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THE DARKNESS ANNOUNCE EXTRA DATES FOR “PERMISSION TO LAND” 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOWS IN AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND!

The Darkness News 18 September 2023

THE DARKNESS ANNOUNCE EXTRA DATES FOR “PERMISSION TO LAND” 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOWS IN AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND!

Fresh off the electrifying announcement of their “Let There Be Rock” live show spectacle in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane last week, multi-platinum UK rock royalty The Darkness are extending the highly anticipated 20th Anniversary celebration of their classic debut album, ‘ Permission To Land ’ announcing additional tour dates across Australia playing shows in Adelaide , Fremantle , Canberra , and crossing the pond with dates also added in Auckland & Wellington this coming January/February.

Delivering iconic songs such as “ I Believe in A Thing Called Love ” and “ Love Is Only A Feeling ”, the band’s album, ‘Permission to Land’ will be performed live, in its entirety, for fans plus a string of album B-sides and rarities.

Joining the band on these added shows will be Melbourne pop-punk duo Cry Club for the Australian dates, and pop-rockers, Volts in New Zealand.

Prepare to have the sounds, fashion and extravagance of classic hard-rock resurrected before your eyes with a touch of The Darkness’ trademark British flamboyance. Fans can expect a bucket list rock show experience when “ Permission to Land ” comes down under.

20th ANNIVERSARY ‘PERMISSION TO LAND’ TOUR 2024 Fri 26 Jan: Opera House, Wellington w/ Volts NEW SHOW Sat 27 Jan: Powerstation, Auckland w/ Volts NEW SHOW Tue 30 Jan: Hindley St Music Hall, Adelaide w/ Cry Club NEW SHOW Thu 1 Feb: Metropolis, Fremantle w/ Cry Club NEW SHOW Sat 3 Feb: Festival Hall, Melbourne  (Let There Be Rock) * Wed 7 Feb: The Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane  (Let There Be Rock) * Fri 9 Feb: UC Refectory, Canberra w/ Cry Club NEW SHOW Sat 10 Feb, Hordern Pavilion, Sydney  (Let There Be Rock) * *w/ You Am I ‘Majesty of Tap’, DZ Deathrays, Cry Club, DJs Eleven & Denim

Tickets On Sale: Thursday 21 September 2023, 11AM [AEST] via

Www.thedarknesslive.com and www.sbmpresents.com.

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“The Darkness never fail. They put on one helluva show” - THE EXAMINER, HOUSTON

Motorheart Australia & New Zealand Tour 2022

Special guests the southern river band (au only), mini simmons (nz only).

Multi-platinum UK rock icons The Darkness will be returning to Australia & New Zealand this October, playing shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland & Wellington . 

Brimming with their trademark blazing guitar riffs and solos, soaring falsetto and immeasurable rock ‘n’ roll extravagance, The Darkness will be operating at their loosest and most extroverted frequency. 

Fans will be treated to new songs from the band’s new album Motorheart , along with slaying their award-winning, platinum-selling hit singles including ‘ I Believe in a Thing Called Love ’ and ‘ Love Is Only A Feeling ’- a true spectacle to behold. 

With over three million concert tickets sold worldwide, four Top Ten albums, two hundred million streams on Spotify, five Top Ten singles and numerous industry awards and having toured with giants including Queen, Guns N’ Roses, Black Sabbath, Def Leppard & KISS , The Darkness are one of the most successful rock bands of the modern era.

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Permission to Land (Down Under): The Darkness Announce Australian Tour

The english glam rockers are heading to the east coast next year.

Gareth Parker

The Darkness are coming to Australia to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their seminal debut album.

The ‘Let There Be Rock’ tour will see the English glam rockers celebrate the landmark anniversary of Permission to Land , which was a surprise success on the UK charts in 2003. After debuting at number two, the album eventually took the top spot and held it for weeks, going on to sell over one million records in the band’s home country.

Permission to Land featured fan favourites (and enduring karaoke classics) such as “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” and “Love Is Only a Feeling”, which are sure to be sung with relish when The Darkness perform in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney in February of next year (see full dates below).

The Darkness will be supported by some of Australia’s finest rock names in DZ Deathrays, Cry Club, as well as You Am I performing their “The Majesty of Tap” Spinal Tap tribute show. DJs Eleven & Denim will also appear at each show.

“When Permission to Land landed twenty short years ago. we were bathed in shock and awe. As if by magic, rock wasn’t dead! Fun wasn’t banned! And spandex was almost acceptable again,” says frontman Justin Hawkins. “Well, guess what? Twenty years on, the same rules apply. Bring on the next twenty!”

Around since the early ’00s, The Darkness have continued to sell out tours across the globe over the past two decades, including their  Motorheart  album tour in 2022.

The Darkness Permission to Land 20th Anniversary Tour

With special guests You Am I performing “The Majesty of Tap”, “DZ Deathrays & Cry Club

+ DJ Eleven & DJ Denim

Tickets available via sbmpresents.com

Saturday, February 3rd Festival Hall, Melbourne, VIC

Wednesday, February 7th Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD

Saturday, February 10th Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW

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The Darkness are coming back to Australia this October

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They'll play six shows around the country.

Glam rock revivalists The Darkness are regular Australian visitors, and were blowing minds down here in March 2020 following the release of their sixth album Easter Is Cancelled .

Sadly that tour was never completed (for reasons you already know) which means the band are even more excited to bring their over-the-top live show back to Australia this October.

