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"The label said ‘What do you want to do next, lads?’ and we laughingly said, ‘Christmas song!’": Justin Hawkins on the creation of The Darkness' festive classic
By Niall Doherty published
The Darkness frontman on how the Lowestoft quartet made Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

Watch The Darkness record a special 20th anniversary performance of their 2003 single Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) with an "angelic" 12-piece choir
By Paul Brannigan published
To mark the 20th birthday of their festive classic Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) The Darkness have recorded a new version for BBC Radio 2

"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

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

“'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 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

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

"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

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 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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