The Darkness Plot American Invasion

03/29/2012
. The Darkness will bring their over the top show to America this May between dates Down Under and their European tour.

The reunited UK band return stateside this May for select dates as well as 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.

The Darkness are ready to launch a full-scale invasion with the release of their third studio album and first in eight years. Due out late summer, the as-yet-untitled album--marks the follow-up to the group's multi-platinum debut Permission To Land which spawned fan favorites "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" and "Get Your Hands Off My Woman" as well as the revered One-Way Ticket To Hell And Back which featured "One Way Ticket" and "Is It Just Me?." More album details and a major tour will be announced soon.

5/4 Brisbane, Australia Eaton Hill
5/5 Newcastle, Australia Workers
5/6 Sydney, Australia Roundhouse
5/8 Melbourne, Australia Palace
5/10 Canberra, Australia ANU
5/18 New Haven, CT Toad's Place
5/19 Baltimore, MD Preakness Stakes InfieldFest, Pimlico Race Course
5/20 Columbus, OH Rock on the Range, Crew Stadium
5/22 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works
5/23 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
5/25 Austin, TX Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheatre
5/26 Pryor, OK Rocklahoma, Fever Music Festival Grounds
5/27 Dallas, TX House of Blues
6/8 Solvesburg, Sweden Sweden Rock
6/16 Spain Azkena Rock Festival
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 UK T in the Park
7/8 France Sonisphere
7/14 Suffolk, UK Thetford Forest
8/4 Oder, Poland Woodstock Festival