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The Darkness' wardrobe assistant helped them with bizarre hangover cute to get through gigs

The Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins has revealed why their wardrobe assistant had to "deploy two ice cubes directly into the eyes" during their earlier career.

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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

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

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The Darkness’s Justin Hawkins: ‘People saw our new music video and assumed I was back on drugs’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: Once one of the biggest bands on the planet, The Darkness are back with a new album and a change of direction. Justin Hawkins talks to Kate Solomon about why he thinks the music industry has never taken them seriously, how he no longer writes songs to…

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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

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

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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

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

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“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

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

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

Watch Justin Hawkins as you've never seen him before

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“A truly outrageous Superstrat”: Justin Hawkins channels the spirit of Eddie Van Halen’s legendary Frankenstein with his new ridiculously relic’d Atkin signature guitar

Complete with a heavily aged neon finish and an empty middle pickup cavity, this new build seemingly pays homage to Van Halen's iconic axe – with some Hawkins-style touches for good measure

Guitar World

The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins responds to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s viral US Open moment

Pop star and her boyfriend were filmed dancing to the band’s 2003 hit ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’ at the women’s final over the weekend

The Independent UK

“We were playing in Germany the day Malcolm died. Itdawned on me that he was the reason I’mmaking a living from rockguitar. Ished atear onstage that night”: The Darkness’ Dan Hawkins on why Malcolm Young is one of rock’s most underrated guitarists

The Darkness rhythm man says he put the 10,000 hours in trying to match Malcolm riff for riff, chord for chord, but the unstoppable AC/DC guitarist's style is beyond most mortals

Guitar World

"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

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

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"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 successful YouTuber, and predicting the pandemic

Fronting The Darkness gave Justin Hawkins fame and a collection of catsuits, but after some dark days his band are flying high again

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"The sound of this amp on its own is absolutely unbelievable" – watch The Darkness's Dan Hawkins showcase the Marshall Studio JTM

Everything from throaty growl to chiming clarity from an incredible pedal platform

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The greatest guitar solos of the 21st century... so far

Featuring every kind of guitar hero – from old-school to cutting‑edge. And not one but two Van Halens…

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Justin Hawkins was chosen to become the frontman of The Darkness after doing an interpretive dance to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody at a party

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 story of Black Shuck by The Darkness: “You wouldn’t exactly hear Bon Jovi writing about a church in Blythburgh, would you?”

To celebrate the 20th birthday of The Darkness's debut album Permission To Land, we dig into the mythology of its opener

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Mountain West Football: First Look At The Idaho State Bengals

The Bengals are once again starting from scratch and will contend with San Diego State and Utah State in non-conference action.

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

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!

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Los Angeles Times

This college football influencer has helped USC’s Mike Bohn land top jobs

LOS ANGELES — When Mike Bohn entered the room for his job interview with the University of Cincinnati president in 2014, he saw a familiar face.

The Independent UK

GOP leaders in Kansas back off threat to sue Democratic governor over education funding

Leaders of Kansas’ Republican-controlled Legislature have backed off a threat to sue the state’s Democratic governor for vetoing parts of a GOP education funding bill

The Independent UK

Kansas has new anti-ESG law amid raft of culture war vetoes

Kansas officials won’t be allowed to use environmental, social and governance factors in investing public funds or deciding who receives government contracts

Tribune News Service

Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes 4 GOP bills aimed at regulating the lives of transgender Kansans

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed four bills Thursday that would have regulated the lives of transgender Kansans, dictating what spaces they are welcome in and the health care they can access.

The Independent UK

Veto of Kansas bill on trans athletes sets up override fight

A Kansas bill banning transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports has been vetoed for the third year in a row

Tribune News Service

Kansas Gov. Kelly warns against politics in classrooms, renews calls for medical marijuana

TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly in her State of State address on Tuesday night warned the Republican-controlled Legislature that she would oppose “irresponsible tax proposals” and education measures that pit “parents against teachers,” even as the Democratic governor seeks GOP support for her agenda.

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‘Why don’t we just write the stupidest song ever?’ How the Darkness made I Believe in a Thing Called Love

‘The crab in the music video was a reference to when you’ve taken lots of cocaine and your eyes are on stalks. We’ve always had an affinity with sea creatures – we’re from Lowestoft’

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