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Continuing their worldwide whirlwind of a tour which started in the U.K. with a critically acclaimed reunion show at theDownload Festival in June and has made stops in Sweden, Spain, Japan and Italy culminating with 14 sold-out U.K. shows,THE DARKNESS are taking their electrifying and outrageous rock n’ roll to North America in 2012, stopping in SAN FRANCISCO on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 at THE FILLMORE. This will mark the band’s first return to the States since 2004!The new tour will feature all the guitar mastery and wild pyrotechnics that THE DARKNESS shows have become known for. The group will perform music from 2003’s multi-platinum album Permission To Land, including favorites “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” and “Get Your Hands Off My Woman”; 2005’s One-Way Ticket To Hell and Back with “One Way Ticket” and “Is It Just Me?”; as well as several new songs off their forthcoming yet-to-be-titled third album.
After their reformation in March, THE DARKNESS have romped, roared and raged through summer and fall with appearances at many of Europe’s most prestigious festivals including a headlining appearance at Sonisphere in Madrid. This fall, they hit the road in Japan and England with new songs and fan favorites to crazed, capacity crowds. About the sold-out U.K. tour, Alex Lai of Contact Music noted in his review of the group’s Manchester Academy show, “Frontman Justin Hawkins emerges from a cage structure that houses drummer Ed Graham as the quartet begin with 'Black Shuck' and then 'Growing On Me', which causes a sing-along that would put some stadium performances to shame. …every track is dynamite, even non-singles such as 'Friday Night' and the splendid acoustic rendition of 'Holding My Own'. Key to the reaction is Hawkins' impressive vocal control, note-perfect in falsetto and without any cracks in the delivery, a truly powerful audio weapon. …[of the new songs] 'Best Of Me' has the crowd clapping and 'Out Of This World' already has people singing along by the final verse, but what sticks out about them as a collection is the quality of the guitar work. At times it's as if there is a competition between lead guitarist Dan Hawkins and his brother, with the winner being the audience, as they are treated to some great riffs and solos, boding well for any future album. The aural side of The Darkness live experience is truly still impressive… Welcome back The Darkness” (November 13, 2011). Elsewhere, The Daily Star exclaimed, "THE DARKNESS are both a spectacle and spectacular…Don't miss out" (11/20/11) while The Gainsborough Standard added, "On the one hand it feels like they’ve never been away, but on the other you’re thrilled to bits that they’re back… This is music exactly as it should be--fun, huge, proud, and really, really loud.”
THE DARKNESS—Justin Hawkins (vocals/guitarist), Dan Hawkins (guitars/backing vocals), Frankie Poullain (bass) and Ed Graham (drums)—have established quite a formidable legacy in less than a decade. The British-based band have won threeprestigious BRIT Awards, rocked sold-out crowds across the globe and sold millions of records worldwide.
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