By: Staff
As The Darkness gear up for the August 21 release of their third studio album, Hot Cakes, (Wind-up Records), the group will premiere their raucous first single “Everybody Have A Good Time,” exclusively today on SPIN.com.
The video for the song will debut on Vevo.com on Thursday, June 28. Listen to the song and watch the “making of” the video on SPIN here: http://www.spin.com/articles/hear-darkness-giddy-glammy-everybody-have-good-time.
Due out August 21 on Wind-up (North & South America) and Pias (UK and rest of the world), Hot Cakes was produced by the band’s Justin and Dan Hawkins with long-time collaborator Nick Brine and mixed by Bob Ezrin.
The resulting 11-song cycle delivers the epic rock anthems and infectious pop choruses the multi-platinum band have become renowned for worldwide. Starting tomorrow, Tuesday, June 26, “Everybody Have A Good Time,” will be available on iTunes, Amazon, Mp3, Spotify, Rhapsody and everywhere online. The new preview track “Every Inch Of You” is available now on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/every-inch-of-you-single/id529329818.
British rock group The Darkness – Justin (vocals/guitars), Dan (guitars/backing vocals), Frankie Poullain (bass) and Ed Graham (drums)–are currently performing at festivals across the U.K. and Europe as well as a hometown outdoor headlining gig at Thetford Fest in Suffolk before teaming with Lady Gaga for her “Born This Way Ball” world tour. See all confirmed dates so far below, and tickets are available now at: www.theactualdarkness.com.
THE DARKNESS shows and Festivals 2012:
DATE CITY VENUE
| Fri | 6/29 | Belgrade, Serbia | Usce Park | ||
| Fri | 7/6 | Kinross, Scotland | T in the Park | ||
| Sun | 7/8 | France | Sonisphere | ||
| Sat | 7/14 | Suffolk, UK | Thetford Forest (headline show) | ||
| Sat | 8/4 | Oder, Poland | Woodstock Festival | ||
| All dates below, with LADY GAGA: | |||||
| Tue | 8/14 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Vasil Levski National Stadium | ||
| Thu | 8/16 | Bucharest, Romania | Arena Nationala Stadium | ||
| Sat | 8/18 | Vienna, Austria | Wiener Stadhalle | ||
| Tue | 8/21 | Vilnius, Lithuania | Vingis Park | ||
| Thu | 8/23 | Riga, Latvia | Mezaparks | ||
| Sat | 8/25 | Tallinn | Tallinn Song Festival Grounds | ||
| Mon | 8/27 | Helsinki, Finland | Hartwell Arena | ||
| Thu | 8/30 | Stockholm, Sweden | Ericsson Globe | ||
| Sun | 9/2 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Parken Stadium | ||
| Tue | 9/4 | Koln, Germany | Lanxess Arena | ||
| Wed | 9/5 | Koln, Germany | Lanxess Arena | ||
| Sat | 9/8 | London, UK | Twickenham | ||
| Sun | 9/9 | London, UK | Twickenham | ||
| Tue | 9/11 | Manchester, UK | Evening News Arena | ||
| Sat | 9/15 | Dublin. Ireland | Aviva Stadium | ||
| Mon | 9/17 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Ziggo Dome | ||
| Tue | 9/18 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Ziggo Dome | ||
| Sat | 9/22 | Paris, France | Stade de France | ||
| Mon | 9/24 | Hannover, Germany | TUI Arena | ||
| Wed | 9/26 | Zurich, Switzerland | Hallenstadion | ||
| Thu | 9/27 | Zurich, Switzerland | Hallenstadion | ||
| Sat | 9/29 | Wilrijk, Belgium | Sportpaleis | ||
| Sat | 9/29 | Wilrijk, Belgium | Sportpaleis | ||
| Tue | 10/2 | Milan, Italy | Mediolanum Forum | ||
| Thu | 10/4 | Nice, France | Stade Charles-Ehrmann | ||
| Sat | 10/6 | Barcelona, Spain | Palau St Jordi | ||
| Fri | 11/30 | Johannesburg, South Africa | FNB Stadium | ||
| Mon | 12/3 | Cape Town, South Africa | Cape Town Stadium | ||
Rachel (12 years ago)
“Everybody Have A Good Time” is such a fun video. Love that The Darkness has such a sense of humor! They even put out this video on Funny or Die http://bit.ly/Lz8l7I Can’t wait for Hot Cakes on 8/21!
dave (12 years ago)
Love these guys! COME TO THE U.S.! This video is freakin’ hilarious, The Darkness literally taking a dump on modern art, hah check it out http://bit.ly/Lz8l7I