Author: Kristin

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Darren Hayes Is Working On a New Album!

Here are some photos of Darren Haye’s studio and a post he made where he confirmed it all!

Another source from his Instagram: link

Kristin’s thoughts: It’s incredible that Darren not only performed at the Troubadour in March 2026 after experiencing a divorce, losing his mother, and breaking his jaw, but he is also now creating a brand new album! I’m really happy for him and proud of his achievements, but I sincerely hope he’s getting all the rest he requires, as his health is the most important thing and truly what matters above all.

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Pictures & Videos From Darren Hayes’s Troubadour March 2026 Concert!

The following may or may not be a full list of the songs that Darren Hayes sang at the March 2026 Troubadour Concert. Either way, I hope everyone enjoys the videos and the images that fans took from the concert.

 

Kristin’s thoughts: Even after all Darren has been through, he is still rocking it for his fans. The love he has for his followers is amazing, and I am here for it! I wish him the best in all that he does.

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Darren Hayes Says That Doctors Found Skull Fragments Floating Around His Brain After His 2025 Fainting Incident

Here is what Darren Hayes had to say about the revelation when he took to social media:

“I’m fine this was before my MRI last week to check on my brain since my accident,” the Savage Garden musician wrote in an Instagram post on Sunday, Feb. 15

He continued on with…

“But I’m ok. More than ok though would not repeat the last year if given a choice.”

Darren added a soundtrack (Charli XCX – Dying for You) to his post and had this to say about it:

“Ps I LOVE THIS SONG.”

Kristin’s thoughts: When I heard about his fall where he shattered his teeth and broke his jaw in half, I was devastated and worried for him, but hearing this makes me even sadder. I am glad that he is alive, and I hope none of this ever happens to him again.

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Darren Hayes Finds Love Again After Divorce, Introduces New Partner Heriberto

In September 2023, Darren Hayes initiated divorce proceedings against his longtime partner and husband, Richard Cullen, after 17 years of marriage. The divorce was officially concluded in 2024. What led to this decision? Irreconcilable differences.

In his new memoir “Unlovable,” Darren opens up about the emotional toll the divorce took on him, the profound grief he felt from losing his mother, and the struggles of his challenging childhood; however, this narrative ultimately concludes on a positive note. At the end of the book, there’s a passage that illustrates how fate intervened, leading Darren to his new love, Heriberto, affectionately known as Heri.

Here is an excerpt from Darren’s new book about their initial encounter:

“I’m walking my dog, Huxley, down the street and he’s even more stubborn to lead the way than usual. I’m several blocks from where I live, in a part of the neighbourhood I don’t often visit, but my friend has just started managing a cool, hip café so I’m going to check it out and say hello. Huxley seems determined to walk up to someone ahead. I don’t see so well with my contacts in, but I make out the shape of a tall, dark and broad-shouldered man. Oh my God. Huxley pulls away from me and the leash leaves my hand like a lost fishing line over a trawler. Up he jumps in slow motion, his Muppet-like fur twisting and turning in all directions, as he hugs this total stranger.
I see the man clearly now. He’s seems so . . . kind. That’s the word. Kind. I think of the George Michael song, ‘Jesus to a Child’. The man smiles at me just like that.

‘Sorry!’ I say. ‘He’s friendly!’ ‘No, no, it’s okay, he’s adorable. What’s his name?’ The man has the most beautiful Latin-tinged accent. I’m not oblivious to the fact that he’s also gorgeous. ‘Huxley,’ I blurt out. Our eyes lock and it’s like we’ve known each other for a lifetime. We talk about my dog but we’re really just looking at each other. There’s a clear connection. With zero trepidation and no evidence this man is gay, I say, ‘We should grab lunch sometime.’ He smiles and says, ‘I’d love that.’ We exchange numbers and I walk away, pulling Huxley, who definitely does not want to leave.

I’m smiling as I walk down the street. I haven’t smiled in a long time. I get to my house and realise, ‘Oh shit! I forgot to say hi to my friend! ’Oh well. Just another reason to lurk around that part of the
neighbourhood again.”

Here is the post from when Darren took to Instagram to officially introduce his fans to his new partner, Heriberto:

And… here is another cute Instagram post Darren shared about Heriberto:

Kristin’s thoughts: Although the divorce brought me sadness for Darren, I am genuinely thrilled to witness him discovering love once more, as he truly deserves every bit of love, joy, and tranquility that this world has to give. Here’s to a radiant future for both of them!

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Darren Hayes Shares Experience After Jaw-Breaking Fall

On March 17, 2025, Darren Hayes experienced severe lightheadedness and fainted a few times after getting out of bed; the accident not only broke his jaw but also shattered many teeth. When he finally came to, he woke up in a pool of blood. Darren had to have reconstructive surgery, have his jaw wired shut, go through physical therapy, and be placed on a liquid diet, all while dealing with the emotional trauma of losing his beloved mother, Judy Hayes, and going through his divorce with his longtime partner/husband, Richard Cullens. Darren could have easily died, but thank God he survived.

