
Counting Crows: The Complete Sweets! Tour with special guest The Gaslight Anthem
Saturday, August 2, 2025
7:30PM | Doors open 6:30PM
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Counting Crows
For more than two decades, the GRAMMY and Academy Award-nominated rock band Counting Crows have enchanted listeners worldwide with their intensely soulful and intricate take on timeless rock & roll. Exploding onto the music scene in 1993 with their multi-platinum breakout album, August and Everything After, the band has gone on to release seven studio albums, selling more than 20 million records worldwide, and is revered as one of the world’s most pre-eminent live touring rock bands.
In October 1996, the band's double-platinum sophomore studio album, Recovering the Satellites, debuted at number one and further solidified their growing reputation as one of the leading American alternative rock bands in the world. A follow-up to their early success, Counting Crows went on to release This Desert Life (1999), Hard Candy (2002), Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings (2008), Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation) (2012), Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow (2013) and Somewhere Under Wonderland (2014.) In 2004, Counting Crows recorded the chart-topping “Accidentally in Love” for the animated motion picture Shrek 2. The instant success of the track earned them an Academy Award nomination for “Best Original Song” at the 2005 Academy Awards, a Golden Globe nomination for “Best Original Song” and a GRAMMY Award nomination for “Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.”
In September 2014, Counting Crows released their critically acclaimed seventh studio album, Somewhere Under Wonderland, which debuted at No. 10 on the charts and was heralded by The Daily Telegraph as “… the best collection of songs since their debut.” The album consisted of nine sprawling tracks around rich sonic tapestries, which yielded some of the most grandiose yet intimate songs Counting Crows had recorded to date. 2018 marked 25 years since the band's inception and sent Adam Duritz, Jim Bogios, David Bryson, Charlie Gillingham, David Immergluck, Millard Powers, and Dan Vickrey back on the road for the “25 YEARS AND COUNTING” tour. In 2021, Counting Crows ranked #8 on Billboard’s “Greatest of All Time: Adult Alternative Artists” 25th-anniversary chart.
After seven years, Adam Duritz and Counting Crows released Butter Miracle: Suite One in May 2021 to rave reviews. The band also kicked off their first tour since 2018, “The Butter Miracle Tour,” from 2021 through 2023, with sell-out performances across North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand
The Gaslight Anthem
Since forming in 2007, The Gaslight Anthem has carved out its own powerful and populist sound, blending punk roots with rich craftsmanship and raw emotional power. This fusion creates a soulful, exhilarating, and utterly unique vision of American rock 'n' roll.
Their album, The '59 Sound, marked a pivotal moment for the New Jersey-based band, propelling them into the global spotlight. Fueled by heroic hooks, massive choruses, and an unstoppable energy, it became a defining work in their career.
2010’s American Slang received widespread critical acclaim and achieved significant chart success worldwide, including a #1 debut on Billboard's "Independent Albums."
In 2012, Handwritten reached the peak of their anthemic style, debuting in the top 10 in eight countries, solidifying their place as one of the most influential rock bands of the era.
After reaching their musical peak, The Gaslight Anthem chose to part ways in 2015, playing what they believed to be their final live show at the UK’s Reading Festival. However, in 2018, the band reunited for a special series of shows across North America and Europe to celebrate the 10th anniversary of The '59 Sound, performing the album in its entirety.
In 2025, The Gaslight Anthem released History Books, their sixth full-length album and first in nearly a decade. The album once again blends their signature brand of life-affirming punk, tackling themes ranging from mortality to mental illness. The title track, "History Books," features vocals from long-time friend and fellow New Jersey native Bruce Springsteen, earning praise from the Associated Press as "big-hearted freeway rock."
To celebrate History Books, the band embarked on worldwide headline tours and performed at major festivals, including a co-headline performance at Chicago’s Riot Fest.
THE ESPEE NEED TO KNOW
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