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Justin Hawkins studio portrait

"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

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

Justin Hawkins of the Darkess onstage in London with an inset of Ed Sheeran

Watch Ed Sheeran join The Darkness onstage in London to sing Love Is Only A Feeling

By Classic Rock published

Pop megastar Ed Sheeran opened for The Darkness in London last night – and joined the headliners onstage for Love Is Only A Feeling

Gene Simmons, Dave Grohl, James Blunt, Justin Hawkins

“'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

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 group portrait

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

Welcome To The Darkness is coming to UK cinemas for one night only next month, with a DVD to follow in December

The Darkness: Permission To Land Again cover art

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

A 20th anniversary reissue of The Darkness's much-loved debut album Permission To Land, including unreleased tracks

Lord Of The Lost 2023

"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

From Roxette and David Bowie to Iron Maiden and Slipknot, these are the records that made Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms

The original line up of The Darkness

Every The Darkness album ranked from worst to best

By Chris Lord published

Few bands do OTT rock’n’roll quite like The Darkness - and here’s where to start with their back catalogue

Justin Hawkins and Halocene

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

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 and Brian May

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

The Darkness' Justin Hawkins reveals what won the band over in making him their frontman, and it wasn't entirely his vocals

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The Darkness announce UK and Ireland leg of their Permission To Land 20 world tour

By Liz Scarlett published

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

Best comedy metal songs as chosen by Tenacious D

The 10 funniest rock and metal songs according to Tenacious D

By Alec Chillingworth published

AC/DC, Disturbed, Electric Six: Tenacious D talk us through some of rock and metal's funniest songs

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The 10 Greatest Festival Bands Ever, as chosen by The Darkness' Dan Hawkins

By Dan Hawkins published

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!

Bruce Springsteen, Lisa blackpink, Frank Turner, Katherine Parlour

10 essential artists to see at BST Hyde Park this summer, from Bruce Springsteen to Blackpink

By Paul Brannigan published

From 'The Boss' and Blackpink, to Frank Turner and rising stars Picture Parlour, here are 10 acts you should see at BST Hyde Park 2023

Justin Hawkins and John Frusciante

The Darkness' Justin Hawkins says Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante is an "overrated" and "child-like" guitarist

By Liz Scarlett published

The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins critiques RHCP guitarist John Frusciante and explains why he thinks he's an overrated player

Justin Hawkins in the I Believe In A Thing Called Love video

10 things you never knew about The Darkness' Permission To Land

By Joe Daly published

Turning 20 this year, The Darkness' classic Permission To Land was like a glittery rocket fired into the heart of the early-00s rock scene

Justin Hawkins holding a guitar

Justin Hawkins on songwriting: "There’s always got to be an intangible ingredient"

By Geoff Barton published

The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins names the perfect rock song, reveals what 'permission to land' really means, and admits he once wrote a song about a royal princess

The Darkness in 2003

The Darkness say that I Believe In A Thing Called Love originated from their desire to write "the stupidest song ever"

By Paul Brannigan published

Justin and Dan Hawkins revisit the writing of their signature anthem I Believe In A Thing Called Love: "Our manager said: 'That’s a hit, that is.' This was news to us"

Rufus Taylor and Taylor Hawkins

Rufus Taylor on playing Taylor Hawkins' drum parts on Foo Fighters' Best Of You at last year's tribute concerts: "I was s****ing myself"

By Merlin Alderslade published

The Darkness drummer and son of Queen legend Roger Taylor opens up on stepping into the mighty shoes of the much-missed Taylor Hawkins

20 iconic metal albums that turn 20 in 2023

By Metal Hammer published

Iron Maiden, Metallica, Evanescence – these classic albums all celebrate their 20th birthday this year

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The Darkness' Justin Hawkins on Steel Panther's lyrics: "Their humour is fully way past the line and they're not gonna stop"

By Liz Scarlett published

The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins on why people like Steel Panther, despite their "misogynistic" lyrics