Darren on his fall that broke his jaw:

“In March, I went to get out of bed one day, and I collapsed three times in a period of seven minutes. I was in so much pain. What I didn’t realize was that I’d snapped my jaw in half. I had broken 17 teeth.”

Darren informed his fans about the incident on social media.

Darren’s health first became a worry for him around the time his memoir “Unlovable” was released in November 2024.

“I wasn’t feeling great, didn’t really know why. I put it down to, I guess, the emotional impact of unpacking all of that trauma in the book.”

A few months later, Darren found out that his mother was close to the end of her life because of her battle with COPD. He had thought she would live for at least another ten years, but unfortunately, that was not the case. He got a call from his older sister, Tracey, regarding the situation, but he didn’t want to accept it; he believed they still had a bit more time left.

“I flew home to bury my mother days later.”

Darren’s thoughts on his collapsing at his mother, Judy’s, wake:

“which sounds very gay and very dramatic, I just thought, ‘This is emotional, I’m overwhelmed.”

Out of concern for his health, his family insisted that he see a doctor. So, he did.

“My cholesterol was abnormally high, and I’ve never had that in my entire life. I was put on some medication to lower that.”

After that, Darren experienced a fainting spell on March 17, 2025. His recollection of the event is unclear; he only remembers trying to stand up, using some furniture for support, and finally reaching the bathroom where he collapsed face down on the porcelain tiles.

“It was like one of those stress dreams we have where we lose teeth. I was spitting teeth out, still in denial about what had happened to me, and thought, ‘Oh, my boyfriend’s coming home from the gym in 10 minutes. I look terrible. Let me just tidy up.’”

Fortunately, Darren is dating his boyfriend, Heriberto, who works as a nurse. After getting a text, his boyfriend hurried home.

“When he found me, I was laying in a pool of blood. The bathroom looked like a murder scene.”

Heriberto, who has been a great help to Darren during this tough time, took him to Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica. Once there, the doctors quickly performed surgery on his jaw, which was then wired shut for three months.

“They never figured out a physical root cause of what happened. My heart was fine. All of my arteries were fine. Because I was wearing a heart monitor at the time, there was no cardiac event or anything. We think it’s just stress.”

Although Darren has recently been candid about his struggles with anxiety and depression due to his difficult childhood and the homophobia he has faced, he was unaware of the extent to which these issues were actually affecting his health.

“I didn’t deal with the grief of my marriage ending. I didn’t deal with the grief of my mother passing.”

“Divorce is horrific. I don’t care what anyone has to say. It’s horrific. You feel like a failure, and then to lose that one rock in my life that had always been my mother, I think it was just a last straw for me. It’s no wonder that my body just sort of said, ‘Time out.’”

Sadly, recovery was not easy for Darren.

“There was a month where I couldn’t really live without the assistance of someone helping me,”

Darren had to be put on a liquid diet for three months while his jaw was wired shut.

“It was definitely a wake-up call for me about mortality and just all the little, tiny things I have to be grateful for in life.”

For a time Darren was afraid to be seen by anyone, even his closest friends, due to the physical effects the incident had on his appearance:

“You have all of your vanity taken away from you.”

Eventually, his view on things changed:

“I realized that’s so shallow, and it doesn’t really matter what you look like. The people that love you just want to see you, and mostly bring you pumpkin soup.”

Fortunately, it appears that, Darren is feeling better today; his jaw has been repaired with a titanium plate, and his mental health is on the rise. He has discovered through a psychiatrist that his body does not react well to antidepressants, so he has been trying Ketamine therapy with his doctor’s approval to help him deal with his trauma.

Darren on his experience with Ketamine:

“I genuinely believe I met my mother in some other altered state. Whether it was just a psychedelic drug trip or whether it was a soul experience, I don’t know, but the message that she gave me was that I’m loved, that I was born and was sent here to spread love, and that I have to keep doing that.”

Darren on his injury and his new album, “Homosexual”:

“It has made for a really interesting album. I feel more ambitious now. I was singing and making songs in my home studio with a wired jaw. That’s how desperate I was to make new music and to get back on the horse. And it’s why I’m doing these shows.”

Darren’s upcoming performance at the Troubadour in California on March 14 and 15 will signify a year since his injury.

Source: Savage Garden’s Darren Hayes Breaks Silence on Horrific Fall That Broke His Jaw and 17 Teeth (Exclusive)

Kristin’s thoughts: I have fainted a few times in my life, and those moments were truly frightening for me even though I didn’t suffer any broken bones. So, I get how scary it must have been for Darren to have gone through. I felt very sad when I learned about Darren’s fall. I was deeply distraught that he broke his jaw, but I am just relieved that he is still alive.

