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Glastonbury 2009 24-28 June 

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 The Gaslight Anthem

Glastonbury is going to be an early Christmas for this foursome from New Jersey, with the chance to see their key influences Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young playing in front of huge crowds. The Gaslight Anthem are heavily influenced by Jersey rock and have been supporting Springsteen on his current European tour.

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    • 1. At 9:35pm on 27 Jun 2009, thenylon wrote:

      " ...and have been supporting Springsteen on his current European tour." ??!!?

      Supporting him behind the scenes I guess - fetching him drinks and cleaning up after him. 'Cos Springsteen doesn't have a support act, so they certainly can't meant that...

      This just goes to show how lazy the coverage from the BBC is - How can they get something so simple so wrong?

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    • 2. At 02:28am on 28 Jun 2009, KittyCate84 wrote:

      Wow, this is pretty special. I had never heard of Gaslight Anthem until the other day. I will have to check out more of their stuff.

      They remind me of The Killers. Clearly there is some Springsteen influence in them too (judging by the band title and general sound).

      It must have been a dream come true to get to play with Bruce on stage.

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    • 3. At 07:58am on 28 Jun 2009, sacrilegous wrote:

      they were amazin! i never appreciated stringbean until i heard gaslight.
      and as for the syncronicity of glastonbury, i found the most amazing photos of the festival from 20yrs ago at http://www.travellerhomes.co.uk/?p=1073 , then walking down the road , i met the guy in the photo, twenty years to the day!
      KISMIT!

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    • 4. At 1:57pm on 28 Jun 2009, ess_gee wrote:

      But they have been Supporting Bruce, i would know as i went and saw them with him.

      Odd for you to bother posting that comment without checking beforehand?

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    • 5. At 00:10am on 29 Jun 2009, DaireMac wrote:

      Wow! The guys absolutely aced it yesterday. Delighted for them. I think this could be the performance that sees their popularity explode into the mainstream in the UK. You can find out loads more about Gaslight @ www.dimestoresaints.com

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    • 6. At 00:56am on 30 Jun 2009, Kieran90s wrote:

      They 100% are NOT supporting The Boss on his European tour, they're just on the Hyde Park Calling Show. This is the official Gaslight Anthem messageboard, http://thegaslightanthem.bigforumpro.com/forum.htm

      A great source for news and tours!

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    • 7. At 8:06pm on 09 Jul 2009, arabjon wrote:

      I think you'll find they have indeed been opening for Springsteen at the shows where there has been a support band.

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