The Gaslight Anthem announce major US summer tour, new EP with Billie Eilish cover

WASHINGTON (TND) — New Jersey rock ambassadors The Gaslight Anthem may be bringing the sounds of the shore to a town near you this summer.

The beloved rock band, which reformed in 2022 after a seven-year indefinite hiatus, announced a cross-country U.S. tour Monday that will take them from the Rocky Mountains to the West Coast to the South to the East Coast.

The group will also be showcasing some new music, and some new old music, as it releases its first EP in 12 years, "History Books - Short Stories," a follow up to its 2023 album which will feature a cover of the Billie Eilish song "Ocean Eyes."

"I had been listening to this Billie Eilish song my daughter showed me on the way to school one morning called 'Ocean Eyes' and I thought, 'hey that would be a great song for The Gaslight Anthem to cover'," frontman Brian Fallon said in a statement released Monday.

In a throwback to the group's first EP, "Señor and the Queen," the Gaslight Anthem also reworked one of its popular crowd sing-alongs, "Blue Jeans and White T-Shirts," which features references to locations in Asbury Park, N.J., with new, more contemporary references.

"We had been messing with some of the location names to be more current - seems like real estate on Cookman Ave [sic.] is all office buildings and condos for very very rich people, maybe not the neighbors for me," Fallon also said. "So, we updated a few choice Jersey locations - not to replace the old version, just more of a current look."

The shows include the following dates and venues:

• July 26 at The Mission Ballroom in Denver, Colo.
• July 27 at The Union in Salt Lake City, Utah
• July 28 at Revolution Concert House in Boise, Idaho
• July 30 at Showbox SoDo in Seattle, Wash.
• July 31 at Grand Lodge Hotel and Property in Forest Grove, Ore.
• Aug. 2 at The Warfield in San Francisco, Calif.
• Aug. 3 at House of Blues Anaheim in Anaheim, Calif.
• Aug. 4 at The Observatory North Park in San Diego, Calif.
• Aug. 6 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, Calif.
• Aug. 9 at Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin, Texas
• Aug. 10 at White Oak Music Hall in Houston, Texas
• Aug. 11 at House of Blues Dallas in Dallas, Texas
• Aug. 13 at The Eastern in Atlanta, Ga.
• Aug. 14 at Marathon Music Works in Nashville, Tenn.
• Aug. 16 at Stone Pony Summerstage in Asbury Park, N.J.
• Aug. 18 at MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston, Mass.
• Aug. 20 at The Anthem in Washington, D.C.
• Aug. 21 at Central Park in New York, N.Y.
• Aug. 23 at The Fillmore Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pa.
• Aug. 24 at the Roxian Theater in McKees Rocks, Pa.
• Aug. 25 at History in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Aug. 27 at The Andrew J. Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Aug. 29 at the Salt Shed in Chicago, Ill.
• Aug. 30 at The Fillmore Minneapolis in Minneapolis, Minn.
• Aug. 31 at The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wisc.
• Sept. 1 at The Fillmore Detroit in Detroit, Mich.

Tickets go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. local time on Friday.