The Darkness Share New Single ‘I Hate Myself’: Listen
The Darkness have shared a new single, I Hate Myself, the latest from their forthcoming album Dreams On Toast – due March 2025.
Lead singer Justin Hawkins said of the single, “At last, a joyous, raucous celebration of self-loathing. I think without regrets we stand to learn less from our experiences – to deny them and compartmentalise them is to deny ourselves an opportunity to grow.
“So, it’s time for us to sing this uplifting ode to remorse in the hope that we don’t make the same mistakes again and history does not repeat itself.”
“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,” Hawkins said of Dreams On Toast. “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 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