The Darkness To Deliver New Album This Summer

05/04/2012
. The Darkness have set a August 21st released date for their comeback album, Hot Cakes.

Hot Cakes was produced by the band's Justin and Dan Hawkins with long-time collaborator Nick Brine and mixed by Bob Ezrin.

The Darkness kick off an Australian tour this week (May 4) before returning to the U.S. May 18 for select dates and three festival appearances: Saturday, May 19 at InfieldFest (Baltimore, MD), Sunday, May 20 at Rock On The Range (Columbus, OH) and Saturday, May 26 at Rocklahoma.

Following the U.S. shows, they'll perform 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" tour.

5/4 Brisbane, Australia Eaton Hill
5/5 Newcastle, Australia Workers
5/6 Sydney, Australia Roundhouse
5/8 Melbourne, Australia Palace
5/9 Melbourne, Australia Palace
5/10 Canberra, Australia ANU
5/12 Adelaide, Australia TheBarton Theatre
5/18 New Haven, CT Toad's Place
5/19 Baltimore, MD InfieldFest
5/20 Columbus, OH Rock on the Range Festival
5/22 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works
5/23 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
5/25 Austin, TX Stubb's
5/26 Pryor, OK Rocklahoma Festival
5/27 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
6/2 Trondheim, Norway Trondheim Rock
6/8 Solvesburg, Sweden Sweden Rock
6/16 Spain Plein Air
6/23 Milan, Italy Gods of Metal Festival
6/24 UK Isle of Wight Festival
6/29 Belgrade, Serbia Usce Park
7/6 Kinross, Scotland T in the Park
7/7 Amneville, France Snowhall Parc
7/8 France Sonisphere
7/14 Suffolk, UK Thetford Forest
8/4 Oder, Poland Woodstock Festival

8/14 Sofia, Bulgaria Vasil Levski National Stadium
8/16 Bucharest, Romania Arena Nationala Stadium
8/18 Vienna, Austria Wiener Stadhalle
8/21 Vilnius, Lithuania Vingis Park
8/23 Riga, Latvia Mezaparks
8/25 Tallinn Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
8/27 Helsinki, Finland Hartwell Arena
8/30 Stockholm, Sweden Ericsson Globe
9/2 Copenhagen, Denmark Parken Stadium
9/4 Koln, Germany Lanxess Arena
9/5 Koln, Germany Lanxess Arena
9/8 London, UK Twickenham
9/9 London, UK Twickenham
9/11 Manchester, UK Evening News Arena
9/15 Dublin. Ireland Aviva Stadium
9/17 Amsterdam, Netherlands Ziggo Dome
9/18 Amsterdam, Netherlands Ziggo Dome
9/22 Paris, France Stade de France
9/24 Hannover, Germany TUI Arena
9/26 Zurich, Switzerland Hallenstadion
9/27 Zurich, Switzerland Hallenstadion
9/29 Wilrijk, Belgium Sportpaleis
9/29 Wilrijk, Belgium Sportpaleis
10/2 Milan, Italy Mediolanum Forum
10/4 Nice, France Stade Charles-Ehrmann
10/6 Barcelona, Spain Palau St Jordi