Get Ready to ROCK! » Frankie Poullain https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:29:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: THE DARKNESS – G Live, Guildford, 11 March 2025 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/gig-review-the-darkness-g-live-guildford-11-march-2025/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/gig-review-the-darkness-g-live-guildford-11-march-2025/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2025 23:18:51 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=101477 THE DARKNESS – Regent Theatre, Ipswich, 6 March 2025Say what you like about them- and many still do- the tale of The Darkness is a classic tale of redemption. The band that rose too fast to be the biggest thing in the pop let alone the rock world, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/gig-review-the-darkness-g-live-guildford-11-march-2025/feed/ 0 Gig review: BLACK STONE CHERRY AND THE DARKNESS – Wembley Arena, London, 4 February 2023 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/02/gig-review-black-stone-cherry-and-the-darkness-wembley-arena-london-4-february-2023/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/02/gig-review-black-stone-cherry-and-the-darkness-wembley-arena-london-4-february-2023/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2023 23:33:00 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=86422 BLACK STONE CHERRY AND THE DARKNESS- Wembley Arena, London, 4 February 2023When this joint headline arena tour was announced, my first thoughts were that Black Stone Cherry and The Darkness were not natural bedfellows- the earnest blue collar southern rockers from Kentucky and the eccentric English band from East Anglia who … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/02/gig-review-black-stone-cherry-and-the-darkness-wembley-arena-london-4-february-2023/feed/ 0 Gig review: THE DARKNESS – Reading Hexagon, 26 November 2021 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/gig-review-the-darkness-reading-hexagon-26-november-2021/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/gig-review-the-darkness-reading-hexagon-26-november-2021/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:57:56 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=77134 THE DARKNESS- Reading Hexagon, 26 November 2021Never mind the hysteria that surrounded them in the early 2000’s, proof of how quickly time marches lies in the fact that it now a full ten years since the Darkness triumphantly reformed at Download. Since then they have surprised … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/gig-review-the-darkness-reading-hexagon-26-november-2021/feed/ 0 Gig review: TOTO – Royal Chelsea Hospital, London, 13 June 2019 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/06/gig-review-toto-royal-chelsea-hospital-london-13-june-2019/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/06/gig-review-toto-royal-chelsea-hospital-london-13-june-2019/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2019 22:01:06 +0000 andynathan http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=60183 TOTO- Royal Chelsea Hospital, London, 13 June 2019In the ever more crowded gigging season, a fresh trend over the last few years has been for London’s finest historic settings to be used for concerts. Following in the footsteps of Hampton Court and Greenwich is now a short … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/06/gig-review-toto-royal-chelsea-hospital-london-13-june-2019/feed/ 0 Gig Review: THE DARKNESS – Hammersmith Apollo, 7 March 2013 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2013/03/gig-review-the-darkness-hammersmith-apollo-7-march-2013/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2013/03/gig-review-the-darkness-hammersmith-apollo-7-march-2013/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:17:20 +0000 andynathan http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=8044 The Darkness, Hammersmith Apollo, 7 March 2013Two years into their reformation and on the back of a  comeback album ‘Hot Cakes’ that is perhaps their most satisfying work yet,  perhaps time has lent some perspective to the Darkness phenomenon. A decade ago they divided opinion like … Continue reading →

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