Review: The Darkness – Permission To Land… Again (Singles, B Sides & Non-Album Tracks) Warner Music (October 6th, 2023) Reviewer: Grant Foster Phew, a lot to get through here. Who would have thought that you could squeeze so much excess out of one album?! Ahem, it’s just me being a sceptic isn’t it? Or do […]

People of the beautiful British Isles, The Darkness called and you heeded their joyous invitation. In fact, you’ve been racing to sign up in in your many thousands. For I believe in a thing called love, you believe in a thing called love, they believe in a thing called love … it turns out that we ALL believe in a thing called love. […]

On the eve of the 20th anniversary of ‘Permission To Land‘ – the chart-topping, award-winning, multi-platinum debut album which changed the face of rock music forever when it was originally released on July 7th 2003 – The Darkness today announce ‘Permission To Land… Again‘ a special 20th Anniversary reissue collection, to be released on October 6th 2023 via Warner Music. Regarding the release frontman Justin Hawkins says, “So much has happened since the […]

Warner Music (BMG for the USA) have today (November 18th) released a commemorative triple black vinyl album in honour of the 40th Anniversary of Iron Maiden’s seminal third album, ‘The Number Of The Beast‘, which was also the first to feature Bruce Dickinson on vocals and was to become the record which catapulted the band to international stardom. The new vinyl release of ‘The Number Of The Beast‘ features an alternative tracklisiting to the original, […]