In case you've forgotten the attitude this band boasts, frontman Justin Hawkins has released a typically waggish statement/poem as something of a reminder.

"Our last ill-fated Antipodean excursion in 2020 was cruelly truncated. We've spent 2.5 years deflated.

"Our appetite for rock has largely gone unsated. Well, for too long you have waited, to witness the atmosphere created, in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the Unite Stated, by us, rock’s most underrated.

"I am truly elated to announce that we shall return in October to deliver our solid gold plated ROCK - see you there!"

The Darkness released their seventh LP Motorheart at the end of 2021 and all this new music, mixed with a longer than usual absence from our shores will undoubtedly make for some high-energy shows, as if they weren't already going to be that way.

Catch The Darkness playing the following shows this October. Tickets are on sale from 11am local time Tuesday 17 May.

Wednesday 12 October – The Forum, Melbourne Friday 14 October – Astor Theatre, Perth Saturday 15 October – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide Sunday 16 October – Enmore Theatre, Sydney Tuesday 18 October – Kambri, Canberra Wednesday 19 October – The Tivoli, Brisbane

The Darkness: Photo Ros O'Gorman

The Darkness To Tour Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere on May 9, 2022

The Darkness will finally get to perform songs from the last album ‘Motorheart’ in Australia and New Zealand come October.

‘Motorheart’, the seventh album for The Darkness, was released in November 2021.

The October dates come close to the 20th anniversary of the first song from The Darkness ‘Get Your Hands Off My Woman’, released in February 2003. 2003 was also the year of the first album from The Darkness’ Permission to Land’ and their biggest hit ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’.

‘MOTORHEART’ AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND TOUR OCTOBER 2022 Wednesday, Oct 12: Forum, Melbourne Friday, Oct 14: Astor, Perth Saturday, Oct 15: Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide Sunday, Oct 16: Enmore Theatre, Sydney Tuesday, Oct 18: Kambri, Canberra Wednesday Oct 19: Tivoli, Brisbane Friday, Oct 21: Hunter Lounge, Wellington Saturday, Oct 22: Powerstation, Auckland

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The darkness announce melbourne show as part of 2022 ‘motorheart’ australian tour.

Multi-platinum UK rock icons The Darkness will be returning to Australia and New Zealand this October, playing shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland and Wellington.

Brimming with their trademark blazing guitar riffs and solos, soaring falsetto and immeasurable rock ‘n’ roll extravagance, The Darkness will be operating at their loosest and most extroverted frequency in celebration of their seventh album,  Motorheart , released in November last year.

Fans will be treated to new songs from the band’s new album Motorheart, along with slaying their award-winning, platinum-selling hit singles including ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’ and ‘Love Is Only A Feeling’- a true spectacle to behold.

Keep up with the latest music news, features, festivals, interviews and reviews  here .

Arriving just two years after their previous effort,  Easter Is Cancelled ,  Motorheart  was written and recorded amid the uncertainty of UK’s ever-changing pandemic restrictions, and heavily plays to the band’s founding ethos as a fun and fresh rock ‘n’ roll band that you can’t take too seriously.

The Australian tour dates will see the band pick up where they left off in 2020, having been forced to cancel dates in Melbourne and Brisbane mid-way through their ‘Easter Is Cancelled’ tour which saw them perform in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide just as the pandemic began to take hold.

Justin Hawkins says of their imminent return, “Our last ill fated Antipodean excursion in 2020 was cruelly truncated. We’ve spent 2.5 years deflated. Our appetite for Rock has largely gone unsated. Well, for too long you have waited, to witness the atmosphere created, in the Uk, Ireland, Canada and the Unite Stated, by us, Rock’s most underrated. and I am truly elated to announce that we shall return in October to deliver our solid gold plated ROCK – see you there!”

With over three million concert tickets sold worldwide, four Top Ten albums, two hundred million streams on Spotify, five Top Ten singles and numerous industry awards and having toured with giants including Queen, Guns N’ Roses, Black Sabbath, Def Leppard & KISS, The Darkness are one of the most successful rock bands of the modern era. Justin Hawkin’s insane shrill scream is the stuff of legend and they know a thing or two about making an anthem – ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’ will go down in rock ‘n’ roll history.

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Wednesday, Oct 12: Forum, Melbourne Friday, Oct 14: Astor, Perth Saturday, Oct 15: Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide Sunday, Oct 16: Enmore Theatre, Sydney Tuesday, Oct 18: Kambri, Canberra Wednesday Oct 19: Tivoli, Brisbane Friday, Oct 21: Hunter Lounge, Wellington Saturday, Oct 22: Powerstation, Auckland

Pre-sale starts Friday, May 13 at 11am local time, sign up  here . General public tickets on sale Tuesday, May 17 at 11am local time  here .

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Multi-platinum UK rock icons The Darkness will be heading to Australia & New Zealand playing shows this October..

Brimming with their trademark blazing guitar riffs and solos, soaring falsetto and immeasurable rock ‘n’ roll extravagance, The Darkness will be operating at their loosest and most extroverted frequency. Fans will be treated to new songs from the band’s new album Motorheart , along with slaying their award-winning, platinum-selling hit singles including ‘ I Believe in a Thing Called Love ’ and ‘ Love Is Only A Feeling ’- a true spectacle to behold.

Over three million concert tickets sold around the world, four Top Ten albums, two hundred million streams on Spotify, five Top Ten singles and numerous industry awards, and The Darkness have toured with giants including Queen , Guns N’ Roses , Black Sabbath , Def Leopard & KISS .

