Some bands don’t need to reinvent the wheel. When The Darkness landed on the airwaves back in 2003, they were a big, colorful throwback to the heyday of 1970’s glam-rock. Original? Hardly, but it was pastiche done better than anyone else--often besting the very bands they were...

After releasing their heaviest album to date and their fourth LP, The Last of Our Kind, The Darkness will be hitting the road this spring on a 19-city tour with a new permanent drummer and some new music. The band will not only perform songs from their recent and previous albums, but have added a...