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Darren Hayes’ Concert at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on March 14 & 16, 2026, Sold Out in Just 20 Minutes!

Darren Hayes: “I burst in tears when my agent called me to let me know you folks sold out both shows in 20 minutes. I am so grateful. I have had an extremely challenging year and I had so badly needed something to put on my dream board to look forward to. I don’t take anything for granted. Not not you, my health or any guarantee that I would sell concert tickets. I understand and I’m so flattered that a lot more people wanted to purchase tickets than were available. I hope you can understand there will be a time in the future where I am physically mentally and emotionally strong enough to do a proper tour but at the moment I’m taking baby steps Back from hell. I would not have made it through the wilderness without your love and support and I promise you I’m going to pay you back tenfold with more music and more live shows around the world when I am back in full fighting form. I love you so much.”

Source:  Instagram Post

Kristin’s thoughts: I’m so pleased to learn that the show is sold out; considering everything Darren has faced, it’s heartwarming to see him experience something positive in his life. I really wish I could have gone to one of his concerts, but it just didn’t work out for me. Nonetheless, I feel fortunate that he continues to create music, and for that, I am truly thankful.

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Darren Hayes Reveals Jaw Injury Came With Staggering Medical Costs

Following the shock of his divorce from his long-term partner, Richard Cullen, the heartbreaking loss of his mother, and his escape from his Los Angeles home because of fires, Darren then experienced a severe fall that resulted in a broken jaw.

Darren went on Instagram to update his fans about what occurred. This is the entirety of that particular post:

“On March 17, 2 months to the day after my Mother passed away, I had a terrible accident. I’ve been trying to keep it private but my lengthy recovery period means it’s easier to admit the truth. I lost consciousness – I fainted shortly after getting out of bed and collapsed 3 times, losing consciousness each time. The blunt force trauma was so severe it snapped my left jawbone in half. I woke up in a pool of blood, terrible pain in my left side of my head and with 9 teeth shattered. I’m so lucky that I was found, and taken to the amazing team at the emergency room of St John’s Providence in Santa Monica, where they acted quickly. I could have died if I landed in a different position. They scanned for and ruled out heart issues and anything neurological. I was a scheduled for emergency reconstructive surgery and this happened on March 21st. The incredible surgeons inserted a titanium brace to re-connect my jaw bones and my mouth was wired shut for a minimum of 8 weeks while the left jaw bone could heal. Prior to the fall I had been experiencing light headedness and fainting spells for a period before this incident. I am under incredible care. I have an amazing cardiologist and oral surgeon and we are trying to work out how and why I have been fainting. So far my heart is normal, my arteries are normal and I don’t have a brain tumor or anything that could cause the accident. No judgement to those who partake but I do not take drugs or drink alcohol – this was a complete shock. But we are still investigating. I just wanted my fans to know why I’ll be out of action for quite some time. After my jaw heals it’s a long road to rehabbing my jaw function and then of course replacing my shattered teeth. I love you folks. I’m so grateful to be alive and every day I’m getting stronger. I’m almost one month post surgery now and I’m only just starting to feel better. I’m so grateful to my loved ones for coming to my rescue and to the doctors and nurses who have treated me with such care. After surviving a brutal divorce, losing my Mother, finding out my father died and then this I have had moments of deep sadness. But I am a survivor and I’ll come back strong.”

Although the fall could have been fatal, he came out with no other serious injuries, but it did come with a hefty price tag.

Darren took to Instagram to share his medical bills:

Darren would also say this about the cost of medical treatment in the United States:

“America is broken”

Source: Darren Hayes Shares Staggering Medical Costs After Breaking His Jaw

Kristin’s thoughts: I concur with Darren; America is broken when it comes to medical costs. I wish that we had free healthcare like some other countries do.

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Darren Hayes Shuts Down Savage Garden Reunion Talk

This was Darren Hayes’s response on his Instagram when a fan requested a Savage Garden reunion:

“I love that people love Savage Garden. I LOVE SAVAGE GARDEN. It frustrates me that some people don’t know that I have never stopped singing the songs, however. Solo or Savage. It’s all the same to me. I have never stopped. It’s a guardianship of cherished memories and I will always perform these songs and protect them because they belong to you! I get nostalgia – but there is always a reason a relationship ends. Doesn’t matter if that’s romantic or business. People break up for a reason and it’s usually for the best. For what it’s worth: I never left. And I never left you. I just continued. If you don’t know that : maybe you left me?”

Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones started the band “Savage Garden” in 1994, initially calling it Crush and even Bliss. They put out two albums: Savage Garden in 1997 and Affirmation in 1999, both of which were very successful. Sadly, Daniel decided to leave, leading to the band’s breakup in 2001. This prompted Darren to pursue a solo career, during which he released several solo albums. Meanwhile, Daniel has largely stepped away from the public eye to concentrate on being a husband and father.

