The Gaslight Anthem’s Fallon receives smashed guitar after plane ride

After his flight on American Airlines, guitarist Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem received his luggage in pieces! After opening his undamaged guitar case, he found a cracked headstock on his acoustic guitar, which was attributed to the airline’s carelessness.  Though the airline refuses to take the blame for guitar’s injury, they have still asked the band to do a feature for their in-flight magazine! That’s going to be an interesting story…

But this incident isn’t the worst thing this guitar has gone through.

“Before I got it, it was actually in a house that burned down and it survived. Like a whole wall of a house entirely burned down and this guitar was leaning on the other side of the wall,” Fallon says. “I’ve never had a broken headstock before. Some people say it’s not quite the same, some say it’s fine and some say it doesn’t work at all. I guess I’ll find out.”

The band’s upcoming album American Slang comes out on June 15th on SideOneDummy Records. Hopefully the guitar is fixed in time for the album’s tour!