Armed with latest album Dreams On Toast, The Darkness will be crossing the pond at the end of the year for a much-needed dose of “foot-stomping, guitar-wailing and face-melting, high-octane joy”.
Following a triumphant UK headline tour, The Darkness have just announced they’ll be taking their new album Dreams On Toast over to North America.
The band tease that the U.S. and Canada will get to experience their “rock’n’roll rampage” in August, September and November, sharing that fans of “peanut butter and jelly, maple syrup, or lovers of marmite” are all welcome.
In a very Darkness-y statement, they promise: “Expect glorious spectacles of foot-stomping, guitar-wailing and face-melting, high-octane joy. Tell your mates. Tell your mum. The Darkness are coming.”
Recently praising frontman Justin Hawkins for playing his part in their brilliant live shows, guitarist Dan Hawkins told Kerrang! of his brother: “Justin will just stop a song in the middle to say something to someone in the crowd, or build up a sing-along, or whatever, and then just go ‘3-2-1’ and we have to all be absolutely on our marks to make it work. And it’s not just us, our lighting engineers have to react to it all as well. But that idea of anything can happen, maybe people crave that, and that’s why bands like us do well.”
“You don’t see a lot of actual performers anymore, I don’t think, or people who are any good at interacting with a crowd,” added drummer Rufus Taylor. “You just don’t see them talking to a crowd of people, like it's just you and them at a bar or something. You don’t see that anymore. And Justin does that better than anyone.”
Catch the band at the following:
The Darkness Dreams On Toast North American tour
August
29 Pryor, OK Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds
30 Saint Louis, MO The Pageant
31 Nashville, TN Brooklyn Bowl
September
2 Atlanta, GA Masquerade - Heaven Stage
3 Huntsville, AL Von Braun Center - Mars Music Hall
5 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
6 Richmond, VA The National
7 Washington, DC Lincoln Theatre
9 Allentown, PA Archer Music Hall
10 New York, NY Irving Plaza
12 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
13 Kitchener, ON Elements
14 Montréal, QC Club Soda
16 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
17 Detroit, MI Saint Andrew's Hall
19 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
20 Milwaukee, WI The Rave/Eagles Club - The Rave Hall
21 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre and Ballroom
November
7 Houston, TX Warehouse Live Midtown
8 Austin, TX Emo's
9 Dallas, TX The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
12 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
13 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
15 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Concert House
17 Portland, OR Revolution Hall
18 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
19 Seattle, WA The Showbox
21 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
22 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 18 from 10am local time.