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THE DARKNESS ANNOUNCE

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND 

'MOTORHEART' TOUR 2022

Multi-platinum UK rock icons The Darkness will be heading to Australia & New Zealand playing shows this October in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland & Wellington. 

Brimming with their trademark blazing guitar riffs and solos, soaring falsetto and immeasurable rock 'n' roll extravagance, The Darkness will be operating at their loosest and most extroverted frequency. Fans will be treated to new songs from the band's new album Motorheart, along with slaying their award-winning, platinum-selling hit singles including 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' and 'Love Is Only A Feeling'- a true spectacle to behold.

Over three million concert tickets sold around the world, four Top Ten albums, two hundred million streams on Spotify, five Top Ten singles and numerous industry awards, and The Darkness have toured with giants including Queen, Guns N' Roses, Black Sabbath, Def Leopard & KISS

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Multi-platinum UK rock icons The Darkness will be returning to Australia & New Zealand this October, playing shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland & Wellington.

Tickets are selling incredibly fast and most shows are set to sell out so get in fast!!

The Darkness have just confirmed that The Southern River Band (AU only) and Mini Simmons (NZ only) will be joining them on their Motorheart tour!

The Southern River Band holds an iconic status with their guitar fuelled madness and howling rock ‘n’ roll with a side of DGAF humorous attitude that has seen them build an irrefutable reputation for delivering one of Australia’s best live acts around.

High-energy retro blues-rock five-piece Mini Simmons have been bringing a colourful ’70s West Coast vibe, establishing themselves firmly as one of the premier live acts in the NZ music scene selling out headlining shows around the country!

Brimming with their trademark blazing guitar riffs and solos, soaring falsetto and immeasurable rock ‘n’ roll extravagance, The Darkness will be operating at their loosest and most extroverted frequency.

So, the time has come, the walrus said… to put your fookin’ pants on your head and rock like Satan is eating your private parts with a pointy fork! Praise Satan’s better half… come party with them, The Southern River Band and Mini Simmons like it’s the last orders at the last chance saloon!

Get them before they are gone at sbmpresents.com

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The Darkness announce 2022 Australasian tour

Multi-platinum UK rock icons The Darkness will be returning to Australia & New Zealand this October, playing shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland & Wellington.

Brimming with their trademark blazing guitar riffs and solos, soaring falsetto and immeasurable rock ‘n’ roll extravagance, The Darkness will be operating at their loosest and most extroverted frequency.

Fans will be treated to new songs from the band’s new album Motorheart, along with slaying their award-winning, platinum-selling hit singles including ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’ and ‘Love Is Only A Feeling’- a true spectacle to behold.

SBM Presents THE DARKNESS Motorheart Tour 2022

Wednesday 12th Oct | Forum | Melbourne Friday 14th Oct | Astor | Perth Saturday 15th Oct | Thebarton Theatre | Adelaide Sunday 16th Oct | Enmore Theatre | Sydney Tuesday 18th Oct | Kambri | Canberra Wednesday 19th Oct | Tivoli | Brisbane Friday 21st Oct | Hunter Lounge | Wellington Saturday 22nd Oct | Powerstation | Auckland

Early Bird Ticket Pre-Sale Starts 11am Friday, 13th May

General Tickets On Sale From 11am Tuesday, 17th May 17 from sbmpresents.com

Press Release:

With over three million concert tickets sold worldwide, four Top Ten albums, two hundred million streams on Spotify, five Top Ten singles and numerous industry awards and having toured with giants including Queen, Guns N’ Roses, Black Sabbath, Def Leppard & KISS, The Darkness are one of the most successful rock bands of the modern era

Many of The Darkness’ biggest songs are now staples of rock radio, sharing airtime with songs by their genetic forerunners, Queen, T-Rex and Cheap Trick.

Justin Hawkins says of their imminent return, “Our last ill fated Antipodean excursion in 2020 was cruelly truncated. We’ve spent 2.5 years deflated. Our appetite for Rock has largely gone unsated. Well, for too long you have waited, to witness the atmosphere created, in the Uk, Ireland, Canada and the Unite Stated, by us, Rock’s most underrated. and I am truly elated to announce that we shall return in October to deliver our solid gold plated ROCK – see you there!”

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The Darkness Announce 'Permission To Land' 20th Anniversary Australian Tour

The Darkness will be joined by You Am I performing their Spinal Tap tribute show, The Majesty of Tap; DZ Deathrays, Cry Club and DJ Eleven and DJ Denim.

The Darkness' Justin Hawkins (Credit: Gareth Parker)

“ Let There Be Rock ” – That’s what The Darkness demand upon their February 2024 Australian tour, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of their 2003 debut album, Permission To Land .

Featuring the hit single I Believe In A Thing Called Love , as well as Love Is Only A Feeling, Get Your Hands Off My Woman , and many more, the album debuted at #17 in Australia and subsequently reached Platinum status. I Believe In A Thing Called Love debuted at #40 on the Australian singles chart.

In 2024, The Darkness won’t be asking for Permission To Land at Melbourne’s Festival Hall (Saturday, 3 February), Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall (Wednesday, 7 February), or Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion (Saturday, 10 February). A press release notes to “stay tuned for more tour news for the rest of Australia and New Zealand”.

Tickets go on sale on Thursday, 14 September, at 10 am AEDT – sign up here for early access to tickets.

“When Permission to Land landed twenty short years ago, we were bathed in shock and awe. As if by magic, rock wasn’t dead! Fun wasn’t banned! And spandex was almost acceptable again… Well, guess what? Twenty years on, the same rules apply,” The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins commented in a press release.

