Bleachers Drop New Song and Video, ‘Stop Making This Hurt’; Album Due in July

Bleachers have dropped a new song, “Stop Making This Hurt,” along with a video directed by Carlotta Kohl. The Jack Antonoff-led group’s third album, “Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night,” will be released July 30 on RCA Records (tracklist below).

Starting in September, the group will also be hitting the road this fall (dates below). The tour kicks off on September 11th, 2021 at Antonoff’s “Shadow of the City” festival in New Jersey.

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As if that weren’t enough, Bleachers will be performing “Stop Making This Hurt” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on May 26th — the first full band to perform in-studio in over a year.

Antonoff says, “‘Stop Making This Hurt’ is what you get when we are not allowed to go play for our people. It’s a line that had been ringing in my head for years. I fell into a dark place after a loss and then starting to have that feeling of rage towards the depression – which is when you know there’s a way out. started looking at the people close to me in my life and finding all the ways we keep ourselves from breaking through. ‘Stop Making This Hurt’ started ringing more and more in my head. then the pandemic hit and i got the band in a room and we played like we may never play again. at that point it took on another meaning. found myself banging at the door of the next phase of my life and to open brings up all the darkness from the past and what’s holding you back. i could intellectualize it for days but what im truly left with is a voice in my head shouting ‘Stop Making This Hurt.’”

“Stop Making This Hurt” is the third track from Bleachers’ forthcoming album, following “Chinatown” (featuring Bruce Springsteen) and “45.”

“Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night” tracklist

1. “91”

2. “Chinatown” (feat. Bruce Springsteen)

3. “How Dare You Want More”

4. “Big Life”

5. “Secret Life”

6. “Stop Making This Hurt”

7. “Don’t Go Dark”

8. “45”

9. “Strange Behavior”

10. “What’d I Do with All This Faith?”

Bleachers ‘Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night’ Fall 2021 Tour Dates

Date	City	Venue
September 11, 2021 Sat	Asbury Park, NJ	Shadow of the City
September 12, 2021 Sun	New York, NY	The Rooftop at Pier 17
September 13, 2021 Mon	Pittsburgh, PA	Stage AE
September 15, 2021 Wed	Columbus, OH	Express Live
September 17, 2021 Fri	Milwaukee, WI	Summerfest
September 18, 2021 Sat	Newport, KY	Ovation
September 22, 2021 Wed	Boston, MA	Leader Bank Pavilion
September 23, 2021 Thu	Philadelphia, PA	Skyline Stage at The Mann
September 24, 2021 Fri	Washington, DC	Anthem
September 25, 2021 Sat	New York, NY	Gov Ball
September 28, 2021 Tue	Birmingham, AL	Avondale Brewery Company
September 29, 2021 Wed	Tampa, FL	Jannus Live
October 3, 2021 Sun	New Orleans, LA	Fillmore
October 5, 2021 Tue	Houston, TX	House of Blues
October 6, 2021 Wed	Dallas, TX	House of Blues
October 11, 2021 Mon	Phoenix, AZ	The Van Buren
October 13, 2021 Wed	San Diego, CA	Humphrey’s
October 15, 2021 Fri	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Palladium
October 16, 2021 Sat	San Francisco, CA	The Masonic
October 19, 2021 Tue	Seattle, WA	Showbox SODO
October 20, 2021 Wed	Portland, OR	Crystal Ballroom
October 22, 2021 Fri	Salt Lake City, UT	The Union Event Center
October 23, 2021 Sat	Denver, CO	The Mission Ballroom
October 24, 2021 Sun	Kansas City, MO	Uptown
October 26, 2021 Tue	Minneapolis, MN	Fillmore
October 27, 2021 Wed	Madison, WI	The Sylvee
October 28, 2021 Thu	Chicago, IL	Aragon Ballroom
October 30, 2021 Sat	Indianapolis, IN	Egyptian Room
October 31, 2021 Sun	Detroit, MI	Fillmore
November 2, 2021 Tue	St. Louis, MO	The Factory
November 3, 2021Wed	Cleveland, OH	House of Blues
November 4, 2021 Thu	Grand Rapids, MI	20 Monroe Live
November 6, 2021 Sat	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg University at XL Live

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