The Gaslight Anthem Announce Second Date At London O2 Academy Brixton
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Written by Elliott Batte
Following their triumphant return to the UK at their incredible sold out show at KOKO, The Gaslight Anthem are excited to announce a run of UK tour dates this Autumn.
The shows are the first in support of their highly anticipated fourth album ‘Handwritten’ - out July 23rd on Mercury Records – and will see them performing twice in London’s O2 Academy Brixton, as well as in Birmingham, Manchester, and Glasgow.
The Gaslight Anthem have already performed at several major festivals this Summer, including opening for Bon Jovi at Bamboozle, appearing at the Metallica Orion Festival, and Lollapalooza (for the second time) at Grant Park in Chicago (August 5th). Recent European dates included shows with Soundgarden in Paris, Berlin and Milan, as well as several major festivals. The band will also return to the UK later this summer to appear on the main stage at this year’s Reading and Leeds Festivals.
‘Handwritten’, the band’s first album on Mercury Records, was produced by two-time Grammy
Award-winner Brendan O’Brien, known for his work with Bruce Springsteen (Best Rock Album Grammy 2002), Pearl Jam, Incubus, and many others. The result is the most committed, affecting and compelling album of their career to date. Introduced by muscular lead-off single ‘45’, which received its world premiere on BBC Radio 1 as Zane Lowe's Hottest Record in the World on April 30th (and is now on B-List rotation on the station), it finds the Jersey boys in inspired form, decanting '60's soul, '70's stadium rock, '80s hardcore and '90's grunge into eleven white-knuckle, blue-collar everyman anthems. Brian Fallon likens its incandescent electrical storms to ‘Tom Petty songs played by Pearl Jam’. Put more simply, it's a supercharged American rock 'n' roll classic.
If you’re a fan of the band, check the dates and details of their tour below.
Fri August 24th 2012 - Richfield Avenue, Reading
Mon October 15th 2012 - Brixton Academy, London
Wed October 17th 2012 - O2 Academy Brixton, London
Thu October 18th 2012 - Manchester Apollo, Manchester
Fri October 19th 2012 - O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow
Sat October 20th 2012 - O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham
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