Words by Ali Cooper. All photos by Sandra Sorenson. Stone Free Festival promises an incredible weekend of musical appreciation and nostalgia for fun-loving fans who’d rather stay dry for the duration of a festival, based in the towering venue that is London’s O2 Arena. That said, crowds already begin grumbling about extortionate ticket prices before…
Lowestoft’s finest, The Darkness, are ready to bring their own unique brand of rock n’ roll mayhem and mirth to the United States. The “Back In The USSA” tour, with its rather cool retro-geek artwork, kicks off in Santa Cruz, California today, Friday April 8th. The latest Stateside jaunt takes in 20 cities in just…
When The Darkness initially disbanded in 2006, many believed that we’d seen the last of the I Believe In A Thing Called Love hitmakers. Fortunately, that turned out not to be the case, and the Lowestoft rockers are now two albums into their comeback with Last Of Our Kind, their follow-up to 2012’s Hot Cakes….
The gates of Donington are just three hours away from opening for the 2015 Download Festival, so it’s high time we gave our readers the final part of our preview of this years’ activities. Focusing on what is often known as Classic Rock Sunday (which definitely rings true this year, at least for the main…
It’s just a few hours (literally, HOURS) until the gates open on the 2015 Download Festival at Donington Park. So yesterday the organisers threw another (welcome) surprise at all of us with the announcement of not one but two secret bands for Download 2015. Both of them have albums coming out this week. Both of…
Last week, we brought our readers the news that Lowestoft’s finest glam rockers The Darkness would be going on tour across the UK and Europe with Lady Gaga. As expected the tour has proven to be very popular, with the originally announced shows on the Born This Way Ball Tour selling out in a matter…
As tour announcements go, they don’t get too much bigger than this in terms of odd couplings. As rumoured across the Internet for weeks, Lady Gaga has announced her plans for the 2012 Born This Way World Tour and is making stop offs in both London and Manchester in the UK. What was most certainly…
Everyone’s favourite catsuit wearing masters of falsetto The Darkness have been announced to play a headline show deep amongst the trees in Thetford Forest. The show will form part of the annual set of shows organised by The Forestry Commission and will take place on July 14th 2012. Proceeds from the ticket sales will go…
When you attend a festival, everyone wants to see different acts. For those who are undecided, or who are going in with an entirely open schedule, this article has a few recommendations that might sway you and lead you to what could be the best performances of the weekend at the Download Festival 2011. Alter…
