The Darling Buds in September 2014, and two headline shows at London's Lexington in April 2015. The Darling Buds released the "Evergreen" EP, their first new material in 25 years, on Oddbox Records on 28 April 2017, and followed this up with a digital-only single, New Year, on 15 December 2018. The Darling Buds The Darling Buds are an alternative rock band from Newport, South Wales. The band formed in 1986 and were named after the H. E. Bates novel "The Darling Buds of May" – a title taken in turn, from the third line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: "Rough winds do shake
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