There’s a candid strategy to the Darkness‘ albums that can be misconstrued as simplistic or, under worst circumstances, campy to casual observers. But they’re neither, despite the outside appearances.

The Darkness have announced North American dates for their 2025 Dreams on Toast Tour. It begins August 29 at Oklahoma’s Pryor Creek Music Festival and wraps September 21 in Cleveland. There’s also a ...

“Are these guys for real?” This was a question you heard a lot regarding The Darkness in 2003. You got the sense people, many of whom probably embraced Andrew WK’s I Get Wet two years prior, wanted to ...

The Darkness’ smash “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” then shot back to No. 1, after a clip of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce belting it at the U.S. Open Women’s Final went viral. Justin’s ...

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 ...

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LONDON - Retro rockers The Darkness won three honors at the Brit Music Awards, the equivalent of the Grammys, and Justin Timberlake and Dido each took two. The Darkness, a London-based band, won the ...

The Darkness burst onto the music scene in 2003 with the hit single “I Believe in a Thing Called Love.” The track echoed the energy of peak ’70s and ’80s rock and roll while still sounding fresh to ...