THE DARKNESS LATEST NEWS AND TOUR DATES
Feb 7th. The Darkness concert tickets for most of the US shows on April and March have sold
out within minutes after being put on sale. So for those wanting to get tickets
for the rest of the shows, better try to be the first on line.
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Feb 7th.
BBC news . Queen beat Darkness in rock poll. We Will Rock You was among Queen fans'
Queen's hit single We Will Rock You has topped a poll of music fans to find the
greatest rock anthem of all time.
The 1977 song beat the band's renowned classic Bohemian Rhapsody into second
place in the survey of 1,000 people carried out for the UCI cinema chain.
The Darkness - the UK rock sensation of 2003 - came 19th with their single
I Believe In A Thing Called Love.
Along with Nirvana and Tina Turner they were one of just three acts from the past
15 years to make the top 20.
Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit came third, while Turner's The Best made ninth place.
Other hits in the Top 10 included Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor and The Final Countdown by Europe.
All Right Now by Free and Derek And The Dominoes' Layla also made the list, as well as hits by Meat Loaf,
Robert Palmer, the Rolling Stones and The Clash.
We Will Rock You - a staple of Queen's live stadium shows - features in the new Gladiator-style
Pepsi advert featuring Pink, Beyonce and Britney Spears.
The poll was carried out to mark the release of new Jack Black comedy School of Rock.
The top 20:
1. We Will Rock You - Queen
2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
3. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
4. The Final Countdown - Europe
5. Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
6. All Right Now - Free
7. Layla - Derek And The Dominoes
8. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
9. The Best - Tina Turner
10. Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
11.Walk This Way - Aerosmith and Run DMC
12. Is This Love? - Whitesnake
13. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
14. Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf
15. Should I Stay Or Should I Go? - The Clash
16. School's Out - Alice Cooper
17. Rockin' All Over The World - Status Quo
18. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
19. I Believe In A Thing Called Love - The Darkness
20. 20th Century Boy - T Rex
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Feb 6th. The Darkness's debut album "Permission to Land" is currently at No. 20 on
the Canadian charts and No. 30 on the Dutch charts.
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Feb 3. (Playlouder news) The Darkness finished their first tour down under on Sunday, as the Big Day Out festival came to a close.
The tour was a resounding success for the chaps, who left the big hot desert country with 'Permission To Land' trotting its
way ever upwards, chartwise, and crowds of Aussies bomping away in joyous exalt to recent single down there 'Growing On Me' -
despite the band’s early day slot.
Justin even got all squiffy eyed on the last show, launching into a speech in which he said he was honoured and privileged
to be playing in Australia with a line up that included The Strokes, Peaches and the Black Eyed Peas. In fact,
The Darkness put to rest long-simmering beefs with The Strokes and Peas, who had kept our lads
off the top spot for ages.
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Jan29th. The Black Eyed Peas are adding The Darkness to their wish list of collaborators for their
fourth album 'Monkey Business' - due out in November 2004. Justin joined the BEP during their song "Retarded"
at Australia's Big Day Out festival.
The two bands have become friends after coinciding in many festivals and award shows, although, according to Will I am,
there was a bit of weirdness between the two groups at the beginning. "Our songs were at
radio at the same time and we kept them out of the Number One spot for about seven weeks. They are from the UK.
It felt kind of weird. We didn't gel at first but now I think those dudes are really cool."
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Jan 27th. Finally the US Tour dates have been announced:
March
Friday 26 Milwaukee,WI The Rave Bar
Saturday 27 Chicago, IL The Vic
Sunday28 Detroit, MI St. Andrews
Tuesday 30 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
Wednesday 31 Pittsburgh, PA Laga
April
Friday 2 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts. Ph# (215) 922-1011
Saturday 3 Boston, MA Avalon
Sunday 4 Providence, RI Lupos
Tuesday 6 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
thursday 8 Atlanta, GA Cotton Club
Friday 9 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
Sunday 11 Houston, TX Engine Room
Monday 12 Dallas, TX Trees
Tuesday 13 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa
Thursday15 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Ph# (480)-829-0607
Friday 16 San Diego, CA Canes
Saturday 17 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
Monday 19 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre Ph# (303)831-9448
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Jan 22nd. The Darkness are "Down Under" and will be in for a big week on next week's ARIA chart. Their album 'Permission To Land' has lodged itself at No. 1 in HMV stores according to the midweek chart.
'Permission To Land' debuted at No. 44 on the ARIA chart earlier this week but the impact of the band arriving in the country for Big Day Out has started a buying frenzy.
The Darkness filmed the video for their next single "Love is only a feeling" in the Blue Mountains this week and will head to a studio to record B-sides when they arrive in Melbourne.
