The Darkness will release their eighth studio album ‘Dreams On Toast' via Cooking Vinyl in March 2025, it has been announced.
The album's lead single, ‘The Longest Kiss', is out today and the album can be pre-ordered at https://TheDarkness.lnk.to/dreamsontoastPR. Take a listen to the track below:
“You know that thing when God’s breath tickles your soul and tells you to create? Yeah, makes me giggle too. But you can’t resist,” comments frontman Justin Hawkins. “God might not be the power she once was, but say what you like about her, she knows damn well that what the world needs now, is rock sweet rock. And who are we, mere mortals of extraordinary ability, to argue with the divine?
“So we knuckled down and thought really hard about the best of the best, the elite songs, the life-changing music of the ages. Then we popped out a dozen bangers before lunch. And these bangers we present to you here, wallowing in an aromatic aural ragu, served atop the charred remains of our envious contemporaries… ladies and gentlemen, I give you Dreams On Toast!”
The Darkness will hit the road next March for their largest headline tour of the UK in years to support ‘Dreams on Toast'. The headline tour will see them play 17 shows across the country finishing at London’s OVO Wembley Arena on 29th March. Support comes from Northern Irish indie-rock heroes Ash, who first supported The Darkness on their legendary ‘Permission To Land Tour’ over 20 years ago.
Lead singer of Ash, Tim Wheeler, comments, “In 2004 we toured the UK’s arenas with The Darkness as ‘Permission to Land’ catapulted them into the big league. Next March, 21 years later, we will reunite to tear across Britain before an epic crescendo at Wembley Arena. We believe in a thing called Rock!”
Fans who pre-order ‘Dreams On Toast' from the band’s official store at https://the-darkness.tmstor.es/ will receive access to a pre-sale for the March UK tour.
The pre-sale, including VIP upgrades, will open at 10am on Wednesday, September 25th and will remain live until any remaining tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday, September 27th.
The dates for March 2025 are:
07/03 – Ipswich, Regent’s Theatre
08/03 – Oxford, New Theatre
09/03 – Swansea, Arena
11/03 – Guildford, G Live
12/03 – Hull, Connexin Arena
14/03 – Liverpool, Guild Of Students
15/03 – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
17/03 – York, Barbican
18/03 – Edinburgh, Usher Hall
20/03 – Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
21/03 – Newcastle, O2 City Hall
22/03 – Manchester, O2 Apollo
24/03 – Bristol, Beacon Theatre
25/03 – Portsmouth, Guildhall
27/03 – Leicester, De Montford Hall
28/03 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
29/03 – London, OVO Arena Wembley
