The Gaslight Anthem Take On The Touts, New Single Imminent

The Gaslight Anthem have taken to the web to speak out about their ongoing battle against ticket touts.

Frontman Brian Fallon writes via the band’s Tumblr: ‘We’ve been made aware of this current ticket issue about people having too high a limit per person, which scalpers take advantage of. We’re actually not the ones who set that limit, we have very little control over how retailers who sell the tickets do things. There was that big war Pearl Jam had a few years back, and that didn’t end up great.

‘Right now, we’re trying to come up with a system to let the people who want the pre orders of tickets to have a fair chance to get them at a fair price. But it has to be for real fans who actually want the tickets, not scalpers who buy them to sell to real fans. I don’t mean “real fans” as in if you only “kinda” like us you can’t get tickets. I mean real people who want to go to a show. So we’re gonna figure something out. I know for PJ there’s the Ten Club where I get my email about tickets before they go on sale to the general public and they’re usually discounted, which is cool. So maybe that’s an idea, but we need to figure out how to do that. Maybe we do the 11 Club.’

Fallon also reveals he’ll be doing a Twitter chat at 5pm Eastern Time today (19th April) to discuss the issue with fans.

‘We have tons of shows booked,’ he goes on to explain ‘We’re going to be announcing them as they come closer, so don’t worry if you don’t see your city or country yet, it’s really coming up. We’re gonna be touring this year and next on this record, all summer, all fall, and there’s some tours you’re gonna freak about… so just sit tight. It’s all gonna be rolling out soon. Our new single is about ready to be revealed… then the details will start rolling out!’

DIY recently spoke to The Gaslight Anthem about their forthcoming album. You can check out the interview here.