“So please squeeze yourselves into those inappropriate leggings, back-comb your mullet, splash on a big handful of attitude, and come celebrate with us! We promise everything, and we deliver every time. Bring on the next twenty!”

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In addition to the Permission To Land (and B-sides and rarities) celebrations, The Darkness have locked in Australian support acts, including You Am I performing their Spinal Tap tribute show, The Majesty of Tap ; DZ Deathrays, Cry Club and DJ Eleven and DJ Denim .

The Darkness last toured Australia in October 2022 , scoring a sold-out run honouring their “trademark blazing guitar riffs and solos, soaring falsetto and immeasurable rock‘n’roll extravagance”.

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The darkness, celebrating 20th anniversary of ‘ permission to land ’, with special guests you am i performing ‘the majesty of tap’, dz deathrays & cry club, + dj eleven & dj denim.

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29 September 2022 Mark Diggins

Dan Hawkins is not just a great guitarist and producer he’s also an enthusiastic cook.  This year it’s a possibly faux-Vegan beef stew, last year it was roast potatoes… On the eve of the highly anticipated and almost completely sold out Australian Tour Mark chats with Dan Hawkins about cooking, painting, dusting, the supernatural and the prevalence of great falsettos in a Darkness live audience. Oh and also some stuff about The Darkness Australian Tour and the last album ‘Motorheart’ too.

You can catch the darkness in australia  in october  (if there are any tickets left) and if you all go out and buy the record dan can summon me to cook for him when he gets home….

Dan: Hello! How’s it going Mark?

Mark: Not too bad Dan, we do get to talk every couple of years so it must be that time!

Dan: If it’s not a tour it’s a record! (laughs) It comes around so fast! (laughs)

Mark: (laughs) I know, I think it’s both this time!  I know you always answer any question put to you so today’s question is why does almost every Rock Star I talk to these days have an i-phone?

Dan: Well it’s Apple I think, Apple made a beeline for musicians and creatives way back in the 80’s and it’s stuck ever since. It’s because their musical interfaces are idiot proof!  That’s musicians for you, we’re idiots! Easy to hook! ( There’s a c lanking of pans in the background )

Mark: Are you tidying up or washing up?

Dan: Sorry about that Mark, I was just getting a dish out, I’m just cooking a beef stew! I must add though, it’s a Vegan beef stew.

Mark: A Vegan beef stew? Sounds good, I’ll have a go at that one. I remember last time we almost managed to get your perfect roast potatoes recipe but not quite.

Dan: (laughs) Oh no! Oh God history is repeating itself! I seem to remember that three years ago I was painting the kitchen while doing a heap of interviews and looking around now I might get the paint brush out!

Mark: (laughs) Go on for old times’ sake!

Dan: (laughs) By the looks of it, it hasn’t been cleaned in three years either, there’s loads of cobwebs up there. In fact I’ve never actually looked up there before.

Mark: (laughs) Well I’ll just jot that down, ‘remind Dan to look up at the ceiling next time’ there’s it’s locked in.

Dan: (laughs) Please!

Mark: ‘Motorheart’ was one of my albums of 2021 and you’re finally bringing it Downunder! Before we get to that though there is talk over here of The Darkness being some sort of prophets, or harbingers of doom?

Dan: Is that because of your theory of the ‘Easter is Cancelled’ thing?

Mark: (laughs) Yes, and I’m still trying to work out what ‘Motorheart’ means for us all, but I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough!

Dan: Yeah, maybe! (laughs) The weird thing with Easter is Cancelled is that we were out touring in the very, very early days of Covid. I think we might have even gone through Italy when it first kicked off in Milan so in a way we feel like we might have been the superspreading event that kind of took it all over Europe the first time round.

Mark: (laughs)

Dan: So it’s not that we saw it in our minds, it’s more that we probably actually made it happen. Sorry everyone.

Mark: That does bring in all kinds of other space-time continuum theories too.

Dan: (laughs)

Mark: You have already been pretty busy this year, you’re certainly packing it all in and making up for the lean times of Covid. I can’t think of a European Summer Festival you haven’t been on!

Dan: Yeah this has been one of the busiest Festival seasons we’ve ever had, and it’s still going, we’ve still got Festivals, though not Summer Festivals admittedly, booked all the way to November! It’s been relentless, but then we’ve got three years to make up for. ( Dan is definitely peeling something, at a push I’d say potatoes )

Mark: Certainly a lot happening!

Dan: ( A little chopping in the background )

Mark: I love the production on ‘Motorheart’ I think you’ve done a wonderful job there channeling your inner Mutt Lange I think!

Dan: Thank you, he’s a hero of mine. He’s one of those producers who leaves no stone unturned production-wise – he’s definitely of the ‘kitchen sink’ mentality and one of my other heroes Roy Thomas Baker was a bit like that as well. So I guess I’m trying to follow in their footsteps somewhat, trying to anyway. (laughs)

Mark: You got to work with Roy back in the day didn’t you?

Dan: I did ( He’s definitely doing the onions now ) I would say he was my mentor for about a year and a half, and he helped me design and build my studio in Norfolk that we record in. He taught me how to EQ, he taught me so much stuff and we became really good friends and I even stayed with him at his house after we mixed the second album ‘One Way Ticket’ out near some Lake in L.A. and he was teaching me how to listen really to the finished masterings ( Yep, definitely slicing more onions ) and what to look out for and the importance of those last steps of adjustment on the record.  And he was actually one of Mutt Lange’s mentors back in the day, I think they were at the same label or something?

