The Darkness has announced a new album, ‘Dreams On Toast,’ which will be released in March 2025. Alongside the new album, they have announced a new 2025 UK tour, held from March 7, 2025, to March 29, 2025, in venues across mainland England and Scotland.
The tour's presale will be exclusively available to those who pre-order the new album from the band's official store. It starts on September 25, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. BST. General tickets will be available from September 27, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. BST.
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The album is priced at £35 for vinyl plus a signed CD plus your choice of cassette, £48 for vinyl plus a signed CD plus a T-shirt, £66 for vinyl plus a signed CD plus a set of 5 cassettes, £35 for a set of 5 cassettes, £95 for the complete bundle. There are also options to build custom bundles using at least 2 products.
The band announced the new album and presale for the tour via a post on their official Instagram page on September 18, 2024:
The Darkness 2025 UK tour dates and venues, and album details
The Darkness 2025 UK tour dates and venues are as follows:
- March 7, 2025 – Ipswich, UK at Regent’s Theatre
- March 8, 2025 – Oxford, New Theatre
- March 9, 2025 – Swansea, UK, at Swansea Arena
- March 11, 2025 –Guildford, UK, at G Live
- March 12, 2025 – Hull, UK, at Connexin Arena
- March 14, 2025 – Liverpool, UK, at Guild Of Students
- March 15, 2025 – Wolverhampton, UK, at Civic Hall
- March 17, 2025 – York, UK at Barbican
- March 18, 2025 – Edinburgh, Scotland (UK) at Usher Hall
- March 20, 2025 – Glasgow, Scotland (UK) at Royal Concert Hall
- March 21, 2025 – Newcastle, UK at O2 City Hall
- March 22, 2025 – Manchester, UK, at O2 Apollo
- March 24, 2025 – Bristol, UK, at Beacon Theatre
- March 25, 2025 – Portsmouth, UK at Guildhall
- March 27, 2025 – Leicester, UK, at De Montford Hall
- March 28, 2025 – Cambridge, UK, at Corn Exchange
- March 29, 2025 – London, UK at OVO Arena Wembley
The Darkness vocalist Justin Hawkins elaborated on the new album in a general press statement available on the album's pre-order site, stating:
“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. 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?”
The singer continued:
“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 tracklist for the new album is currently unavailable. It will be The Darkness's first album since 2021's Motorheart and the eighth studio album of the band's career.
The Darkness is best known for its debut studio album, Permission to Lands, which was released on July 7, 2003. The album was a major hit and remains the band's highest commercial success.
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