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Dreams on Toast
Studio album by
The Darkness
Released28 March 2025 (2025-03-28)
Length33:05
Label
ProducerDan Hawkins
The Darkness chronology
Motorheart
(2021) 		Dreams on Toast
(2025)
Singles from Dreams on Toast
  1. "The Longest Kiss"
    Released: 18 September 2024
  2. "I Hate Myself"
    Released: 10 December 2024
  3. "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

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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

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No.TitleLength
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

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The Darkness

Tour

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Dreams on Toast
Tour by The Darkness
Start dateDecember 10, 2024 (2024-12-10)
End dateOctober 30, 2025 (2025-10-30)
Legs4
No. of shows50
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

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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"
UK March 2025

This is the setlist from the 6 March show in Ipswich. It may not be representative of all shows.

  1. "Rock and Roll Party Cowboy"
  2. "Growing on Me"
  3. "Get Your Hands Off My Woman"
  4. "Mortal Dread"
  5. "Japanese Prisoner of Love"
  6. "Walking Through Fire"
  7. "Barbarian"
  8. "The Battle for Gadget Land"
  9. "Love Is Only a Feeling"
  10. "The Longest Kiss"
  11. "Heart Explodes"
  12. "My Only"
  13. "Givin' Up"
  14. "Rock and Roll Deserves to Die"
  15. "I Hate Myself"
  16. "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
    Encore
  17. "Weekend in Rome"
  18. "Love on the Rocks With No Ice"

References

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  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. ^ a b "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)
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