September 18th 2024.
The Darkness, the iconic rock band, has exciting news for their fans! They have officially announced a new album and a 2025 UK tour. Are you ready to rock out with The Darkness?
Their eighth studio album, titled Dreams On Toast, will be released in March of 2025. The band is ecstatic to share their latest work with the world, which has been inspired by "the life-changing music of the ages." Fans can expect to hear some epic tunes that pay homage to legendary musicians such as Queen and Sir Paul McCartney.
But that's not all - The Darkness will also be hitting the road for a 17-date UK tour, starting at the Ipswich Regent Theatre on March 7, 2025. The tour will wrap up with a bang at London's OVO Arena Wembley on March 29. And they won't be alone on this journey - Northern Irish rockstars Ash will be joining them on stage.
Ash is no stranger to The Darkness, as they previously toured together in 2004 during The Darkness' Permission to Land tour. The trio, led by Tim Wheeler, formed in the 90s and has been making music ever since, with several chart-topping albums under their belt.
Speaking of chart-toppers, The Darkness' debut album, Permission to Land, sold over 1.3 million copies in the UK and earned them three Brit awards the following year. After a brief hiatus, the band reunited in 2011 and released their seventh studio album in 2021.
Lead singer Justin Hawkins couldn't contain his excitement about the upcoming tour and album, stating, "You know the thing when God's breath tickles your soul and tells you to create? Yeah, makes me giggle too. But you can't resist." He further added, "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?"
But let's not forget about Ash, who will be joining The Darkness on tour. Tim Wheeler, lead singer of Ash, shared his excitement, saying, "In 2004, we toured the UK's arenas with The Darkness as Permission to Land catapulted them into the big leagues. 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 can also expect to hear a taste of The Darkness' new music with their lead single, The Longest Kiss, which has a 1970s-inspired sound. Justin described the song as "a piano-led composition," with lyrics that were inspired during a romantic morning in Scotland. He joked, "I awakened to such a vista in the delightful Scottish highland town of Nairn on the morning that inspiration for The Longest Kiss lyric struck. I was bleary-eyed and locked in an unending embrace with my life partner. Weird that I can still sing, but that's a testament to the resilience of humans, especially lead singers."
But the real magic of The Longest Kiss came together when Justin and his brother Dan collaborated on the chorus. Justin shared, "The music itself is a piano-led composition, the chorus of which my brother and I came up with after he'd taken a long time to empty this bladder during some impressive pub endurance." And the verses? Those were transported from a song Justin had been working on for decades for a musical about the collapse of the Lowestoft fishing industry, called The Collapse of The Lowestoft Fishing Industry.
But enough about the music - let's talk about the tour! Tickets will go on sale on Friday, September 27, and fans can expect to see The Darkness at various venues across the UK, including Ipswich, Oxford, Swansea, Guildford, Hull, Liverpool, Wolverhampton, York, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Bristol, Portsmouth, Leicester, Cambridge, and London. The band is ready to bring their infectious energy and amazing music to fans all over the UK.
We can't wait to see what The Darkness has in store for us with their new album and tour. As Justin puts it, "The results are astounding. We're all very proud of this." Get ready to rock out with The Darkness in 2025!
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