The Darkness launch self-loathing new single I Hate Myself By Fraser Lewry published 10 December 24 I Hate Myself comes from The Darkness's upcoming eighth album Dreams On Toast
“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 30 November 24 Producer Nigel Godrich on the "clusterf**k" that was putting together the 2004 charity single
"I don’t like comedy heavy metal." Comedian Frank Skinner reveals the beloved British rock band he'd banish forever By Merlin Alderslade published 19 November 24 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
"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 18 September 24 The Darkness announce new album, release The Longest Kiss single, and announce UK tour
"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 10 September 24 Tennis wasn't like this in our day
“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 31 December 23 The Darkness lead singer and guitarist chose his prog hero for being radical, eclectic and liking pyramids
"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 24 December 23 The Darkness frontman on how the Lowestoft quartet made Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)
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 19 December 23 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
"Honestly, I don't care if I lose my voice. It's just life, isn't it?": Justin Hawkins on The Darkness, life as a YouTube icon, and predicting the pandemic By Mark Blake published 18 December 23 Fronting The Darkness gave Justin Hawkins fame, a collection of fabulous catsuits, and some serious addiction issues. After some dark days his band are now flying high again
Watch Ed Sheeran join The Darkness onstage in London to sing Love Is Only A Feeling By Classic Rock published 10 December 23 Pop megastar Ed Sheeran opened for The Darkness in London last night – and joined the headliners onstage for Love Is Only A Feeling
“'Cocaine buffet?' they would say. 'Just help yourself'”: Gene Simmons, Dave Grohl and The Darkness make surreal cameo appearances in singer/songwriter James Blunt's outrageous 'non-memoir' Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story By Paul Brannigan published 20 November 23 A number of high profile rock stars pop up for memorable appearances in James Blunt's new 'non-memoir', which may be the most entertaining book ever written by any musician
The Darkness have a released a trailer for their upcoming documentary and we might just have a classic on our hands By Fraser Lewry published 27 October 23 Welcome To The Darkness is coming to UK cinemas for one night only next month, with a DVD to follow in December
20 years on, Permission To Land... Again recalls the swaggering confidence of a band about to claim their place at pop’s top table By Paul Moody published 5 October 23 A 20th anniversary reissue of The Darkness's much-loved debut album Permission To Land, including unreleased tracks
"I Believe In A Thing Called Love inspired me to start my own glam rock band": Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms picks the 10 songs that changed his life By Emily Swingle published 23 September 23 From Roxette and David Bowie to Iron Maiden and Slipknot, these are the records that made Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms
Every The Darkness album ranked from worst to best By Chris Lord published 31 July 23 Few bands do OTT rock’n’roll quite like The Darkness - and here’s where to start with their back catalogue
Watch this singer nail The Darkness' classic I Believe In A Thing Called Love a whole octave higher than the original - alongside Justin Hawkins' brilliant reaction By Liz Scarlett published 18 July 23 Halocene frontwoman Addie Nicole blows Justin Hawkins' mind with a impressively high-pitched cover of The Darkness' I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Justin Hawkins was chosen to become the frontman of The Darkness after doing an interpretive dance to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody at a party By Liz Scarlett published 17 July 23 The Darkness' Justin Hawkins reveals what won the band over in making him their frontman, and it wasn't entirely his vocals
The Darkness announce UK and Ireland leg of their Permission To Land 20 world tour By Liz Scarlett published 3 July 23 The Darkness will be hitting the road later this year across the UK and Ireland to play their debut Permission To Land in full in celebration of its 20th anniversary
The 10 funniest rock and metal songs according to Tenacious D By Alec Chillingworth published 25 June 23 AC/DC, Disturbed, Electric Six: Tenacious D talk us through some of rock and metal's funniest songs
The 10 Greatest Festival Bands Ever, as chosen by The Darkness' Dan Hawkins By Dan Hawkins published 21 June 23 Ahead of his band's BST Hyde Park show with Guns N' Roses, The Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins selects his dream festival line-up. Scream for me Danington!
