick scene, it’s incredible to see The Gaslight Anthem making their mark. Last year the band released “The 59 Sound,” which is on plenty of top album release for 2008 lists, opened for Rise Against, Thrice, and Alkaline Trio, performed on Conan O’Brien, and opened for the Bouncing Souls, just to name some highlights.
Tickets for the Gaslight Anthem’s show at Webster Hall on March 27 go on-sale this Friday at noon. Heartless Bastards will open. Tickets available here.
In February the band heads to Europe, then in March they headline a North American tour with Heartless Bastards. Tour dates and ticket info available at their MySpace.
Brian Fallon Solo Tour Dates:
1/24 @ Court Tavern, New Brunswick 9pm $10
1/25 @ The Middle East, Cambridge, MA 8pm $10
I hope they make it back to new brunswick sometime soon. A $5 loft show would be awesome.
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