Mark: And you’re really like the next generation coming through.

Dan: Well…

Mark: Well I’m going to call it, feel free to be self-effacing, but the record does sound great.

Dan: Thank you.

Mark: There’s some great ‘Progtastic’ moments on the record that I imagine came at least in part from an excess of time in the studio? I read a few stories about how you worked on this one – you on guitar and Rufus drumming in the other room working up the tunes? Is that how it came about.

Dan: ( There’s a pause, I imagine Dan is spicing the mix now ) Very much so. We wanted to make an album but I knew right from the off it was going to be a real challenge with not being able to see each other during the making of it. And we were under real time pressure to finish it too because there was such a long lead time for vinyl that we were told the final mastered version would need to be handed in at least eight months before release date! So we’re going hell for leather trying to get it done trying to gauge roughly what the release window would be – the earliest one after Covid we could release in.

Mark: That’s crazy.

Dan: I know. We were kind of fighting for our lives a bit really because a small business like ours that loses all business for two years is a real challenge, and we’re quite often we’re sailing close to the wind as it is. So we knew we needed something good and that people didn’t want a bunch of blokes whingeing about being stuck indoors. So it was a case of saying “Right, we’ll only do really rocking stuff on this one. let’s not get over emotional on this one, it just needs to Rock really” So what we did was Rufus would come over – there was an entrance for the drum/live room that he would go in and I would stay in the control room and look through the glass.  And literally I’d start riffing and he’d start playing, and after maybe six hours we’d have a couple of songs – backing tracks really. I like to arrange backing tracks without knowing what the song is about, it’s fun that way and then Justin interprets it and does his thing and that’s it you know. And pretty much the whole album was that, I don’t think we even re-did too much. ‘Nobody Can See me Cry’ – that was the first take we did of that one Rufus and I and then most of them were like first half of this take, second of that. Then we’d sent them to Justin as a ‘rough’ and he’d sing on them and that would be it. (laughs) Literally it! ( He’s going through the cutlery drawer now )

Mark: Sounds productive.

Dan: And because we didn’t have any lyrical themes to work on as musicians and there was no lyrical feedback all we could do was make it interesting enough ( He’s at the sink now ) to inspire ourselves to finish these tunes. So we wanted to make them as interesting as possible and that’s where the ‘Prog’ element came in.

Mark: It’s worked out so well. I notice that one tour you’re playing ‘Welcome Tae Glasgae’…

Dan: Can you say that again I loved it! (laughs)

Mark: ‘It’s Love Jim’ and ‘Motorheart’ live, are you thinking of adding anything else in there, I love hearing the new stuff and I think ‘Sticky Situations’ is one I’d love to hear on the Tour.

Dan: Yeah, you know what that’s actually one of the ones I love, that’s one of my favourite ones to play live. That one comes across really good. When we were touring ‘Motorheart’ in the UK we would switch it up quite a lot so sometimes we would do five or six, and other times less, it all depended on the night, it was really suck it and see. ( There’s a strange regular clanking I’m not sure what it is, definitely stew related though ).

Mark: It’s always hard you always have to play the ones that venues get torn up for if you don’t.

Dan: (laughs) That’s right we have to admit and understand that a large portion of our audience, they don’t buy the records. If everyone that came to see us play live on Festivals and tours bought the record, well Mark, I’ll just say I wouldn’t be making my own beef stew now, I’d have someone in to do that for me!

Mark: You could fly me in to make you mine!

Dan: Exactly.

Mark: My beef stew is legendary.

Dan: (laughs) I had heard that, what’s the secret? Any tips?

Mark: Good stock Dan. It all boils down to that, good beef stock, not exactly great for the Vegans though, that’s hard. Maybe beet stock for Vegans?

Dan: Good stock…. I’m not going to lie to you Mark, this one might not actually be Vegan. ( There’s a splashing ) This doesn’t look… yeah, this is not a Vegan stew…

Mark: (laughs) Did you not follow the recipe?

Dan: Yeah, that’s what’s happened.

Mark: Parts of it might be Dan? Bits of it could be Vegan?

Dan: Yeah, the leek, I think the leek might not have been… you know round an animal…

Mark: So the Australian Tour is round the corner – you’re sounding great, Rufus is sounding great, Justin is sounding great and Frankie, he’s…

Dan: Sounding great?

Mark: I was going to say looking great, but he probably sounds great too!

Mark: You’re selling out too, you sold out Perth the other day which is nice.

Dan: It always surprises me, you always hope that these things will happen and that you’re promoted well and when that actually happens it’s really cool. We are going to be buzzing like we always are, but every time we come to Australia I can’t put my finger on it there’s just a thing… it’s almost as if we’re more Australian that we are… you know English I suppose.

Mark: (laughs) You’ll always be that little taste of England for me. I remember the first time you came over and played The Corner Hotel in Richmond, and we’re so glad you’ve been coming back ever since.  I think you’re getting better as you age like a fine wine or… a good beef stew.

Dan: (laughs) There’s time yet.

Mark: I did read somewhere that during the VIP Soundchecks you were getting people from the audience to come up on stage and play on a song. Is the quality a bit variable?

Dan: You know what we have had some great singer, it’s quite incredible how many powerful falsettos there are out there, I just wait and most of the time when they start I’m thinking “My God they can actually sing!”  A lot of powerful falsettos out there.

Mark: Our postman is one that comes to mind.

Dan: You’ll have to bring him down.

