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BRIAN FALLON RETURNS WITH TWO BRAND-NEW SONGS,<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cNOT BAD FOR NEW JERSEY\u201d AND \u201cBETTER BEFORE\u201d \u2013 LISTEN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n NEW JERSEY-BASED ARTIST AND FRONTMAN OF THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM<\/strong><\/p>\n SHARES FIRST ORIGINAL SOLO MUSIC IN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS<\/strong><\/p>\n PRODUCED BY LONGTIME COLLABORATOR BUTCH WALKER<\/strong><\/p>\n VERY SPECIAL SERIES OF INTIMATE LIVE PERFORMANCES<\/strong><\/p>\n BEGINS JUNE 14 AT ASBURY PARK, NJ\u2019S THE STONE PONY<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0Photo Credit: Danny Clinch<\/p>\n Brian Fallon has announced today\u2019s premiere of two brand new tracks, \u201cNot Bad For New Jersey\u201d and \u201cBetter Before,\u201d both available everywhere now via his own Lesser Known Records.<\/p>\n Fallon\u2019s first original solo music in more than five years, both new songs see the veteran rocker summoning up a frenetic collision of power pop and heartland rock, the perfect sonic counterpart to the hot-blooded sincerity that has driven his songwriting for close to three decades. Produced by longtime collaborator Butch Walker (Green Day, Jesse Malin, Taylor Swift) at Walker\u2019s studio just outside Nashville, \u201cBetter Before\u201d \u2013 co-written with his close friend, Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter Donovan Woods \u2013 relates a tortured portrait of unraveling romance, while \u201cNot Bad For New Jersey\u201d serves as a gloriously ragged homage to Fallon\u2019s beloved home state and all the grit it instilled in him.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Not Bad for New Jersey\u2019 is my way of celebrating what I do and where I\u2019m from,\u201d says Brian Fallon. \u201cI wrote that song looking back on my life the way you do after almost ending up in a crash \u2013 like, \u2018How did I make it through that?\u2019 I really could\u2019ve busted myself open somewhere along the way, but somehow I\u2019m still here, and I\u2019m still in one piece.\u201d<\/p>\n LISTEN<\/a> TO \u201cNOT BAD FOR NEW JERSEY\u201d +\u00a0 \u201cBETTER BEFORE\u201d<\/p>\n Fallon \u2013 backed by his band, The Painkillers \u2013 will mark the arrival of his new music with a very special series of intimate live performances, beginning June 14 at Asbury Park, NJ\u2019s world renowned The Stone Pony and then visiting Nashville, TN\u2019s The Basement (June 16), West Hollywood, CA\u2019s historic Troubadour (June 20), and Chicago, IL\u2019s Reggies\u2019 Rock Club (June 22). Limited tickets for all four dates go on sale this Friday, May 15.<\/p>\n In addition, Fallon will join Bruce Springsteen and a stellar lineup including Rosanne Cash, Kenny Chesney, and more for Music America: The Songs That Shaped Us \u2013 Celebrating 250 Years of American Music, a once-in-a-lifetime concert event set for June 4 at West Long Branch, NJ\u2019s OceanFirst Bank Center on the campus of Monmouth University, just prior to the grand opening of the new Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University on June 7. The sold-out event will feature Fallon and his fellow artists performing landmark songs from American music history, commemorating both America\u2019s semiquincentennial and the Springsteen Center\u2019s long-awaited grand opening.<\/p>\n # # #<\/p>\n BRIAN FALLON \u2013 LIVE 2026<\/p>\n JUNE<\/p>\n 4 \u2013 West Long Branch, NJ \u2013 OceanFirst Bank Center @ Monmouth University *<\/p>\n 14 \u2013 Asbury Park, NJ \u2013 The Stone Pony<\/p>\n 16 \u2013 Nashville, TN \u2013 The Basement<\/p>\n 20 \u2013 West Hollywood, CA \u2013 Troubadour<\/p>\n 22 \u2013 Chicago, IL \u2013 Reggies\u2019 Rock Club<\/p>\n * Music America: The Songs That Shaped Us \u2013 Celebrating 250 Years of American Music<\/p>\n # # #<\/p>\n ABOUT BRIAN FALLON:<\/p>\n Brian Fallon is known far and wide for his elemental gifts as a songwriter, musician, and storyteller, including four acclaimed solo albums and his role as founding member and frontman of The Gaslight Anthem. Over the course of nearly three decades, the New Jersey-based artist has crafted a constantly evolving body of work, booming with insistent imagery, defiant romanticism, and an extraordinary emotional acuity that has marked all variations of his music from the very start. 2023 saw The Gaslight Anthem return from a long hiatus with History Books, their sixth full-length album and first new studio LP in nine years. The much-beloved band marked the acclaimed album with an epic tour schedule that saw sold-out headline dates and show-stopping festival performances around the world, confirming their ongoing place among the top ranks of American rock \u2018n\u2019 roll bands.<\/p>\n CONNECT WITH BRIAN FALLON<\/p>\n BRIANFALLON.NET<\/a> | FACEBOOK<\/a> | INSTAGRAM<\/a> | YOUTUBE<\/a><\/p>\nRelated<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n