The Gaslight Anthem Details 2024 North American Tour Dates & New EP Featuring Billie Eilish Cover

The Gaslight Anthem mapped out 2024 North American Tour dates. The New Jersey rockers also announced a new EP, History Books – Short Stories, featuring a Billie Eilish cover, arriving this Friday, March 22 via Rich Mahogany Recordings/Thirty Tigers.

Gaslight Anthem Frontman Brian Fallon detailed the band’s decision to cover Eilish’s “Ocean Eyes.”

“I was driving my daughter to school and she played it for me on the way and I really took to the song,” he said. “Then one day we were talking ideas for a cover with our friends and I said, wouldn’t it be cool to do a heavier version of ‘Ocean Eyes’? I tried it out and everybody loved the idea.”

History Books – Short Stories also boasts a new version of fan-favorite “Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts.” Additionally, the record contains stripped down renditions of “History Books” and “Positive Charge,” originally appearing on the band’s first studio album since 2014, 2023’s History Books.

Check out the EP teaser below including a snippet of “Ocean Eyes.”

The Gaslight Anthem are currently on tour in Europe. The History Books Tour North American leg kicks off on July 26 at the Mission Ballroom in Denver.

The NA stint — with support from Joyce Manor, The Dirty Nil and Pinkshift at select shows — will see the rockers in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta, Nashville, Asbury Park (New Jersey), Boston, New York, Toronto, Chicago and Minneapolis among other stops.

The tour comes to a close on September 1 at The Fillmore Detroit. The Gaslight Anthem will then return to their native New Jersey for a previously announced appearance at the Sea.Hear.Now Festival.

A presale for the headline dates begins Wednesday, March 20 at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 22 at 10 a.m. local time.