Mark: What’s the worst thing that can or has happened in that scenario?

Dan: I think the worst is when someone gets up to drum and they can’t play drums at all, they’ve maybe been to a few shows and they think it looks sort of easy and they’ll give it a go. But as any musician will tell you if the drums are all over the place, the whole thing is all over the place – that’s happened a few times. I’m stood there thinking ‘surely we’re playing different songs here?’

Mark: I’m sure it’s all good fun whatever happens!

Dan: We do try to make everyone feel comfortable on stage.

Mark: And we did all that whilst you made a beef stew!

Dan: I know. Can you hear it sizzling away? Can you hear it?

Mark: I can ( I’m pretty sure Dan is holding the phone to the stew ) I think I was there for the entire creation of that stew, you’ll have to save me a bit.

Dan: If you see a news report of a guitarist dying of food poisoning you’ll know what it was! I wasn’t paying attention (laughs) I might have put a can of bleach in there not beef stock! (laughs)

Mark: (laughs) It’s an easy mistake to make Dan, so many guitarists have gone that way!

Dan: (laughing) Bizarre cooking accidents!

Mark: We’re on the same page. (laughs) Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to The Rockpit, Dan, I’ll talk to you in another couple of years… actually no I won’t I’ll see you in a few weeks!

Dan: If I make it past second helpings I’ll see you at the gig Mark! Just remind me about those cobwebs in a couple of years’ time.

Mark: I’ll will, take care of yourself and stay safe!

Dan: Cheers, thank you, bye!

‘MOTORHEART’ AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND TOUR OCTOBER 2022   Tuesday, Oct 11: Forum,  Melbourne Wednesday, Oct 12: Forum,  Melbourne SOLD OUT Friday, Oct 14: Astor,  Perth  100 TIX LEFT!  Saturday, Oct 15: Thebarton Theatre,  Adelaide Sunday, Oct 16:  Enmore Theatre,  Sydney Tuesday, Oct 18: Kambri,  Canberra  200 TIX LEFT!  Wednesday Oct 19: Tivoli,  Brisbane  50 TIX LEFT!  Friday, Oct 21: Hunter Lounge,  Wellington  200 TIX LEFT!  Saturday, Oct 22: Powerstation,  Auckland 

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Multi-platinum UK rock icons The Darkness will be heading to Australia & New Zealand playing shows this October in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland & Wellington.

Brimming with their trademark blazing guitar riffs and solos, soaring falsetto and immeasurable rock ‘n’ roll extravagance, The Darkness will be operating at their loosest and most extroverted frequency. Fans will be treated to new songs from the band’s new album Motorheart , along with slaying their award-winning, platinum-selling hit singles including ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’ and ‘Love Is Only A Feeling’- a true spectacle to behold.

Over three million concert tickets sold around the world, four Top Ten albums, two hundred million streams on Spotify, five Top Ten singles and numerous industry awards, and The Darkness have toured with giants including Queen, Guns N’ Roses, Black Sabbath, Def Leopard & KISS.

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND TOUR OCTOBER 2022  

 Wednesday, Oct 12: Forum,  Melbourne Friday, Oct 14: Astor,  Perth Saturday, Oct 15: Thebarton Theatre,  Adelaide Sunday, Oct 16:  Enmore Theatre,  Sydney Tuesday, Oct 18: Kambri,  Canberra Wednesday Oct 19: Tivoli,  Brisbane Friday, Oct 21: Hunter Lounge,  Wellington Saturday, Oct 22: Powerstation,  Auckland 

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• Get Your Hands Off My Woman Play Video
• I Believe in a Thing Called Love ( Justin paused the song just before the first chorus to get everyone to put their phones away ) Play Video
• Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) ( Joined by Cal Kramer of Southern River Band on sleigh bells ) Play Video
• Love on the Rocks With No Ice ( Extended solo with Justin playing on shoulders of security through the crowd ) Play Video

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• Love on the Rocks With No Ice
• It's Love, Jim
• Welcome Tae Glasgae
• Japanese Prisoner of Love
• Heart Explodes
• One Way Ticket

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BRET MICHAELS: POISON Will 'Do Another Big Stadium And Arena Tour In 2025'

During a February 25 question-and-answer session aboard the Rock Legends Cruise XI , Bret Michaels spoke about POISON 's plans to regroup for more shows following the band's 2022 participation in "The Stadium Tour" alongside MÖTLEY CRÜE , DEF LEPPARD and Joan Jett . he said: "When we go back, I think in 2025, it's always been, to me, all-original POISON . We'll have C.C [ DeVille , guitar] and Bobby [ Dall , bass] and Rikki [ Rockett , drums] and myself and go do another big stadium tour and arena tour in 2025."

Regarding his motivation for going back out on the road with POISON after spending most of his time touring with his solo band, Bret said: "We've known each other since we've been in junior high school… I wouldn't be here without Bobby or Rikki or C.C. And then, as you go along, we've been together a long time — still great friends. If anyone saw 'The Stadium Tour' , that was a party. And when you're out there with that DEF LEPPARD and MÖTLEY and Joan , you're talking A-plus awesomeness. And we just came out and brought it.

"For me, what it is, we do about a couple of years solo, and then we'll go out and do 35 or 40 dates with POISON ," he explained. "And we set it up, we schedule it."

POISON 's long-delayed North American trek with DEF LEPPARD , MÖTLEY CRÜE and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS was originally planned for 2020 and later moved to 2021 and then to 2022.

In 2018, POISON completed the "Nothin' But A Good Time" tour with CHEAP TRICK and POP EVIL .

