The Gaslight Anthem announce plans for hiatus

The Gaslight Anthem have announced plans to go on hiatus, following completion of their upcoming European tour.

The band, who released their most recent album ‘Get Hurt’ last year, broke the news on their official Facebook page yesterday evening (Thursday 30th July) by saying that they’ll be “taking a break from The Gaslight Anthem after this next European tour in August,” but not to worry! They’re still “going to do other projects and stay active in some way or another.”

The full statement, which says the quartet will “recharge and take a step back”, can be read below.

“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 band’s upcoming European tour dates - which include sets at this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals - are as follows.

AUGUST
14 Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary
15 Highfield Festival, Leipzig, Germany
17 Malmö Festival, Malmö, Sweden
19 Festivalgelände Übersee, Übersee, Germany
21 Pukkelpop, Hasselt, Belgium
23 Couvre Feu Festival, Corsept, France
26 Tivoliredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands
28 Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK
29 O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, UK
30 Reading Festival, Reading, UK