Dreams on Toast

Dreams on Toast
Studio album by The Darkness
Released	March 28, 2025 (2025-03-28)
Genre	Glam rock
Length	33:05
Label	Cooking Vinyl Canary Dwarf
The Darkness chronology
Streaming of a White Christmas (2021) Dreams on Toast (2025)
Singles from Dreams on Toast
"The Longest Kiss" Released: September 18, 2024 "I Hate Myself" Released: December 10, 2024 "Rock and Roll Party Cowboy" Released: January 24, 2025

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

Background

On September 18, 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 March 28, 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, lead guitar, piano
• Dan Hawkins – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• 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]
December 10, 2024	London	England	Rough Trade East	—	Early show (5pm)
December 10, 2024					Late show (8pm)
December 11, 2024	Nottingham		Rough Trade		Early show (5pm)
December 11, 2024					Late show (8pm)
December 12, 2024	Liverpool		Rough Trade		Early show (5pm)
December 21, 2024					Late show (8pm)
United Kingdom[7]
March 6, 2025	Ipswich	England	Regent Theatre	Ash	—
March 7, 2025
March 8, 2025	Oxford		New Theatre
March 9, 2025	Swansea		Swansea Arena
March 11, 2025	Guildford		G Live
March 12, 2025	Hull		Connexin Live
March 14, 2025	Liverpool		Guild of Students
March 15, 2025	Wolverhampton		Civic Hall
March 17, 2025	York		Barbican
March 18, 2025	Edinburgh	Scotland	Usher Hall
March 20, 2025	Glasgow		Royal Concert Hall
March 21, 2025	Newcastle	England	O2 City Hall
March 22, 2025	Manchester		O2 Apollo
March 24, 2025	Bristol		Beacon
March 25, 2025	Portsmouth		Guildhall
March 27, 2025	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
March 28, 2025	Cambridge		Corn Exchange
March 29, 2025	London		OVO Arena Wembley
Summer Gigs[8][9][10][11][12]
May 16, 2025	Coventry	England	HMV Empire	—	—
May 17, 2025	Leeds		Beckett Student Union
June 13–15, 2025	Castle Donington		Donington Park	—	Announced as a part of the Download Festival. Unspecified date.
June 20, 2025	Limerick	Ireland	King John's Castle	—	—
June 21, 2025	Killarney		Gleneagle INEC Arena
August 2, 2025	Majano	Italy	Piazza del Municipo	—	Part of the Festival di Majano.
August 9, 2025	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Custom House Square	Ash Bad Nerves	—
Europe[13]
September 30, 2025	Brussels	Belgium	Ancienne Belgique
October 2, 2025	Tilburg	Netherlands	Escape Room 013 Tilburg
October 3, 2025	Hamburg	Germany	Steinway & Sons Fabrik Hamburg
October 4, 2025	Copenhagen	Denmark	Poolen
October 6, 2025	Oslo	Norway	Rockefeller Oslo
October 7, 2025	Stockholm	Sweden	Fållan
October 10, 2025	Berlin	Germany	Metropol
October 11, 2025	Bratislava	Slovakia	Majestic Music Club
October 13, 2025	Zurich	Switzerland	Komplex
October 14, 2025	Munich	Germany	Backstage Werk
October 16, 2025	Milan	Italy	Alcatraz
October 17, 2025	Rome		Orion Live Club
October 18, 2025	Modena		VOX CLUB
October 21, 2025	Barcelona	Spain	Hotel Barcelona Apolo
October 22, 2025	Madrid		Sala La Riviera
October 24, 2025	Lisbon	Portugal	Lav Lisboa Ao Vivo
October 26, 2025	Bilbao	Spain	Santana 27
October 29, 2025	Paris	France	Élysée Montmartre
October 30, 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 (2024-09-18). "The Darkness Announce New Album 'Dreams On Toast'". Rock Sound. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
2. "New Album 'Dreams On Toast' & UK Tour Announced!". The Darkness. 2024-09-18. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
3. "The Darkness announce Rough Trade in-store shows for Dreams On Toast album". Radio X. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
4. "The Darkness to play Beckett Student Union in exclusive Leeds gig". uk.style.yahoo.com. 2025-01-23. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
5. O'Mahony, Jake. "The Darkness announce two Irish concert dates". Hotpress. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
6. "Upcoming album · Dreams on Toast" – via open.spotify.com.
7. MetalTalk (2024-09-19). "The Darkness To Tour New Album Dreams On Toast In 2025". www.metaltalk.net. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
8. Teasdale, Samantha (2025-01-23). "The Darkness to play Beckett Student Union in exclusive Leeds gig". Leeds Live. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
9. Bromley, Charlotte (2024-11-13). "Download Festival XXII announce 2025 lineup". Big Green Coach - The Events Travel Company. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
10. Etherington, Cian (2025-01-25). "The Darkness announce two Irish concert dates". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
11. "The Darkness - Tour 2024 - 02/08/2025 - Majano - Festival di Majano - Italy". en.concerts-metal.com. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
12. Breen, Nadia (2024-10-28). "The Darkness announce huge Belfast gig with special guests". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
13. News, The Darkness (2025-01-27). "The Darkness announce European Tour Dates for 2025!". The Darkness. Retrieved 2025-01-30. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)