On the second day of Tons of Rock Festival it was still 26 degrees, so I started my day by heading to the Vampire Stage (the only tent stage) to watch Féleth. The band had won a competition to play the festival and did look noticeably younger than the other acts, but they were excellent … Continue reading Festival Review: Tons of Rock 2022 – Day 2
Tag: The Darkness
This just popped up on our Twitter feed. Southern Rock legends Black Stone Cherry, and madcap high-energy nutballs The Darkness are sharing top spot duties on a tour due to traverse the UK in January/February 2023. Dates are below and pre-sale kicks off on Friday (24th June) from 10am. You can sign up for pre-sale … Continue reading Black Stone Cherry and The Darkness announce UK co-headline tour
It wasn’t meant to happen this year, attending that is. For starters, the usual suspects couldn’t decide which day they would attend (we are always day ticketers) and then with rescheduled gigs, cancelled gigs (we miss you, Taylor Hawkins) and just general chaos - we were going to give it a miss. Then with … Continue reading Festival Review: 2022 (Sunday)
The more things change, the more they stay the same. We started 2021 locked up because of a virus and it’s looking like we may end it in a similar fashion. And much like every other year I’m written one of these year-end reviews, I’m flabbergasted that we’re at the end of another calendar year … Continue reading Crew Review 2021: Ross – Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Honestly, it’s a little weird to have The Darkness in a Glasgow venue which isn’t the O2 Academy given that’s where they’ve played the past few tours. But when you combine one of the 00s greatest rock exports with one of the world’s greatest venues, you’re not going to complain too much, especially when they’re … Continue reading Gig Review: The Darkness – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow (9th December 2021)
Like clockwork, as they have since 2015’s Last of Our Kind, The Darkness are back two years on from their last album with their latest. In 2017, I declared Pinewood Smile as the best album from The Darkness since their debut crash-landed from nowhere. An opinion I reiterated when reviewing Easter is Cancelled. Well, Pinewood … Continue reading Album Review: The Darkness – Motorheart