The Darkness Announce New Album ‘Dreams On Toast’ & UK Tour
The Darkness have announced a new album, Dreams On Toast, along with an upcoming UK tour, dates below. They have also shared the lead single from the album, The Longest Kiss, listen below.
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“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,” Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins said in a press statement. “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.”
“The music itself is a piano-led composition,” Hawkins said of the new single. “The chorus of which my brother and I came up with after he’d taken a long time to empty his bladder during some impressive pub endurance. The verses were transposed from a song I’ve been working on for decades as part of a musical about the collapse of the Lowestoft fishing industry, called ‘The Collapse Of The Lowestoft Fishing Industry’. The musical isn’t finished yet. But The Longest Kiss is. The results are astounding. We’re all very proud of this.”
The Darkness have also unveiled news of a 2025 UK tour, supported by Ash. Tickets go on sale next Friday (27 September) and will be available here from 10am BST. Additionally, fans who pre-order Dreams On Toast will have access to a pre-sale.
The Darkness 2025 UK tour
MARCH
7 – Ipswich, Regent’s Theatre
8 – Oxford, New Theatre
9 – Swansea, Arena
11 –Guildford, G Live
12 –Hull, Connexin Arena
14 – Liverpool, Guild Of Students
15 – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
17 – York, Barbican
18 – Edinburgh, Usher Hall
20 – Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
21 – Newcastle, O2 City Hall
22 – Manchester, O2 Apollo
24 – Bristol, Beacon Theatre
25 – Portsmouth, Guildhall
27 – Leicester, De Montford Hall
28 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
29 – London, OVO Arena Wembley