The Darkness are planning fewer live dates now that they are famous. Their early strategy of continual touring was extremely successful, but they now think it's no longer quite so necessary as a marketing tool for their new album.
Frontman
Justin Hawkins said: "Things have changed now. A lot of relentless touring was to make people aware of us when they wouldn't have heard us on the radio. It's a very different game when you are in our position. There's a feverish anticipation.
We're concentrating on the album. We're not going to do any live stuff until it's out and then we'll see."
Whether the fans who love them for their liveness will forgive them or not remains to be seen. On the upside, perhaps it means that they'll actually get around to finishing that second album.