Simple Anglian rock behemoths The Darkness have launched the most recent single from their upcoming Goals On Toast album. True to its title, Rock And Roll Get together Cowboy is a livewire affair, kicking off with what seems like a motorcycle revving its engine earlier than a basic, old-school riff powers proceedings in the direction of the center of Saturday evening.
“Leather-based jacket, no sleeves,” sings Hawkins. “Harley Davidson, sure, please!”
Hawkins then goes on to listing the objects an precise rock’n’roll social gathering cowboy would possibly accessorise with, together with a Zippo lighter, Marlboro Reds and “sewn-on patches”, and he is clearly talking from expertise.
“Individuals recognise me as astronaut pirate film star cool and that’s clearly correct,” advises Hawkins. “What they could have neglected although, is that I’m additionally Rock And Roll Get together Cowboy cool… which is an effective 15 per cent cooler! I feel you’ll recognise that within the first hear.”
Rock And Roll Get together Cowboy is the follow-up to I Hate Myself, which was launched in December, which was itself the follow-up to The Longest Kiss, which arrived in September.
The Darkness will rejoice the album’s launch with an 18-date UK tour which kicks off with a pair of hometown reveals at Ipswich’s Regent’s Theatre on March 6 and seven. The schedule involves a frothing climax at London’s Wembley Area on March 29. Help from Northern Irish rock trio Ash. Full dates beneath.
Goals On Toast can be launched on March 28.
The Darkness: 20325 Tour
06 Mar: Ipswich Regent’s Theatre
07 Mar: Ipswich Regent’s Theatre
08 Mar: Oxford New Theatre
09 Mar: Swansea Area
11 Mar: Guildford G Dwell
12 Mar: Hull Connexin Area
14 Mar: Liverpool Guild Of College students
15 Mar: Wolverhampton Civic Corridor
17 Mar: York Barbican
18 Mar: Edinburgh Usher Corridor
20 Mar: Glasgow Royal Live performance Corridor
21 Mar: Newcastle O2 Metropolis Corridor
22 Mar: Manchester O2 Apollo
24 Mar: Bristol Beacon Theatre
25 Mar: Portsmouth Guildhall
27 Mar: Leicester De Montford Corridor
28 Mar: Cambridge Corn Alternate
29 Mar: London OVO Area Wembley
