Asbury Park

New Brunswick’s own The Gaslight Anthem announced a big tour for 2009 that includes a trip through Europe, a stop at Langerado, and a headlining show at Webster Hall in NYC (tix on sale Jan 7), BUT FIRST you can also catch them this Sunday, December 28th, when they open for The Bouncing Souls at Convention Hall in Asbury Park (tix on sale now)…

Yes, it is something of a bummer. Three or four decades of stops and starts — mostly stops — in this legendarily faded and ill-starred stretch of the Jersey Shore and finally, finally, things seem to reach a critical mass…

I was admittedly a little bummed that my Bowery show was the same night as the Lifetime & The Bouncing Souls show…. Bouncing Souls @ Webster Hall, NY – Oct 16, 2007 (CRED)”Though both New Jersey bands had to deal with sub-par sound, it didn’t stop an anxious crowd from greeting the bands to open-arms and sing-alongs…