Over the past 20 years since their split, Darren has received numerous requests from fans for a Savage Garden reunion. In the 2000s, he remarked that he would:

“only do it if it cured cancer.”

In 2022 while promoting his album, “Homosexual,” Darren said the following in an interview with Kylie and Jackie-O:

“I would have been in that band forever.”

“(Speaking about Daniel) His leaving was a huge rug pulled out from under me, and for contractual reasons we couldn’t really talk about it. He held that press conference where he said, ‘Oh, this is the first I’ve heard of it’ – which was such a stupid thing to say, because people thought I’d left the band.”

In a 2024 Nova interview, Darren mentioned that Daniel had contacted him several times, stating he would publicly apologize on record, but Darren turned down the offer.

Source: Darren Hayes, Once Again, Shuts Down Savage Garden Reunion Talk

Kristin’s thoughts: Naturally, many fans have held onto that nostalgia since the early days of Savage Garden, but Darren is still performing; he hasn’t abandoned us, and we shouldn’t abandon him either. A genuine fan will keep supporting the artist even after a band disbands and during their solo endeavors.

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Darren Hayes Shares Heartache After Mother’s Death

Darren Hayes took to Instagram to do the daunting task of sharing the heartbreaking news of his beloved mother’s (Judy Hayes) passing with his fans:

“I am heartbroken to announce my beautiful, extraordinary, magnificent, wondrous Mother, Judy, passed away peacefully surrounded by love on January 17, 2025 in Brisbane, Australia.”

“I am absolutely devastated, as are her siblings, her grandchildren, my sister, our close family and all of her wonderful friends and anyone who knew her. She was the kindest person any of us knew and everything I know about love, I learned from her.”

Here is what he had to further say about his loss:

“I am not in the right frame of mind to have a conversation or engage in dialogue about this immense loss. Her presence in my life was the engine to my heart. But he appreciates the outpouring of empathy for my family and your appreciation for her.”

“We always had an invisible string, a magical connection that was unbreakable no matter where I was in the world. I like to imagine that string was a little bit like twine and she a beautiful balloon. The string has been cut and now my Mother has ascended to the heavens where she is forever young, beautiful and can finally breathe and is pain free. Even though she appears to have floated gently into the clouds above, our bond remains forever – perhaps now a connection made of glitter and stardust and wishes and love. My heart is broken but I’m so grateful she is finally at peace.”

Darren affectionately dedicated his memoir, released on November 5, 2024, to his mother, who played a significant role in supporting him throughout his life.

Here is what Darren said to his mom on her Birthday in September:

“Happy 79th Birthday (in Australia) to my beautiful mother, Judy. I dedicated my book to you – because you taught me everything there is to know about love and being a loving person. I’m so lucky my soul chose you in this lifetime.”

Source: ‘My heart is broken’: Darren Hayes reveals his mother has died

Kristin’s thoughts: I really love Darren’s analogy regarding the enchanting bond, the string that links him to his mother, and how he imagines her as a balloon that has floated up into the sky (to heaven). I can honestly empathize with Darren on the loss of his mother as I lost my mother to her battle with depression and anxiety back in 2011. I am a strong believer that death cannot separate us from the ones we love; I believe that Darren will one day be reunited with his lovely mum. I believe that I too will see my mom one day as well.

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Darren Hayes Safe After Evacuating Los Angeles Fires

Darren Hayes took to Instagram to let his fans know that he was safe from the LA fires:

“I’m safe from the LA fires which feels like a selfish thing to post but only doing so because of the many caring and concerned who have reached out. This could change in an instant. I live adjacent to a mandatory evacuation zone. This was the sky near midnight last night but no fires anywhere in sight. Following all of the orders from the police and fire departments. I am of course devastated for what is happening and for my friends who have lost homes and all of us who live here who have seen our community burn to the ground. So grateful to fire fighters and everyone who went from zero to 100 in a nanosecond to help those in need. I feel strangely sad and numb. Unable to sleep last night because things could change in a heartbeat. I’ll keep you updated if my neighborhood changes from ‘warning’ to ‘evacuate’.”

In an update post where he shared an image of his dog, he said the following:

“I’m so lucky my goddaughter and her folks took us in. We are safe and evacuated out of precaution. The red zone is literally at the end of my street. So many of my friends have lost their homes. This is devastating. Just praying this ends soon.”

Unfortunately, due to the blazing fires, over 200,000 people were forced to flee their homes.

Source:  Darren Hayes Forced To Flee Los Angeles Fires

Kristin’s thoughts: Hearing about disasters that cause severe damage to homes, lives, and animals is always heartbreaking. With that being said, I am really relieved to know that Darren and his dog made it out safely.

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