The world's best new band (this is not idle unfounded chat: they ruled Glastonbury) The Darkness have announced details of a UK tour this October. Starting in Dublin on 2 Oct, the band will also join Ash and Kelly Osbourne as support at Robbie Williams' sold out Knebworth concerts on 1, 2 & 3 Aug, and Meat Loaf on his German tour in Oct and Nov.
Their blinding new album, 'Permission To Land', is out on Monday.
The dates are:
2 Oct: Vicar Street, Dublin
4 Oct: Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent
5 Oct: Cardiff University
6 Oct: Carling Academy, Bristol
8 Oct: Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton
9 Oct: Leeds Metropolitan University
10 Oct: Sheffield University
12 Oct: Rock City, Nottingham
13 Oct: U.E.A., Norwich
15 Oct: Manchester Academy 2
16 Oct: Newcastle University
17 Oct: Barrowlands, Glasgow
18 Oct: Liverpool Academy 2
20 Oct: Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
21 Oct: Portsmouth Pyramid Centre
22 Oct: Carling Apollo Hammersmith