Yahoo! Music - Dec 22, 2008
The Darkness are considering reforming for a new album and tour, according to newspaper reports. The band, which split in 2006, is apparently considering an offer made by the U.S. entrepreneur behind...
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The collapse of his former band, the Darkness, and an unsuccessful attempt to represent the United Kingdom in 2007's Eurovision Song Contest have hardly dampened Justin Hawkins' drive. But the...
More »Yahoo! Music - Feb 28, 2007
Justin Hawkins is competing to appear at this year s Eurovision Song Contest, it has emerged. The former Darkness frontman is understood to be one of six acts in the running to represent the U.K. at the...
More »E! Online - Oct 12, 2006
The Darkness once bright future is suddenly gloomy. Fresh off a stint in rehab, the band s cat suit-wearing frontman and cofounder shocked fans by announcing he s quitting the glam-rock outfit he...
More »Yahoo! Music - Oct 11, 2006
Justin Hawkins has quit the Darkness after admitting blowing over $300,000 on cocaine in the past three years. The singer has been undergoing treatment in Britsh rehab clinic the Priory in recent months...
More »Yahoo! Music - Aug 18, 2006
The Darkness have cancelled a string of upcoming live shows and confirmed that frontman Justin Hawkins is in rehab. It was announced yesterday that the singer s doctor had advised Hawkins to take two...
More »Yahoo! Music - Aug 16, 2006
Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins has checked himself into rehab, as his band continues to battle flagging popularity, it has been claimed. Hawkins is reported to have been admitted to the British rehab...
More »Yahoo! Music - Apr 20, 2006
According to the London newspaper The Sun, U.K. hair-metal heroes the Darkness have been approached to star in a bizarre new reality TV show called Band In A Bubble. The program would feature the spandex...
More »AP - Nov 28, 2005
The Darkness, One Way Ticket to Hell ... And Back (Atlantic) A power ballad about cafeteria workers wobbly appendages? A five-and-a-half minute hair metal melange? An anti-cocaine glam rock anthem?...
More »USRN - May 24, 2004
Justin Hawkins of the Darkness, who underwent throat surgery to correct acid reflux and a hiatus hernia, says his recovery is coming well fine, according to NME.com. The recurring problem, in which stomach...
More »USRN - Feb 26, 2004
The Darkness lead singer Justin Hawkins told the British tabloid The Sun Wednesday (February 25) that he has received death threats in the mail. The first letter came just after the band won three Brit...
More »USRN - Feb 9, 2004
The Darkness is preparing to launch their first major North American tour and already they re anticipating some classic Spinal Tap moments onstage. If you think the Janet Jackson scandal at the Super...
More »USRN - Jan 12, 2004
British retro-rockers The Darkness are starting to make some serious noise, as their debut album, Permission To Land, rockets from Number 173 to Number 92 on the Billboard Top 200 this week. Meanwhile...
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