In other news, The Darkness will be headlining a US tour from March to June. No dates are yet available.
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Jan 15th. Nearly four months after its U.S. release, the band's debut album, Permission to Land, is rocketing up the Billboard albums chart. Last week it jumped 81 slots to #92, and this week it shot up to #39.
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The New York Post is reporting that THE DARKNESS recently refused to do a photo shoot with British music rag Q because the photographer wanted the band to spray 15 naked models with champagne. But guitarist Daniel Hawkins now says it wasn't the degradation of women that was the issue. "They were trying to give us that Moet & Chandon crap, but we don't pour anything less than Cristal," jokes the axe-man.
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The most important UK music awards of the year, The Brits, have been launched in a blaze of glory with rock's Darkness up against the punky pop trio Busted. BRIT stands for British Record Industry Trust and all the proceeds from the BRIT Awards go to the BRIT Trust. The Trust helps to fund, amongst other things, the BRIT School of Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon.
The Darkness fresh from their growing success in the US have been nominated for four awards, with Dido, Daniel Bedingfield and Busted with three nominations. A cross section of the UK's finest are represented as well as key international artists in the Best International Male, Female, Group Album & Breakthrough Categories.
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THE DARKNESS have scored the highest-climbing album on this week's U.S. chart, making their first appearance in the top 100.
Their album "Permission To Land" went from number 173 to 92 in one week on the Billboard chart, becoming the pacesetter.
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On Saturday the 10th the band appeared in MTV's Headbanger's Ball as guests in the show. Check the tour dates below to find out where the boys will be performing next.
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On that same day (Friday the 9th) the band will be performing on "The late night show with David Letterman". The show starts at 11:30 pm ET/PT.
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On Jan 9th the band will perform live in NYC on IMX. Find all about it Go
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After taking a well deserved rest during the X-MAS holidays the boys are back! On January 8th 2004 at 6pm at the Times Square Virgin Mega Store in New York City. The Darkness will perform and sign copies of their debut album "Permission to Land". This is the band's first ever US in-store appearance
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OTHER NEWS
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The latest news from the band's official site.
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TOUR DATES
Monday 12 January:
Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, Canada
ticketmaster.ca
Friday 16 January
Big Day Out 2004, Auckland, NZ
bigdayout.com
Sunday 18 January
Big Day Out 2004, Gold Coast, Australia
bigdayout.com
Thursday 22 January
The Gaelic Club, Sydney, Australia
thegaelicclub.com
Friday 23 January
Big Day Out 2004, Sydney, Australia
bigdayout.com
Saturday 24 January
The Gaelic Club, Sydney, Australia
thegaelicclub.com
Monday 26 January
Big Day Out 2004, Melbourne, Australia
bigdayout.com
Tuesday 27 January
Corner Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
cornerhotel.com
Friday 30 January
Big Day Out 2004, Adelaide, Australia
bigdayout.com
Sunday 1 February
Big Day Out 2004, Perth, Australia
bigdayout.com
Saturday 7 February
Pyramids, Portsmouth
[RESCHEDULED DATE]
cclive.co.uk
Sunday 8 February
Leas Cliff Hall,Folkestone
[RESCHEDULED DATE]
cclive.co.uk
Tuesday 10 February
The Max, Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
melkweg.nl / ticketservice.nl
Wednesday 11 February
Grünspan, Hamburg, Germany
gruenspan.de / topevents24.info
Thursday 12 February
KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
kb-boldklub.dk / billetnet.dk
Saturday 14 February
Arenan, Fryshuset, Stockholm, Sweden
fryshuset.se / ticnet.se
Sunday 15 February
Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway
rockefeller.no / billettservice.no
Thursday 19 February
Columbiafritz, Berlin, Germany
columbiafritz.de / topevents24.info
Saturday 21 February
Flex, Vienna, Austria
flex.at / topevents24.info
Sunday 22 February
New Backstage, Munich, Germany
backstage089.de / topevents24.info
Monday 23 February:
Transilvania, Milan, Italy
[transilvanialive.it / ticketone.it
Wednesday 25 February
Abart Club, Zurich, Switzerland
abart.ch / ticketcorner.ch
Thursday 26 February
Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
batschkapp.de / tickets-per-post.de
Friday 27 February
Zeche, Bochum, Germany
zeche.com / topevents24.info
Sunday 29 February
Laiterie, Strasbourg, France
[laiterie.org / fnac.com
Monday 1 March
Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
[abconcerts.be / fnac.com
Tuesday 2 March
Elysee Montmartre, Paris, France
[elyseemontmartre.com / fnac.com
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