The Darkness Announce Intimate Rough Trade In-Store Dates
Christmas will come early for fans of The Darkness this year as the legends of rock will unleash unreleased songs from their forthcoming album Dreams On Toast live for the first time at a series of intimate Rough Trade in-store performances across the UK in December.
The Darkness will perform at London’s Rough Trade East on December 10, Rough Trade Nottingham (11) and Rough Trade Liverpool (12), giving fans a chance to see the band playing live in very small venues, ahead of their huge arena tour in 2025. Tickets go on sale at 10am Friday 25 October via Dice and all fans will receive a signed tour poster.
The band will be performing a very special set comprising brand new songs from next year’s album Dreams On Toast, out March 2025 via Cooking Vinyl. It will be the very first chance fans have to get a taste of the wonders in store for them, and tickets are expected to sell out in super quick time!!
The Darkness announced Dreams On Toast last month along with the release of brand new single The Longest Kiss, an upbeat pop classic which tips its hat to the ’70s pop genius of both Queen and Paul McCartney and finds The Darkness dance across jaunty piano keys among frolicking guitar licks in irresistible top form.
Following their short run of up-close-and-personal Rough Trade shows this year, The Darkness will hit the road again in March on a much larger scale. The Dreams On Toast UK headline tour will see them play 17 shows across the country finishing at London’s OVO Wembley Arena on March 29th. 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.
THE DARKNESS HEADLINE TOUR DATES
2024: Rough Trade in-store dates:
10/12 – London, Rough Trade East
11/12 – Nottingham, Rough Trade
12/12 – Liverpool, Rough Trade
2025:
06/03 – Ipswich, Regent’s Theatre
07/03 – Ipswich, Regent’s Theatre (SOLD OUT)
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 (SOLD OUT)
29/03 – London, OVO Arena Wembley