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.
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
- “91”
- “Chinatown” (feat. Bruce Springsteen)
- “How Dare You Want More”
- “Big Life”
- “Secret Life”
- “Stop Making This Hurt”
- “Don’t Go Dark”
- “45”
- “Strange Behavior”
- “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 |