The Darkness will be spreading their Easter Is Cancelled message across the land with an Australian and New Zealand headline tour in March 2020. On a mission to lead us to the sunlit uplands of inclusivity, togetherness and rock’ n’ roll fellowship, The Darkness will play shows in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Auckland.

These performances promise to be incredibly special, reflecting the grand scope and vision from the band’s new album Easter Is Cancelled, alongside epic live favourites such as ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’ and ‘Love Is Only A Feeling’ from their spectacular canon of hits.

The Darkness have also released today a new single Heart Explodes, taken from their jaw-droppingly ambitious quasi-sci-fi concept album. Heart Explodes is an almighty mini-rock opera, which finds The Darkness baring all in a multitude of heartfelt emotions reflecting the hardships, struggles and changing relationships of life.

Heart Explodes is an almighty mini-rock opera, which finds The Darkness baring all in a multitude of heartfelt emotions reflecting the hardships, struggles and changing relationships of life.

Frontman Justin Hawkins explains, “It’s about the despair of change. Having to reappraise your life and what you’re holding on to. It’s like that feeling when you just want to go for a swim and keep going. Wanting to be enveloped by something that will gradually pull you down. If you really, really want to survive that process, you can. We’ve all been there – people who say they haven’t are lying.”

Guitarist Dan Hawkins adds, “The difference between the Darkness’ sadness and other bands’ sadness is that we don’t wallow in it. Even when it’s sad, there’s a playfulness to it.”

Heart Explodes follows the release of Rock And Roll Deserves To Die at the start of August, which saw the band hailing the death of the guitar in an epic five-minute masterpiece featuring monumental riffs, thunderous bass and almighty drums, alongside some beautifully delicate touches from the band.

The songs are a glorious example of what to expect from Easter Is Cancelled, the band’s most exciting and diverse record to date.

‘EASTER IS CANCELLED’ AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND TOUR 2020

WED 11 MARCH – METROPOLIS, FREMANTLE FRI 13 MARCH – ENMORE THEATRE, SYDNEY SAT 14 MARCH – FORUM, MELBOURNE SUN 15 MARCH – THE GOV, ADELAIDE WED 18 MARCH – THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE FRI 20 MARCH – POWERSTATION, AUCKLAND

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Pre-order the new Easter Is Cancelled HERE. Out Oct 4 via Cooking Vinyl.