The Gaslight Anthem Stays ‘Positive’ on First Single in Nine Years
After returning to the road last year following what was essentially a four-year hiatus, the Gaslight Anthem has today (April 28) released “Positive Charge,” its first new single since 2014. With an anthemic chug in the vein of the band’s New Jersey rock forefather Bruce Springsteen and late-period Replacements, the track is out on the band’s Thirty Tigers-distributed Rich Mahogany Recordings label and was produced and mixed by Peter Katis (the National, Interpol).
“‘Positive Charge’ began as a message of joy to ourselves and to our audience,” Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon says. “The central theme is about looking at the things you’ve come through and feeling like you want to go ahead with an open heart toward the future, believing that the best years are not behind any of us and the good we have is worth something.”
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The Gaslight Anthem will be active on the road this year, with the first leg of the North American tour starting May 1 and another picking up Sept. 15 at the Bourbon and Beyond festival in Louisville, Ky. The group will also open for the Original Misfits on July 8 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
The Gaslight Anthem’s most recent album was 2014’s Get Hurt. It is unknown how much progress has been made toward its follow-up.
See The Gaslight Anthem’s 2023 tour dates below:
MAY
1 – Houston, TX – House of Blues * †
2 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theater * †
3 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom * †
6 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Music Festival
6 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
7 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall *
9 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution * †
10 – St Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live * †
12 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz * †
14 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium * †
16 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte * †
17 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live * †
19 – Atlantic City, NJ – Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino * †
20 – Buffalo, NY – Buffalo Outer Harbor Site *
21 – Wallingford, CT – The Dome at Toyota Presents Oakdale * †
23 – Portland, ME – The State Theatre *
25 – Bethlehem, PA – The Wind Creek Event Center *
26 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount *
27 – LaFayette, NY – Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards *
JULY
8 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center !
29 – Richmond, VA – Brown’s Island ^
AUGUST
13 – Washington, PA – Four Chord Music Fest
SEPTEMBER
15 – Louisville, KY – Bourbon & Beyond
16 – Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe
19 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
20 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
22 – Columbus, OH – The Bluestone
23 – Chesterfield, MO – The Factory
24 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
26 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion
27 – Wichita, KS – The Cotillion
29 – Sioux Falls, SD – The District
30 – La Vista, NE – The Astro – Indoor Theater
OCTOBER
2 – Denver, CO – The Fillmore Auditorium
4 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
5 – Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live
7 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory Concert House
8 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory Spokane
* w / Special Guest Oso Oso
† w/ Special Guest Emily Wolfe
! w/ The Original Misfits and Fear
^ w/ AVAIL
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