Dreams on Toast

Dreams on Toast
Studio album by The Darkness
Released	28 March 2025 (2025-03-28)
Length	33:05
Label	Cooking Vinyl Canary Dwarf
Producer	Dan Hawkins
The Darkness chronology
Motorheart (2021) Dreams on Toast (2025)
Singles from Dreams on Toast
"The Longest Kiss" Released: 18 September 2024 "I Hate Myself" Released: 10 December 2024 "Rock and Roll Party Cowboy" Released: 24 January 2025

Dreams on Toast is the upcoming eighth studio album by the English hard rock band The Darkness. It is due to be released on 28 March 2025, through Canary Dwarf and Cooking Vinyl. ^[1]

Background

On 18 September 2024, the band announced they were set to release the new album Dreams on Toast in March. The album is currently set to be released on 28 March 2025. Along with the announcement, the band announced an extensive list of UK tour dates to take place throughout March 2025 in support of the release of the album. ^[2] Additional dates were added to play songs from the album for the first time ^{[3] [4]} alongside dates in Ireland. ^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rock and Roll Party Cowboy [6] "	4:27
2.	"I Hate Myself"	3:15
3.	"Hot on My Tail"	3:23
4.	"Mortal Dread"	3:29
5.	"Don't Need Sunshine"	3:01
6.	"The Longest Kiss"	2:49
7.	"The Battle for Gadget Land"	3:32
8.	"Cold Hearted Woman"	3:10
9.	"Walking Through Fire"	2:54
10.	"Weekend in Rome"	3:03

Personnel

The Darkness

• Justin Hawkins – lead vocals, guitar, piano
• Dan Hawkins – guitar, backing vocals, production
• Frankie Poullain – bass, backing vocals
• Rufus Tiger Taylor – drums, backing vocals

Tour

Dreams on Toast

Tour by The Darkness
Start date	December 10, 2024 (2024-12-10)
End date	October 30, 2025 (2025-10-30)
Legs	4
No. of shows	50

Date	City	Country	Venue	Special Guest	Notes
Rough Trade Instores [3]
10 December 2024	London	England	Rough Trade East	—	Early show (5pm)
10 December 2024					Late show (8pm)
11 December 2024	Nottingham		Rough Trade		Early show (5pm)
11 December 2024					Late show (8pm)
12 December 2024	Liverpool		Rough Trade		Early show (5pm)
21 December 2024					Late show (8pm)
United Kingdom [7]
6 March 2025	Ipswich	England	Regent Theatre	Ash	—
7 March 2025
8 March 2025	Oxford		New Theatre
9 March 2025	Swansea	Wales	Swansea Arena  [ cy ]
11 March 2025	Guildford	England	G Live
12 March 2025	Hull		Connexin Live
14 March 2025	Liverpool		Guild of Students
15 March 2025	Wolverhampton		Civic Hall
17 March 2025	York		Barbican
18 March 2025	Edinburgh	Scotland	Usher Hall
20 March 2025	Glasgow		Royal Concert Hall
21 March 2025	Newcastle	England	O2 City Hall
22 March 2025	Manchester		O2 Apollo
24 March 2025	Bristol		Beacon
25 March 2025	Portsmouth		Guildhall
27 March 2025	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
28 March 2025	Cambridge		Corn Exchange
29 March 2025	London		OVO Arena Wembley
Summer Gigs [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
16 May 2025	Coventry	England	HMV Empire	—	—
17 May 2025	Leeds		Beckett Student Union
13–15 June 2025	Castle Donington		Donington Park	—	Announced as a part of the Download Festival. Unspecified date.
20 June 2025	Limerick	Ireland	King John's Castle	—	—
21 June 2025	Killarney		Gleneagle INEC Arena
2 August 2025	Majano	Italy	Piazza del Municipo	—	Part of the Festival di Majano.
9 August 2025	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Custom House Square	Ash Bad Nerves	—
Europe [13]
30 September 2025	Brussels	Belgium	Ancienne Belgique
2 October 2025	Tilburg	Netherlands	Escape Room 013 Tilburg
3 October 2025	Hamburg	Germany	Steinway & Sons Fabrik Hamburg
4 October 2025	Copenhagen	Denmark	Poolen
6 October 2025	Oslo	Norway	Rockefeller Oslo
7 October 2025	Stockholm	Sweden	Fållan
10 October 2025	Berlin	Germany	Metropol
11 October 2025	Bratislava	Slovakia	Majestic Music Club
13 October 2025	Zurich	Switzerland	Komplex
14 October 2025	Munich	Germany	Backstage Werk
16 October 2025	Milan	Italy	Alcatraz
17 October 2025	Rome		Orion Live Club
18 October 2025	Modena		VOX CLUB
21 October 2025	Barcelona	Spain	Hotel Barcelona Apolo
22 October 2025	Madrid		Sala La Riviera
24 October 2025	Lisbon	Portugal	Lav Lisboa Ao Vivo
26 October 2025	Bilbao	Spain	Santana 27
29 October 2025	Paris	France	Élysée Montmartre
30 October 2025	Cologne	Germany	Live Music Hall

Setlists

Rough Trade Instores

1. "Rock and Roll Party Cowboy"
2. "Mortal Dread"
3. "Hot on My Tail" (only played at the late 11 Dec show; partial acoustic version while a technical issue was fixed)
4. "Battle for Gadgetland"
5. "Walking Through Fire"
6. "The Longest Kiss"
7. "I Hate Myself"

References

1. Wilson-Taylor, James (18 September 2024). "The Darkness Announce New Album 'Dreams On Toast'". Rock Sound. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
2. "New Album 'Dreams On Toast' & UK Tour Announced!". The Darkness. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
3. "The Darkness announce Rough Trade in-store shows for Dreams On Toast album". Radio X. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
4. "The Darkness to play Beckett Student Union in exclusive Leeds gig". uk.style.yahoo.com. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
5. O'Mahony, Jake. "The Darkness announce two Irish concert dates". Hotpress. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
6. "Upcoming album · Dreams on Toast" – via open.spotify.com.
7. MetalTalk (19 September 2024). "The Darkness To Tour New Album Dreams On Toast In 2025". www.metaltalk.net. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
8. Teasdale, Samantha (23 January 2025). "The Darkness to play Beckett Student Union in exclusive Leeds gig". Leeds Live. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
9. Bromley, Charlotte (13 November 2024). "Download Festival XXII announce 2025 lineup". Big Green Coach – The Events Travel Company. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
10. Etherington, Cian (25 January 2025). "The Darkness announce two Irish concert dates". www.msn.com. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
11. "The Darkness – Tour 2024 – 02/08/2025 – Majano – Festival di Majano – Italy". en.concerts-metal.com. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
12. Breen, Nadia (28 October 2024). "The Darkness announce huge Belfast gig with special guests". Belfast Live. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
13. News, The Darkness (27 January 2025). "The Darkness announce European Tour Dates for 2025!". The Darkness. Retrieved 30 January 2025.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)