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“It’s getting ridiculous. We’re the last men standing, unless some new wave of rock comes along…” The rise, fall and resurrection of The Darkness, the band on a mission to save rock

By Dave Everley published

As their new album Dreams On Toast proves, The Darkness are everything rock’n’roll should be in 2025

Photographs of The Darkness wearing suits and Stephen Dorff

“Justin Hawkins has got a crazy brain. He kept giving me all of these great lines”: How The Darkness persuaded a Hollywood A-lister to appear on their new album

By Classic Rock published

When The Darkness call, Hollywood picks up the phone

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"When the storm clouds clear, the band’s innate pop sensibilities shine as brightly as ever": In a world of bread-and-butter rock bands, The Darkness remain the toast of the town

By Fraser Lewry published

Grain expectations: Lowestoft legends The Darkness mix it up on eighth studio album Dreams On Toast

The Darkness wearing business suits

In these troubled times, what we really need is a honky tonk single from The Darkness tackling the issue of male flatulence during lovemaking

By Fraser Lewry published

Hot On My Tail comes from Dreams On Toast, the new album from The Darkness

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"Not just one of the best British rock albums of all time, but one of the best debut albums ever made": That time The Darkness added a riot of colour to a grey musical landscape

By Classic Rock Magazine published

Two decades on and people still can't decide whether Permission To Land is parody, pastiche or perfection

The Darkness Bundle

Pre-order your exclusive The Darkness Dreams On Toast Classic Rock bundles, with limited edition signed vinyl and glow-in-the-dark cassette variants

By Merlin Alderslade published

We've teamed up with The Darkness for two exclusive bundles to celebrate their imminent new album, Dreams On Toast

The Darkness wearing business suits

"We wade through sweet treacle every day, to make things for others to love": The Darkness ponder their place in the world on pumping new rock tune Walking Through Fire

By Fraser Lewry published

Walking Through Fire is the fourth single to be plucked from The Darkness's upcoming eighth studio album Dreams On Toast

The Darkness posing for a photograph in 2004

“It was carnage. We partied on the road, then I’d get home and start the party all over again. I thought, ‘If this carries on, I might die’”: The explosive story of The Darkness’ OTT hard rock masterpiece Permission To Land

By Philip Wilding published

How an unfashionable band from the UK defied the critics to become the biggest British hard rock stars of the mid-2000s

Justin Hawkins performing with The Darkness in 2024

Watch a stunned Justin Hawkins perform a song with The Darkness when he thought he was going to play laser tag instead

By Matt Mills published

The Darkness’ frontman was the “unexpected star” on the latest episode of Michael McIntyre’s Big Show

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"People recognise me as astronaut pirate movie star cool and that’s obviously accurate": The Darkness release new rock anthem Rock And Roll Party Cowboy

By Fraser Lewry published

Rock And Roll Party Cowboy comes from The Darkness's upcoming eighth studio album Dreams On Toast

Justin Hawkins in the video for I Hate Myself

"The weirdness level is completely off the charts": Justin Hawkins explains unsettling video for The Darkness's I Hate Myself

By Fraser Lewry published

Watch Justin Hawkins as you've never seen him before

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"This playlist is a mental roadmap that helps me to shape this day of festive cheer": Conjure up some Yuletide magic with Justin Hawkins' amazing Christmas playlist

By Justin Hawkins published

The only music you'll need this Christmas Day is this brilliant, ludicrous playlist from The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins

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The Darkness launch self-loathing new single I Hate Myself

By Fraser Lewry published

I Hate Myself comes from The Darkness's upcoming eighth album Dreams On Toast

Nigel Godrich and Fran Healy working on Band Aid 20, with The Darkness recording a guitar solo for the track.

“The idea was to not make it shit”: the story of Band Aid 20, the only Radiohead and Rachel Stevens crossover you’ll ever need

By Niall Doherty published

Producer Nigel Godrich on the "clusterf**k" that was putting together the 2004 charity single

Frank Skinner and a mysterious rocker

"I don’t like comedy heavy metal." Comedian Frank Skinner reveals the beloved British rock band he'd banish forever

By Merlin Alderslade published

British comedy icon Frank Skinner explains why he'd choose to send one of the UK's biggest 21st century rock bands to Room 101

The Darkness studio portrait

"What the world needs now, is rock, sweet rock": The Darkness invoke God as they launch new album Dreams On Toast

By Fraser Lewry published

The Darkness announce new album, release The Longest Kiss single, and announce UK tour

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at the US Open

"My little girl can't wait to tell her friends at school": Justin Hawkins responds to viral footage of Taylor Swift singing I Believe In A Thing Called Love at the US Open

By Fraser Lewry published

Tennis wasn't like this in our day

Justin Hawkins and Todd Rundgren

“He went from piano ballads to freak-out prog in three years. Amazing… You want him to be difficult and hard to understand”: Justin Hawkins on Todd Rundgren

By Paul Lester published

The Darkness lead singer and guitarist chose his prog hero for being radical, eclectic and liking pyramids

The Darkness promoting Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) in 2003

"The label said ‘What do you want to do next, lads?’ and we laughingly said, ‘Christmas song!’": Justin Hawkins on the creation of The Darkness' festive classic

By Niall Doherty published

The Darkness frontman on how the Lowestoft quartet made Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

The Darkness at Maida Vale

Watch The Darkness record a special 20th anniversary performance of their 2003 single Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) with an "angelic" 12-piece choir

By Paul Brannigan published

To mark the 20th birthday of their festive classic Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) The Darkness have recorded a new version for BBC Radio 2