The Darkness Announce Easter Is Cancelled Headline Tour

Having just last week announced their new album Easter Is Cancelled, The Darkness have now confirmed a UK and Ireland tour of the same name.

Following the release of their new record on October 4 via Cooking Vinyl, the Lowestoft rock heroes will be hitting the road from November onwards and playing a whopping 18 dates across the nation. Tickets go on sale April 12 – check out the full list of dates below.

While you're here, pre-orders are also up for Easter Is Cancelled (the album) and there are some pretty, um, interesting bundles available – including frontman Justin Hawkins as an Easter Bunny on a T-shirt. Yep, really.

Catch The Darkness live at the following:

November

26 Belfast Limelight
27 Dublin Academy
29 Nottingham Rock City

December

1 Birmingham O2 Academy
2 Leicester O2 Academy
3 Southend Cliffs Pavilion
5 Norwich UEA
6 Cambridge Corn Exchange
7 Bath Pavilions
9 Portsmouth Pyramids
10 Brighton Dome
11 Watford Colosseum
13 Manchester Academy
14 Newcastle O2 Academy
15 Glasgow O2 Academy
17 York Barbican
18 Liverpool O2 Academy
20 London Roundhouse

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