The Darkness Tour de Prance w/Diarrhea Planet

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British rockers The Darkness believed in a thing called kitsch, and that faith paid off remarkably when their 2003 debut, Permission to Land, became a hot seller on the strength of its hooky, Journey-styled hit single. By 2005’s One Way Ticket to Hell… and Back, however, the masses had already lost interest, and the group went on hiatus the following year when singer Justin Hawkins checked into rehab. Since reuniting in ’11, the group has released several more albums of schlocky glam-rock and over-the-top falsetto, including last year’s Pinewood Smile. They’ve still got the goods, but whether the joke is funny anymore depends on whether you thought it was ever funny in the first place.