Permission To Land...Again

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Footage of the Knebworth and Astoria shows are captured on the DVD, as well as the music videos for their hit singles including ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’, ‘Get Your Hands Off My Woman’, ‘Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)’ and more. There is also a ‘History Of The Darkness’ documentary plus various behind the scenes footage and outtakes from the Permission To Land era… Today the band has announced 13 European dates on the "Permission To Land 20" tour, with many more jaw-dropping, show-stopping concerts around the world to be revealed shortly. Today the band are delighted to announce 13 European dates on the Permission To Land 20 tour, with many more jaw-dropping, show-stopping concerts around the world to be revealed shortly. The Darkness have announced a 20th anniversary edition of their hit debut album, Permission to Land. The expanded version of the 2003 LP has been dubbed Permission to Land… Again, and will arrive on October 6th via Warner Music. The original album was huge success for the British band, thanks in large part to the worldwide hit “I Believe in a Thing Called Love.” Other singles like “Growing on Me” and “Love Is Only a Feeling” topped the charts in the UK.

The Darkness have announced the European leg of their planned 20th anniversary Permission To Land tour. The Darkness announce Permission To Land… Again; a special 20 th Anniversary reissue collection, to be released on October 6 th 2023 via Warner Music on a 2CD.This is about living in a small town but leaving to adventure elsewhere in a van. There’s two roads out of Lowestoft, the town where we grew up. One of them is called Barnby Bends, and, as you’d imagine, a lot of people wipe out. The other is completely straight, but then people try to overtake agricultural vehicles coming out of the field and get wiped out by that. So getting out of that town in a hurry is actually pretty difficult to do with your life and body intact. It’s a bit like ‘Hotel California’, really. Perhaps I shouldn’t mention that because we’ll all get sued.” It's one of those songs where I was thinking it was a bit lighter and a bit poppier than most of the record. And one of the things I wanted to try was a list, because I think pop songs often have lists in. Like, ‘Monday, did this, Tuesday, did that’, or counting numbers, and I was keen to explore those kinds of devices. So I thought about all the stuff that I used to do when I was at school, and I tried to make it into a love song as well. But it’s an unrequited love song. There's a bloke chasing a girl around, doing everything she does, but all of his efforts fall on deaf eyes. That's it: deaf eyes.” Alongside the tour, there will also be a very special expanded ‘Permission To Land’ deluxe album release coming later this year via Warner Music, with full details to be revealed soon. The Darkness’ ‘Permission to Land’ 20th anniversary UK & Ireland tour dates:

When we were writing these songs in 2001, 2002, we had nothing,” Hawkins tells Apple Music. “And we knew that what we were doing was hopelessly unfashionable. But I think the idea was just to make some music that was reminiscent of the stuff that we enjoyed when we were learning our instruments and growing up—and the stuff that our dads showed us. And I think the only objective, really, was to not give up.” The shows promise to be a grand spectacle with the band playing the foot-stomping, guitar-wailing, groove-making masterpiece album in full, alongside a ‘Best Of The Rest’ set, stuffed to the gills with all the hits and fan favourites from their six subsequent studio albums. Love this album and I’m super excited for this. All the B-Sides were great too, and the live material from this era was killer.There will also be a very special expanded "Permission To Land" deluxe album release coming later this year via Warner Music, with further details to be revealed soon.