POISON 's last album of new material was 2002's "Hollyweird" . An album of covers, "Poison'd" , followed in 2007.

Back in 2018, Dall said that POISON "should" be making a new studio album but claimed that he didn't know if it would happen. "I'm not going to bullshit you and say there's any [new music] in the process [of being made]," he told All That Shreds . "Would I like there to be? Yes. But, it's a matter of everyone having the time. Everybody in the band has other commitments. Some members have younger children than others. So between those two issues, it's difficult, and, you know, [there are] health issues as we get older. Should we be making a new record? Yes, definitely. But will it happen? I don't know."

In a 2017 interview, Rikki acknowledged that part of the reason the band hasn't been motivated to work on new music has been the fact that fans rarely show interest in hearing fresh material performed live when classic rock groups go on tour. "We could write the second coming of 'Talk Dirty To Me' , and I don't know if people wanna hear it or not, and that's a frustrating thing; it really is," he said. " AEROSMITH was able to do it, but not everybody is. I mean, even THE ROLLING STONES have had problems with that in the last few years. So… I don't know. But I do think it's important to stay viable. For the 'über fans,' it's always a really, really good thing. And that's what you do it for — you do it for you, you do it for the real fans, the real true fans."

More recently, Rockett admitted that he and other members of POISON harbored some resentment toward Michaels , whose frequent tours as a solo artist caused the band to take a five-year break from the road.

"I think we need to get away from each other and do other things, but at the same time, I think he spent a little too much time away," Rockett said. "There's definitely some resentment, but not resentment like I want him to fail. I want him to do good. I just want POISON to be important too, and I would like [him] to put a little more energy into POISON ."

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The PGA Tour is calling this a victory, but something doesn’t smell right

What’s the going rate to turn an American executive into a boot boy for a despotic torturer such as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman? Just how worn out are the knees of PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan’s pants legs?

But let’s start with this simple question first: Why would the PGA Tour join forces with a vermin-populated fourth-rate start-up such as LIV Golf, a comedic failure that can’t command any ratings, headed by that king of the white mice, Greg Norman?

Bought. That’s the only word for Monahan and his henchies on the PGA Tour policy board, who have made an otherwise inexplicable — and still vague — deal to work with LIV and the European tour to form a new global enterprise , funded by the Saudis. They were bought. The only question is for how many bills.

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The PGA Tour had all the leverage. Sure, Brooks Koepka’s victory at the PGA Championship was a good storyline, but it wasn’t especially wounding to the PGA Tour. If anything, it made you wonder how long Koepka would be content to play customer golf in the bush league, now that he had his form back. Koepka’s star quality took an undeniable hit from his association with LIV, not to mention the Netflix documentary “Full Swing,” which revealed him as a manifestly shallow ding-dong. It will take a few more major victories to erase the quivering faintheartedness he showed during his career downturn, when he feared he couldn’t win on the PGA Tour anymore.

Let’s face it. Koepka and his fellow LIVers dived for the Saudi blood money like that guy pushing women and children aside to get in a lifeboat in “Titanic.” It was going to be pretty funny watching them try to get back on the deck of the big ship.

Here was Monahan last year, talking to Jim Nantz on CBS about accepting Saudi sports-washing money. After unctuously invoking the pain of 9/11 families, he said, “I would ask any player that has left or any player that would consider leaving, ‘Have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the PGA Tour?’ ”

So what other sour ingredients are baked into this strange cake, along with total secrecy, inside dealing and what appears to be a rampant conflict of interest? Somehow, Monahan and Edward Herlihy, the chair of the PGA Tour policy board, wound up hand in hand with his excellency Yasir Al-Rumayyan as the leaders of this new for-profit global golf organization funded by a fresh infusion of Saudi “capital.” This organization is so committed to unifying the game that no actual golfers knew about the deal until it hit social media .

The PGA Tour-LIV deal stunned pro golfers — and upset more than a few

Somewhere along this very muddy line, the PGA Tour found itself advised by the New York law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Which is interesting, because who is a partner and co-chair of that firm? Herlihy. And what sort of work does the firm mainly do? Multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions. It’s also known for its uniquely profitable billing system: It doesn’t hit clients with just billable hours but also large flat fees and sometimes percentages of deals .

And what did Herlihy’s firm evidently advise the PGA Tour to do? Merge.

And who was one of the firm’s three lawyers representing the PGA Tour in this deal while also sitting as chair of its policy board? Herlihy.

Herlihy was “key to the development and implementation of this agreement,” according to a PGA Tour spokesperson.

Exactly what cut or fee do Herlihy and his firm stand to make from this deal? After being told Herlihy would call me Tuesday, I’m still waiting for my chance to ask him.

So what will his compensation be for sitting on the very small “executive committee” of the new board of directors of this new for-profit global golf entity, alongside Rumayyan and Monahan? Unknown.

When will that be fully disclosed to the PGA Tour players, who have been sold down this river of blood? Who knows?

Here’s what we know — and don’t know — about the PGA Tour-LIV Golf partnership

Maybe it’s all pure as a Nativity scene. But here’s a simple question: Whom does this deal serve better, Herlihy or Rory McIlroy? Monahan or Scottie Scheffler? Or Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Tiger Woods or any of the other superb professionals who stayed loyal to each other and the PGA Tour, who refused to knife competitors in the financial back and break commitments and who managed not to sell themselves like degenerate pieces of human scruff to the Saudis? If I were them, I’d be hot. And I would have some other very simple questions.

Who made the first overture? On what authority? Who recommended accepting a deal? On what basis? How do loyal Tour players benefit, as opposed to suffering reputational harm? Why were they not informed? What is the approval process? What are their rights?

Mainly, how on earth are self-respecting PGA Tour golfers supposed to choke down this corporate sellout gluttony and pretend that any of it was really for them?

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French Open 2024: Scores, schedule, results, start time, live stream, how to watch final matches

Iga swiatek vs. jasmine paolini and carlos alcaraz vs. alexander zverev are set for the finals this weekend at roland garros.

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek completed her French Open three-peat with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Jasmine Paolini on Saturday. She is now the youngest active player with at least five Grand Slam trophies. 

Paolini found a 2-1 lead in the first set, but Swiatek responded by completely taking over and winning the next 10 games. Paolini was able to get on the board in the second set, but Swiatek had all the momentum and was impossible to stop. 

Swiatek has now won 19 consecutive clay matches, including the Madrid and Italian Open. She became the first player to win those titles along with the French Open since Serena Williams in 2013. 

Although she lost on Saturday, Paolini is having a breakout season at 28-years-old. She had not made it past the second round of a major until this year, and she will be making her debut in the WTA Top 10 next week. Her journey at Roland Garros isn't over quite yet, as she will be competing in the doubles final with partner Sara Errani on Sunday. 

On the men's competition, Carlos Alcaraz advanced to his first French Open final with a 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win against No. 2 Jannik Sinner in the semifinals on Friday. On Sunday, Alcaraz will be taking on No. 4 Alexander Zverev in a battle at Roland Garros.

Alcaraz will now have the opportunity to win the French Open for the first time in his professional career. The 21-year old previously was defeated in the 2023 French Open semifinals by Novak Djokovic, who had to withdraw from the 2024 French Open due to a knee injury.

Meanwhile, Zverev got the best of No. 7 Casper Ruud as he earned a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 in Friday's other semifinal matchup. Zverev finally broke through the proverbial glass ceiling after being eliminated in the French Open semifinals in each of the previous three years. Zverev has one Grand Slam title under his belt as he defeated Karen Khachanov to win the 2020 US Open final. 

Most recently, Alcaraz and Zverev faced one another in the Australian Open quarterfinals in a match where Zverev came out on top. 

Here is everything you need to know about the 2024 French Open.

How to watch the 2024 French Open

Date:  May 26 - June 9, 2024 Location:  Roland Garros -- Paris TV:  NBC, Tennis Channel, Peacock |  Stream:  fubo ( try for free )

Men's final 

• No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz vs. No. 4 Alexander Zverev -- Sunday, 9 a.m. ET

Men's semifinal matchups

• No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz def. No. 2 Jannik Sinner 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• No. 4 Alexander Zverev def. No. 7 Casper Ruud 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

Men's quarterfinal matchups

• No. 2 Jannik Sinner def. No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
• No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz def. No. 9 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
• No. 4 Alexander Zverev def. No. 11 Alex de Minaur 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
• No. 7 Casper Ruud def. No. 1 Novak Djokovic (walkover)

Women's final

• No. 1 Iga Swiatek def. No. 12 Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1

Women's semifinal matchups

• No. 1 Iga Swiatek def. No. 3 Coco Gauff 6-2, 6-4 
• No. 12 Jasmine Paolini def. Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 6-1

Women's quarterfinal matchups

• No. 1 Iga Swiatek def. No. 5 Marketa Vondrousova 6-0, 6-2
• Mirra Andreeva def. No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka 6-7(5-7), 6-4, 6-4 
• No. 3 Coco Gauff def. No. 8 Ons Jabeur  4-6, 6-2, 6-3
• No. 12 Jasmine Paolini def. No. 4 Elena Rybakina 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

Men's singles seeds

• Novak Djokovic
• Jannik Sinner
• Carlos Alcaraz
• Alexander Zverev
• Daniil Medvedev
• Andrey Rublev
• Casper Ruud
• Hubert Hurkacz
• Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Grigor Dimitrov
• Alex de Minaur
• Taylor Fritz
• Holger Rune
• Ben Shelton
• Nicolas Jarry
• Ugo Humbert
• Karen Khachanov
• Alexander Bublik
• Sebastian Baez
• Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Adrian Mannarino
• Francisco Cerundolo
• Alejandro Tabilo
• Frances Tiafoe
• Tallon Griekspoor
• Sebastian Korda
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Arthur Fils
• Lorenzo Musetti
• Mariano Navone

Women's singles seeds

• Iga Swiatek
• Aryna Sabalenka
• Elena Rybakina
• Marketa Vondrousova
• Maria Sakkari
• Qinwen Zheng
• Jelena Ostapenko
• Daria Kasatkina
• Danielle Collins
• Jasmine Paolini
• Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Madison Keys
• Elina Svitolina
• Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Liudmila Samsonova
• Marta Kostyuk
• Victoria Azarenka
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Carolina Garcia
• Emma Navarro
• Anna Kalinskaya
• Barbora Krejcikova
• Elise Mertens
• Katie Boulter
• Linda Noskova
• Sorana Cirstea
• Veronika Kudermetova
• Dayana Yastremska
• Leylah Fernandez
• Katerina Siniakova

So who wins Iga Swiatek vs. Jasmine Paolini   and what pick could lead to a big return?  Visit SportsLine now to check out Jose Onorato's bets and predictions for the 2024 French Open final, all from the tennis expert who was 160-104-8, up 97.32 units since 2022 , and find out. 

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